(Sussex) a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names). / (UK) a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).

plural of burgh

Place name suffix, indicating the site of a fortified place.

A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.

(Scotland, historical) A burgh in Scotland, distinct from royal burghs in being granted to a landowner who, as a tenant-in-chief, held his estates directly from the crown.

plural of burgh of barony

(Scotland, historical) A type of Scottish burgh founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter; these were legally abolished in 1975.

plural of burgh of regality

(Scotland, historical) A burgh of barony, spiritual or temporal, enfranchised by crown charter, with regal or exclusive criminal jurisdiction within their own territories.

(Scotland, historical) A burgh of a kind that existed from 1833 to 1975, constituted by the sheriff for purposes of improvement and police, the local authority being the police commissioners.