burgage - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • have: Monmouth probably had burgages in the twelfth century, although it was not incorporated until 1447.

Adjective modifier

  • medieval: The remains mostly lie under medieval burgages with the exception of extensive industrial activity under Bear Field.

Modifies a noun

  • plot: Burgage plots were small parcels of land, often arranged around the market place, which were rented out.
  • tenure: Houses, especially those surrounding the market place, are built on long narrow burgage tenure plots.
  • tenement: Both towns have evidence of deliberately laid out market streets with ' burgage tenements ' fronting onto them.
  • holding: A document of that period records over 120 burgage holdings, occupied by more than 80 tenants.
  • boundary: Once established, burgage boundaries were protected by boro legislation.
  • pattern: We think that the existing burgage plot pattern could have provided a useful clue to make the scheme unique and site specific.

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