Large burgh
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| Large burgh | |
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| Category | Burgh |
| Location | Scotland |
| Found in | Counties |
| Created by | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 |
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Large burghwas a type of municipal structure in Scotland, which existed from 1930 to 1975.[1]
History
[edit]When county councils had been established in 1890 under theLocal Government (Scotland) Act 1889,there were 26burghswhich were excluded from county council control. Many other burghs were within the area controlled by county councils, having various functions as lower-tier authorities. TheLocal Government (Scotland) Act 1929made extensive reforms to the structure of local government, including bringing all but four burghs under the control of a county council; the exceptions wereAberdeen,Dundee,Edinburgh,andGlasgow,which were all classed ascounties of cities.
The burghs under county council control after 1930 were then classed as eithersmall burghsor large burghs. Whilst the county councils provided some services in large burghs (notably education), the large burghs retained extensive responsibilities. The list of large burghs substantially overlapped with the list of burghs which had been outside county council control prior to 1930.
The large burghs were:
- Airdrie
- Arbroath
- Ayr
- Clydebank
- Coatbridge
- Dumbarton
- Dumfries
- Dunfermline
- East Kilbride(made a large burgh in 1967)[2]
- Falkirk
- Greenock
- Hamilton
- Inverness
- Kilmarnock
- Kirkcaldy
- MotherwellandWishaw
- Paisley
- Perth
- Port Glasgow
- Rutherglen
- Stirling
Of the large burghs created in 1930, only four had not been previously independent from a county council, being Clydebank, Coatbridge, Falkirk, and Rutherglen. Conversely, there were six burghs which had previously been independent but were not made large burghs in 1930, beingBrechin,Elgin,Forfar,Galashiels,Hawick,andMontrose.[3][4]
All burghs inScotlandwere abolished in 1975 and replaced with the uniform system ofdistricts and regions,which is itself now defunct.[5](SeeSubdivisions of Scotlandfor the modern units oflocal governmentin the country.)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Team, National Records of Scotland Web (31 May 2013)."National Records of Scotland".National Records of Scotland.Retrieved1 February2022.
- ^"East Kilbride Burgh".A Vision of Britain through Time.GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth.Retrieved31 December2022.
- ^Guide to local government in parishes, counties and burghs.Edinburgh: Royal College of Physicians. 1892. pp. xxiii–xxx.Retrieved31 December2022.
- ^"Preparing for the elections in Scotland".The County Council Magazine.London: F. Warne and Company. 1890. p. 284.Retrieved31 December2021.
- ^"The land of Scotland and the common good: report".www.gov.scot.Retrieved1 February2022.
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