Talk:Dornoch

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[edit] Royal burgh?

Dornoch is a royal burgh? It is not clear to me that it still qualifies. I believe Scottish burghs were aboshished in 1975.
Laurel Bush (talk) 15:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

You are right, its a former royal burgh. Unfortunately, most times I try changing this in articles I get (mild) abuse for daring to suggest that the status is no longer extant. See for instance this User_talk:Lozleader/Archive_1#Lauder. The term is in informal use of course, but there are no royal burghs any more, and there are plenty of references in legislation and local authority documents to "former burghs", but this appears to be an emotive argument where positive evidence is no competition to sentiment. *sigh* Lozleader (talk) 20:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)