burghal

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The Bishop’s Castle was for centuries a central point around which the burghal and national life crystallised.

From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various

Exemption from burghal taxes was also granted to a gentleman who built the first house in Princes Street.

From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel

Gainsborough, though not a chartered borough, was probably one by prescription, for mention is made of burghal tenure in 1280.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

A large number of the followers of the Norman lords had been almost certainly town-dwellers in their own country, and lost none of their burghal privileges by the migration.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Ireland the earliest traces of burghal life are connected with the maritime settlements on the southern and eastern coast.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various