former royal burgh
C7240
concept
A former royal burgh is a town in Scotland that historically held a royal charter granting it special trading, legal, and administrative privileges, but which no longer retains that official status.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| former royal burgh canonical | 8 |
| former burgh | 3 |
| Royal burgh | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former royal burgh
Generated description
A former royal burgh is a town in Scotland that historically held a royal charter granting it special trading, legal, and administrative privileges, but which no longer retains that official status.
Instances (12)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Roxburgh | — |
| Dumfries, Scotland | — |
| Lanark | — |
| Rothesay | — |
| Rutherglen | — |
| Dunfermline | — |
| Annan | — |
| Bo’ness | former burgh |
| New Galloway | Royal burgh |
| Elie and Earlsferry | — |
| St Ninians | former burgh |
| Royal Burgh of Canongate | former burgh |