List of burghs in Scotland
Burgh Date of adoption of police system Earlier burghal history Post Union parliamentary burgh status
Elgin royal burgh 1833 Royal burgh status confirmed 1457 One of the Elgin Burghs 1708 to 1918
Forres royal burgh 1836 Re-erected as royal burgh 1496 One of the Inverness Burghs 1708 to 1918
Burghead burgh 1900 None None
Grantown-on-Spey burgh 1898 Burgh of regality 1694 None
Lossiemouth and Branderburgh burgh 1890 None None
Rothes burgh 1884 None None
Morayshire ( also known as Elginshire )
The following list includes all effective burghs in Scotland from the coming into force of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892, in 1893. Ineffective burghs, which had not used legislation to adopt a police system, take on local government duties and reform their town councils, were abolished on this date. Burgh () is the Scots term for a town or a municipality. It corresponds to the Scandinavian Borg and the English Borough. Burghs are listed below under the name of the county to which they belonged. The county boundaries used are those effective for local government purposes from circa 1890 until 1975. During this period four burghs were also counties, or counties of cities