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A royal burgh is a type of town that historically enjoyed certain privileges or status granted by the monarch. In medieval Scotland, royal burghs were granted a charter by the king, giving them rights and privileges such as self-governance, trade privileges, and exemptions from certain taxes. The term 'royal burgh' is mainly associated with the historical governance and legal system of Scotland
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- A type of Scottish burgh founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter; these were legally abolished in 1975.
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Local government and royal burgh.
Royal burgh status in the town has long been disputed.
Nor do they refer to the former district or to the royal burgh.
A royal burgh had certain privileges granted by the king.
Renfrew was the only town in the county to hold status as a royal burgh.
It was the former royal burgh of Scotland.
King David gave the city a status of Royal Burgh.
Dingwall is a town and former royal burgh in the highlands of Scotland.
Granted the town four charters, by one of which it was created a royal burgh.
The arms of the Royal Burgh of Peebles features three salmon on a red field.
Alexander is remembered for his destruction of the royal burgh of Elgin and its cathedral.
Royal burgh status was later granted by James VI of Scotland in 1588.
Berwick was made a royal burgh in the reign of David I.
Granted Inverness four charters, by one of which it was created a royal burgh.
The Shawfield region of the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen is mostly abandoned business districts.
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It derives its name from its county town, the Royal burgh of Selkirk.
Jedburgh ;, is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.
Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland.
Crail became a Royal Burgh in the 12th century.
Montrose ( pronounced, ) is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland.
Inverkeithing ( ) is a town and a royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, located on the Firth of Forth.
Glasgow was subsequently raised to the status of Royal burgh in 1611.
St Andrews is a town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland.
After crossing into Scotland we stop in the town of Biggar, a royal burgh since 1415.
Kirkcaldy ( ;, ) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.
Glasgow was along these lines raised to the status of Royal Burgh in 1611.
Crail ( ) ; is a former royal burgh in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
Perth ( Scottish Gaelic, Peairt ) is a city and former royal burgh in central Scotland.
Kirkwall was granted royal burgh status by James III of Scotland in 1486.
Before the local government reform of 1975 it was the smallest Royal Burgh in Scotland.
King Alexander II created Dingwall a royal burgh in 1226, and James IV renewed its charter.
In 1486, King James III of Scotland elevated Kirkwall to the status of a royal burgh.
Cupar is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland.
It is a former Royal Burgh.
Dornoch is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the Highlands of Scotland.
Kirkintilloch ( ; ) is a town and former royal burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
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