| 41. | Until 1889 administration was on a burgh and parish basis.
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| 42. | Burghs had rights to representation in the Parliament of Scotland.
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| 43. | The Royal Burghs Act provided for the election of magistrates and councillors.
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| 44. | On the south side of High Street are the old burgh offices.
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| 45. | They are generally streets with standardised house designs such as Burgh Quay.
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| 46. | Up until 1975, Coatbridge had its own Burgh Council.
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| 47. | Following this his town of Dunbar was erected into a Royal Burgh.
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| 48. | The town was chartered as a Royal Burgh in 1662.
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| 49. | In 1302, a courtier named Elizabeth de Burgh became her stepmother.
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| 50. | The constituency was created by merging the constituencies of Wick Burghs constituency.
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