royal burgh
Britishnoun
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He added: "As Stirling prepares to celebrate its 900th anniversary as a royal burgh in 2024, this is another fascinating chapter in the area's story that attracts visitors from across the world."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
"Some of the remains date back to when Edinburgh became a royal burgh at the start of the 12th century, when St. Giles' was first constructed."
From Fox News ● Jan. 14, 2020
The royal burgh of North Berwick is in the ideal golf location.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 20, 2010
PROVOST, s. the mayor of a royal burgh.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Alexander Leighton
Where perhaps no charter ever existed, the law on proof of immemorial possession of the privileges of a royal burgh has presumed that a charter of erection once existed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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