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Noun Concept
Categories: Burghs, All articles needing additional references, Defunct types of subdivision in the United Kingdom
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police burgh  police burgh of Scotland  Burgh Reform  Burgh Police, etc. (Scotland) Act 1847  Burgh Police (Scotland) Act
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A police burgh was a Scottish burgh which had adopted a "police system" for governing the town. Wikipedia
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A police burgh was a Scottish burgh which had adopted a "police system" for governing the town. Wikipedia
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. Wiktionary
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Cumnock and Holmhead
Pollokshields East
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United Kingdom
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Burgh Police, etc. (Scotland) Act 1847, Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1833, Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892, Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1903, burgh police court, Burgh Reform, Burgh reform, Burgh Reform Act 1833, General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act 1862, Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Act 1833, Police (Scotland) Act 1850, police burghs

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