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burgh::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | borough |
Examples of burgh
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The Inverness constituency included the former parliamentary burgh of Inverness.
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Another Wendish burgh, Alte Burg near today's train station, was not used anymore.
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In the early years of the burgh, Ayr's parish church was St John the Baptist.
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The burgh was one of four in Scotland to use two coats of arms, introduced in 1673.
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Girvan dates back to 1668 when is became a municipal burgh incorporated by charter.
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This was due to the plantation of lowland merchants in the burgh in the 17th century.
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Burgh Bees has proposed wording to make the setback rules be more flexible.
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The place was now a burgh or fortified place, hence the name Peterborough.
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The grant of a market was the first ever official grant of a weekly market to a burgh.
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- A borough in Scotland
- A Burgh was an corporate entity in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when David I created the first royal burghs. Burgh status was broadly analogous to borough status, found in the rest of the United Kingdom. ...
- Burgh is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km north of Middelburg.
- Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it anchors the 22nd largest urban area in the United States.
- A small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names); a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland)
- A Scottish town that has been granted a Charter by the monarch (a Royal Burgh) or by a noble (a Burgh of Barony). The status formerly gave the town certain legal rights, such as holding town fairs and to have a town council.
