Any Scottish town

Usage examples of burgh.

The biggest de Burgh looked positively brutish, as if he would kill her where she stood, and he was not the only one.

Before arriving here, Elene had pictured his wife to be as brutish and frightening as this de Burgh.

He holds his manor on the presentation of a clove of gilliflower at the court of Gloucester, and it was granted to his ancestors by John de Burgh, son of Hubert, the first Earl of Kent, and Justiciary of England.

He could only stare at the small stick, unable to believe that he, of all the de Burghs left unmarried, had drawn it.

King Edward had decreed that one of the de Burghs take the wench to wife, and so he must do his duty, for his king, his father and his brothers.

Although all the de Burghs could read and write, only Geoffrey had studied with a traveling scholar, in an effort to quench his thirst for knowledge.

If you are come on behalf of that foul pack of jackals called the de Burghs, you can begone!

They wanted her land, although why the rich and powerful de Burghs cared anything about this sorry little manor was beyond her.

Then a raucous burst of noise erupted, as all the de Burghs began talking at once.

When the five other de Burghs took their places behind their brother, the priest swallowed, his consideration for his own hide obviously overcoming his twisted beliefs.

It inspired thoughts of the black arts, death and destruction, and when more than one of the de Burghs crossed himself furtively, Geoffrey loosed a low sigh.

No one ever reprimanded Dunstan, the eldest, strongest and most powerful of the de Burghs, but Geoffrey held his ground.

Geoffrey was acutely aware that the departure of the de Burghs left him surrounded by enemies, not the least of whom was his wife.

Although he knew he would never have gained the trust of his people if the de Burghs remained en masse, he often wished he had not been so eager to send his brothers away.

And she would never give the de Burghs the satisfaction of driving her away.