(Sussex) a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names). / (UK) a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).

Place name suffix, indicating the site of a fortified place.

A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.

plural of burgh

(Scotland, historical) A type of Scottish burgh founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter; these were legally abolished in 1975.

(Scotland, historical) A burgh of barony, spiritual or temporal, enfranchised by crown charter, with regal or exclusive criminal jurisdiction within their own territories.

(Scotland, historical) 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.

plural of police burgh

plural of burgh of regality

plural of parliamentary burgh