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BURGH CHAMBERS

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A building, suite of rooms or hall, within a larger building such as a tollbooth or a town-house, in which meetings of the burgh were held.

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BURGH A civil and administrative area incorporating a town of medieval origin.
COUNTY BUILDING A building containing the local administrative, judicial and political authorities.
TOWN HALL A large building used for the transaction of the public business of a town, the holding of courts of justice, entertainments and other activities, following the Municipal Reform Act of 1833.

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