Royal burgh
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royal-burgh-166-5245403
title:
Royal burgh
text:
A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished by law in 1975, the term is still used by many former 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, the royal burghs—originally distinctive because they were on royal lands—acquired a monopoly of foreign trade. An important document for each burgh was i
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Autonomous municipal corporation granted a royal charter in the Kingdom of Scotland.
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_burgh
date created:
2003-10-29T18:40:05Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T18:59:25Z
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fields total:
13
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16