List of burghs in Scotland
- List of burghs in Scotland
A burgh (pronounced "burruh") is the Scots' term for a town or a municipality. It is correspondent with the Scandinavian 'Borg', the English- 'Borough', and the German 'Burg'
Burghs were highly autonomous units of local government in Scotland from at least the 12th century until their abolition in 1975 when a new regional structure of local government was introduced across the country. Usually based upon a town, they had a municipal corporation and certain rights, such as self-government and representation in the sovereign Parliament of Scotland adjourned in 1707.
Historically, the most important burghs were royal burghs, followed by burghs of regality and burghs of barony. Some newer settlements were only designated as police burghs, a classification which also applies to most of the older burghs.
It should be noted that the word 'burgh' is generally not used as a synonym for 'town' or 'city' in everyday speech, but is reserved mostly for government and administrative purposes. Legally speaking, burghs in Scotland were abolished in 1975, and the term has since fallen into disuse.
For a list of towns and cities in Scotland, see the category .
Burghs by county
Burghs are listed below under the name of the county to which they belonged. The county boundaries used are those effective for local government purposes from circa 1890 until 1975. During this period four burghs were also counties, or "counties of cities"
=Royal burghs that were counties of themselves= ‡ Absorbed by Dundee royal burgh 1913
=Argyll=
=Berwickshire =
=Clackmannanshire =
=East Lothian (also known as "Haddingtonshire") =
=Kincardineshire = † Maxwelltown burgh was absorbed by Dumfries royal burgh 1931.
=Lanarkshire = Note: The royal burgh of Glasgow was part of the county until 1893.
=Nairnshire=
=Perthshire =
=Roxburghshire=
=Sutherland=
= Zetland=
References
See also
* Borough
* List of UK place names with royal patronage
* List of towns in England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Wales
* List of cities in the United Kingdom
* District of burghs (UK Parliament)
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