Burgh
Enburgher enautonomkommune iSkotlandogNordengland,normalt encity,byellertounpåskotsk.Denne typesubnational enhedeksisterede fra 1100-tallet, hvorkong David 1.etablerede den førsteroyal burghi form afBerwick.I 1130 havde han etableret andre burghs iEdinburgh,Stirling,Dunfermline,Haddington,Perth,Dumfries,Jedburgh,MontroseogLanark.[1]
Burgh-status blev i høj grad synonym medborough-status,der findes i resten afStorbritannien.Vedreorganiseringen af lokale myndigheder i 1975blev betegnelsenburghprimært en ceremoniel værdi, mens titlen "royal burgh" fortsat findes i mange byer.
Toponomi
[redigér|rediger kildetekst]Burgh er et almindelig anvendtsuffixi mange række stednavn i Storbritannien, særligt i Skotland og Nordengland, samt andre steder, hvor britonerne bosatte sig.
England
[redigér|rediger kildetekst]- Alburgh
- Aldeburgh
- Bamburgh
- Barnburgh
- Bawburgh
- Blythburgh
- Burghfield
- Carrawburgh
- Chedburgh
- Dickleburgh
- Drumburgh
- Dunstanburgh
- Fleggburgh
- Flookburgh
- Grundisburgh
- Happisburgh
- Hoo St Werburgh
- Ickburgh
- Kettleburgh
- Longburgh
- Mayburgh Henge
- Newburgh
- Oxburgh Hall
- Rumburgh
- Ryburgh
- Shuckburgh
- Smallburgh
- Southburgh
- St Werburghs
- Tasburgh
- Whinburgh
- Winfrith Newburgh
- Yarburgh
Skotland
[redigér|rediger kildetekst]Andre
[redigér|rediger kildetekst]- Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,USA
- Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,USA
- Greenburgh,New York,USA
- Hamptonburgh,New York,USA
- Plattsburgh,New York,USA
- Newburgh,New York,USA
- Edinburgh,Indiana,USA
- Edithburgh,South Australia
- Louisburgh (County Mayo),Irland
Og som stednavn i vestgermaniske lande:
- Burgh (Renfrewshire),Skotland
- Burgh (Holland)- by iHollandiSchouwen-Duiveland.
- Burgh (Suffolk),England
- Burgh by Sands,Cumbria, England (udtalt somBruff by Sands)
- Burgh Castle,Suffolk, England
- Burgh le Marsh,Lincolnshire, England
- Burgh on Bain,Lincolnshire, England
- Burgh Island,Devon, England
- Burgh next Aylsham,Norfolk, England
- Burgh St Margaret,Norfolk, England
- Burgh St Peter,Norfolk, England
- Burgh Hill,(Wealdon), Sussex
- Burgh Hill,(Rother), Sussex
- Burgh Heath,Surrey
Referencer
[redigér|rediger kildetekst]- ^J Mackay, The Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland, From its Origin down to the Completion of the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland in 1707, Co-operative Printing Co. Ltd, Edinburgh 1884, p.2