Fife
| Burgh | Date of adoption of police system |
Earlier burghal history | Post Union parliamentary burgh status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anstruther Easter royal burgh | 1841–1929 † | Royal burgh 1583, previously burgh of barony 1572 | One of the Anstruther Burghs 1708 to 1832 and of the St Andrews Burghs 1832 to 1918 |
| Anstruther Wester royal burgh | 1893?–1929 † | Royal burgh 1587, previously burgh of barony 1541 | One of the Anstruther Burghs 1708 to 1832 and of the St Andrews Burghs 1832 to 1918 |
| Auchtermuchty royal burgh | 1874 | Royal burgh 1517 | None |
| Burntisland royal burgh | 1833 | Royal burgh 1541 | One of the Dysart Burghs 1708 to 1832 an of the Kirkcaldy Burghs 1832 to 1950 |
| Crail royal burgh | 1893? | Royal burgh since 1198, chartered 1314 - 29 | One of the Anstruther Burghs 1708 to 1832 and of the St Andrews Burghs 1832 to 1918 |
| Culross royal burgh | 1893? | Royal burgh 1592 Previously burgh of barony 1490 |
One of the Stirling Burghs 1708 to 1918 |
| Cupar royal burgh | 1834 | Royal burgh by 1327 | One of the Perth Burghs 1708 to 1832 |
| Dunfermline royal burgh | 1811 - by private act | Royal burgh status restored 1594 | One of the Stirling Burghs 1708 to 1918 and of the Dunfermline Burghs 1918 to 1950 |
| Dysart royal burgh | 1834–1930 ‡ | Royal burgh 1587 Previously burgh of barony 1510 |
One of the Dysart Burghs 1708 to 1832 and of the Kirkcaldy Burghs 1832 to 1950 |
| Earlsferry royal burgh | 1893?–1929 † | Royal burgh status confirmed 1589 | None |
| Elie and Earlsferry royal burgh | 1929 † | Created 1929 from two burghs | None |
| Falkland royal burgh | 1893? | Royal burgh 1458 | None |
| Inverkeithing royal burgh | 1892 | Royal burgh 13th century | One of the Stirling Burghs 1708 to 1918 and of the Dunfermline Burghs 1918 to 1950 |
| Kilrenny royal burgh | 1848–1929 † | Royal burgh 1592, previously burgh of regality 1578 | One of the Anstruther Burghs 1708 to 1832 and of the St Andrews Burghs 1832 to 1918 |
| Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester royal burgh | 1929 | Created 1929 from three royal burghs | None |
| Kincardine burgh | Not adopted. Burgh abolished 1893 | Burgh of barony 1663 | None |
| Kinghorn royal burgh | 1833 | Royal burgh 12th century | One of the Dysart Burghs 1708 to 1832 and of the Kirkcaldy Burghs 1832 to 1950 |
| Kirkcaldy royal burgh | 1811 (by private act) | Royal burgh 1644 Previously ecclesiastical burgh Absorbed Dysart royal burgh 1930 |
One of the Dysart Burghs 1708 to 1832 and of the Kirkcaldy Burghs 1832 to 1950 |
| Newburgh royal burgh | 1850s | Royal burgh 1631, previously burgh of regality 1600 | None |
| Pittenweem royal burgh | 1842 | Royal burgh 1541, burgh of barony 1526 | One of the Anstruther Burghs 1708 to 1832 and of the St Andrews Burghs 1832 to 1918 |
| St Andrews royal burgh | 1893? | Royal burgh 1620 Previously burgh of regality 1614 and ecclesiastical burgh (12th century) |
One of the Perth Burghs 1708 to 1832 |
| Buckhaven and Methil burgh | 1891 | Buckhaven burgh of barony 1662, did not endure | One of the Kirkcaldy Burghs 1918 to 1950 |
| Cowdenbeath burgh | 1890 | None | One of the Dunfermline Burghs 1918 to 1950 |
| Elie burgh | 1865–1929 † | Burgh of barony 1599 | None |
| Ladybank burgh | 1877 | None | None |
| Leslie burgh | 1865 | Burgh of barony (as Leslie Green) 1458 | None |
| Leven burgh | 1867 | Burgh of barony 1609 | None |
| Lochgelly burgh | 1876 | None | One of the Dunfermline Burghs 1918 to 1950 |
| Markinch burgh | 1891 | Burgh of barony 1673 | None |
| Newport-on-Tay burgh | 1887 | None | None |
| St. Monance burgh | 1933 | Burgh of barony 1596 | None |
| Tayport burgh | 1887 | Burgh of barony (as Ferry-Port on Craig)1599 Burgh of regality (as Ferry-Port on Craig)1725 |
None |
† Burghs merged 1929
‡ Dysart absorbed by Kircaldy royal burgh 1930
Read more about this topic: List Of Burghs In Scotland
Famous quotes containing the word fife:
“When we are in health, all sounds fife and drum for us; we hear the notes of music in the air, or catch its echoes dying away when we awake in the dawn.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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Play the Dead March as you carry me along;
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o’er me,
For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong.”
—Unknown. As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo (l. 5–8)