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royal burgh
noun
- (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
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Falkland (fa¨kland), an ancient royal burgh of Scotland, county of Fife, 21 miles north of Edinburgh.
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She will be found so described in the arms of the Royal Burgh of Banff.
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The town, which was created a royal burgh by David I., was burnt down about the middle of the 13th century.
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It is a place of some antiquity, having been made a royal burgh in the reign of William the Lion (d. 1214).
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Pittenweem, a royal burgh and sea-port on the east-coast of Fife.
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