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...

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...

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...

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...

became a "market town". In Scotland, the equivalent is known as a burgh. There are two types of burgh: royal burghs and burghs of barony. The Local Government...

types: royal burghs and police burghs. Some burghs were additionally classed as parliamentary burghs, excluding them from the constituency of the wider county...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. According to tradition, Kenneth I MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín) was the founder...

(Scotland) Act 1746, after which the burghs enjoyed only the jurisdictional rights of burghs of barony. Burgh, borough, and ancient borough List of burghs...

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...

Anstruther Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons...

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...

attended in 1326. Burgh commissioners often acted and lobbied collectively, assisted by the fact that the Convention of Royal Burghs often met in association...

(/ˈɛdɪnbərə/ , ED-in-bər-ə; Scots: [ˈɛdɪnbʌrə]; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [t̪un ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council...

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...

parliamentary burgh, to be represented as a component of Kilmarnock Burghs until 1918. Ayr Burghs and Kilmarnock Burghs were districts of burghs, and quite...

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...

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...