A previous Polish siege of the burgh had been unsuccessful ; although the duke had fled the burgh, the Polish army was unable to break through the fortifications and the two gates.

Of the twelve burghs in Perthshire, only Perth was made a large burgh.

In 1947 Pitlochry was created a small burgh.

In 1930 the landward area of the county ( the part outside of burgh boundaries ) was divided into five districts, replacing the parish councils established in 1894:

If there was any distinction between toun ( fortified municipality ) and burgh ( unfortified municipality ) as claimed by some, it did not last in practice as burghs and touns developed.

One of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, Stirling was created a Royal burgh by King David I in 1130, which it remained until 1975, when the county of Stirlingshire was absorbed into Central Region.

The town was chartered as a royal burgh by King David in the 12th century, with charters later reaffirmed by later monarchs ( the town then referred to as Strivelyn ).

* Cunninghame in the north which included the royal burgh of Irvine was that part of the county which lay north of the Irvine water, and was in an area that is generally level and fertile.

The nearest equivalent in pre-Union Scotland was the royal burgh.

In 1891, the city status of Aberdeen was confirmed when the burgh was enlarged by local Act of Parliament.

This was done the following year, retaining only the nave, which by then was serving as the parish church of the burgh of Canongate.

In 1875, whilst remaining part of Dunbartonshire, it became a police burgh under the jurisdiction of the Stirlingshire constabulary and retained burgh status for 100 years until 1975 when it was absorbed into the newly created Strathclyde Region.

Kirkwall was a parliamentary burgh, combined with Dingwall, Dornoch, Tain and Wick in the Northern Burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918.

Dumfries was very much on the frontier during its first 50 years as a burgh and it grew rapidly as a market town and port.

The burgh appeared briefly in the customs report for 1330 and 1331, but the amount collected was small and its hey-day as a port was principally in the 15th century.

Wigtown was made a royal burgh in 1469 although a settlement here existed long before this.

The burgh is mentioned in an indenture of 1292, and the fact that the sheriffdom was in existence at the time of the Largs campaign of 1263 suggests that the burgh may also have been recognised as such during the reign of Alexander III.

Comprising the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament, Shetland is also one of the 32 council areas of Scotland ; the islands ' administrative centre and only burgh is Lerwick.

The last remaining Meic Uilleim, an infant daughter of Gille Escoib or one of his sons, was put to death in 1229 or 1230: " he same Mac-William's daughter, who had not long left her mother's womb, innocent as she was, was put to death, in the burgh of Forfar, in view of the market place, after a proclamation by the public crier.

The royal burgh merged into Dunfermline District, which was one of three districts within the Fife region serving the town and West Fife from Kincardine to Aberdour.

But the matter was made a political one ; the Tories still had a majority in the burgh council ; Wilson was powerfully backed by friends, Sir Walter Scott at their head ; and his adversaries played into his hands by attacking his moral character, which was not open to any fair reproach.

The University is an integral part of the burgh, and during term time students make up approximately one third of the town's population.

The royal burgh merged into Kirkcaldy District, which was one of three districts within the Fife region.

This was a title held by one of the bailies of the burgh who presided over a Dean of Guild Court which was given the specific duty of building control.

At that time, one town within the county, Dornoch, was already well established as an autonomous burgh with its own burgh council.

The creation of the Highland region and of Sutherland as a district involved the abolition of the one burgh council in Sutherland, Dornoch, as well as abolition of the Sutherland county council.

Originally simply " Grantown " ( after Sir James Grant ), the addition of " on Spey " was one of the first actions of the newly-created burgh in 1898.

At the top of the shield was a hunting horn between two helmets: probably a reference to the border reivers, one of whom featured in the arms of the royal burgh of Jedburgh.

Kinross-shire contained only one burgh, Kinross.

In July 1962, the station received one of its highest honours, the Civic Freedom of the Royal and Ancient Burgh of Forres, allowing Kinloss personnel the right to march through the burgh with swords drawn.

Described as the " town and port " of Carrick it became a burgh ( the only other one in Orkney being Kirkwall ) with the right to appoint baillies and hold markets but it was never likely to flourish in such a location.

In King James IV's Charter of 1488 raising Paisley to the status of burgh of barony, one of the reasons cited was " the singular respect we have for the glorious confessor, Saint Mirin ".

The William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby and one of the rebels, burned the royal burgh of Nottingham while likewise Hugh Bigod torched Norwich.

The constituency was first defined by the House of Commons ( Redistribution of Seats ) Act 1949, and first used in the 1950 general election, as one of seven constituencies covering the city of Edinburgh and the Midlothian burgh of Musselburgh.

The results of the First Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission were implemented for the 1955 general election, and Edinburgh Leith was again one of seven constituencies covering the city of Edinburgh and the burgh of Musselburgh, all named as during the 1950 to 1955 period.

Aberdeen South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and it elects one Member of Parliament ( MP ) by the first past the post system of election.

Aberdeen North is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and it elects one Member of Parliament ( MP ) by the first past the post system of election.

As created in 1885 the constituency was one of four covering the area of the county of Renfrewshire ( except the burgh of Renfrew and the burgh of Port Glasgow, which were components of Kilmarnock Burghs until 1918 ).

In Scotland the legislation defined 32 burgh constituencies, 38 county constituencies and one university constituency.

Each royal burgh ( with the exception of four ' inactive burghs ') was represented in the Parliament of Scotland and could appoint bailies with wide powers in civil and criminal justice.

*" Counties of cities ": the four largest royal burghs, they combined the powers of a burgh and county council.

During the area's time as an independent burgh, there were four Provosts of Calton: