following list includes all effective burghs in Scotland from the coming into force of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55), in 1893...

royal burghs. Most royal burghs were either created by the Crown, or upgraded from another status, such as burgh of barony. As discrete classes of burgh emerged...

Dunfermline Scotland has eight cities. Edinburgh is the capital city and Glasgow is the most populous. Scottish towns were granted burghs or royal burgh status...

list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. List of burghs in Scotland List of census localities in Scotland List...

was the responsibility of the Cities and Burghs of Scotland (see List of burghs in Scotland). Between 1975 and 2013 Scotland was subdivided into Police...

Five Burghs List of burghs in Scotland List of UK place names with royal patronage Royal burgh J Mackay, The Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland, From...

"market town". In Scotland, the equivalent is known as a burgh (pronounced [ˈbʌɾə]). There are two types of burgh: royal burghs and burghs of barony. The...

under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 46). This act enabled existing royal burghs, burghs of regality, and burghs of barony to...

percentage of Welsh-speakers List of communities in Wales List of rural and urban districts in Wales in 1973 List of burghs in Scotland 1990s UK local government...

continued in use and, therefore, Scotland now has 32 council areas. List of burghs in Scotland Counties of Scotland Lieutenancy areas of Scotland Subdivisions...

A burgh of barony was a type of Scottish town (burgh). Burghs of barony were distinct from royal burghs, as the title was granted to a landowner who,...

House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193 Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster Robert the Bruce David II of Scotland Wars...

area List of counties of Scotland in 1971 by population List of Scottish counties by highest point List of burghs in Scotland Local government areas of Scotland...

representing two or three parliamentary seats. Scottish local government counties and burghs were abolished in 1975. A burgh constituency is now one with a predominantly...

corresponding to a lieutenancy of Tweeddale. Subdivisions of Scotland List of burghs in Scotland List of places in Scotland The county and lieutenancy area...

the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, there were 26 burghs which were excluded from county council control. Many other burghs were within the area...

of burghs existed in Scotland, including royal burghs, burghs of barony and regality, parliamentary burghs and police burghs. By 1929, all burghs in Scotland...

districts of burghs. All the parliamentary burghs (burghs represented in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland) were assigned to a district, except for Edinburgh...

following types of local government areas in Scotland: Counties of cities: these were the four largest burghs: they exercised the powers of both a county...

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...

Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Pheofharain [ˈiɲɪɾʲ ˈfjɔhəɾan]) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5...

The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. According to tradition, the first King of Scotland was Kenneth I MacAlpin (Cináed...

Earldom of Kent to Hubert de Burgh was limited to himself and any male heirs born to his final wife, Princess Margaret of Scotland, but their only child was...

[ˈɛdɪnbʌrə]; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˌt̪un ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in south-east...

City of Dundee". ^31 Burghs of Old Aberdeen and Woodside and the district of Torry incorporated as the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen by the Aberdeen...

2017. Marquess of Bute, John; Lonsdale, H. W.; MacPhail, J. R. N. (1897). The Arms of the Royal and Parliamentary Burghs of Scotland. Edinburgh: William...

burghs known also as Tain Burghs until 1832, and then as Wick Burghs. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP). In 1918 the constituency was...

This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and...

King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371. Upon the death of his father, Robert the Bruce, David succeeded to the throne at the age of five,...

widely. In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval...