1929 in 1930. The Act reclassified existing burghs into two classes, large and small burghs. While large burghs became largely independent of the county...

A burgh (/ˈbʌrə/ BURR-ə, Scots: [ˈbʌɾə]) is an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots. This type of administrative...

education, which were provided by the county council. Small burghs: The remaining burghs became "small burghs", yielding many of their powers to the reconstituted...

Burgh of Callander (police burgh 1866) Burgh of Coupar Angus (burgh of barony 1607, police burgh 1852) Burgh of Crieff (burgh of barony 1674, burgh of...

Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village of Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on...

Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh (English: /d ˈbɜːr/ d'-BER), is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and musician...

Royal Burgh of Aberdeen absorbed Aberdeenshire burghs of Old Aberdeen burgh (burgh of barony 1489, police burgh 1860), Woodside (police burgh 1860) in...

parliamentary burghs and police burghs. By 1929, all burghs in Scotland were commonly described as small burghs, large burghs or cities for the purposes of...

in Scotland from 1930, introducing joint county councils, large and small burghs and district councils. The Act also abolished the Scottish poor law system...

counties of cities. The burghs under county council control after 1930 were then classed as either small burghs or large burghs. Whilst the county councils...