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An etching showing the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh before it was demolished in 1817.
Musselburgh Tolbooth in East Lothian
Crail Tolbooth in Fife

A tolbooth or town house was the main municipal building of a Scottish burgh, from medieval times until the 19th century. The tolbooth usually provided a council meeting chamber, a court house and a jail. The tolbooth was one of three essential features in a Scottish burgh, along with the mercat cross and the kirk (church).

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Tolbooth

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A tolbooth or town house was the main municipal building of a Scottish burgh, from medieval times until the 19th century. The tolbooth usually provided...

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Glasgow Tolbooth

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The Glasgow Tolbooth was a municipal structure at Glasgow Cross, Glasgow, Scotland. The main block, which was the meeting place of the Royal Burgh of Glasgow...

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Kirkcudbright Tolbooth

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Kirkcudbright Tolbooth is a historic municipal building in Kirkcudbright in Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland...

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Glasgow Cross

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Its most recognisable features are the Tolbooth Steeple, the surviving part of the 17th century Glasgow Tolbooth, and the mercat cross replica commissioned...

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Canongate Tolbooth

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Canongate Tolbooth is a historic landmark of the Old Town area of Edinburgh, built in 1591 as a tolbooth, that is, the centre of administration and justice...

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Tain Tolbooth

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Tain Tolbooth is a municipal building in the High Street, Tain, Highland, Scotland. The structure, which is used as a courthouse, is a Category A listed...

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Lanark Tolbooth

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Lanark Tolbooth is a municipal building in Hope Street, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The building, which now operates as an arts and heritage centre...

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Stonehaven Tolbooth

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The Stonehaven Tolbooth is a late 16th-century stone building originally used as a courthouse and a prison in the town of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland...

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Musselburgh Tolbooth

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Musselburgh Tolbooth is a municipal building in the High Street in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The tolbooth, which was the headquarters of Musselburgh...

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Stirling Tolbooth

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Stirling Tolbooth is a municipal building in Broad Street, Stirling, Scotland. The structure, which was the original meeting place of Stirling Burgh Council...

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Culross Town House

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Culross Town House, also known as Culross Tolbooth, is a municipal structure in the Sandhaven area of Culross, Fife, Scotland. The building, which now...

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Sanquhar Tolbooth

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Sanquhar Tolbooth is a municipal building in the High Street in Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The structure, which accommodates a local history...

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City of Edinburgh Council

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David I made the town a royal burgh and a burgh council, based at the Old Tolbooth is recorded continuously from the 14th century. The council is currently...

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Heart of Midlothian

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Heart of Midlothian may refer to: Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh, a structure known as the "Heart of Midlothian" Heart of Midlothian (Royal Mile), a mosaic heart...

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West Wemyss Tolbooth

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West Wemyss Tolbooth is a municipal building in Main Street, West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. The structure, which is used as commercial offices, is a Category...

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South Queensferry Tolbooth

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of Queensferry, is a Category A listed building. The main block of the tolbooth was built in around 1630. It was in this building that, in December 1643...

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Kirkcudbright

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compelled to surrender. Kirkcudbright Tolbooth was built between 1625 and 1629 and served not only as the tolbooth, but also the council offices, the burgh...

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Crail Tolbooth and Town Hall

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Crail Tolbooth and Town Hall is a municipal structure in Crail, Fife, Scotland. The building, which stands in Marketgate, at its junction with Tolbooth Wynd...

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Dysart Tolbooth and Town House

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Dysart Tolbooth and Town House is a municipal building in the High Street, Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The structure, which was comprehensively restored in...

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The Heart of Midlothian

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material is included in Volume 25a. The title of the book refers to the Old Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the time in the heart of the Scottish...

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Dalkeith

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follies. The building on High Street now known as the Tolbooth began to be used as a tolbooth for the administration of the town in the early 18th century...

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Fife

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meeting place for the commissioners of supply, replacing the town's medieval tolbooth which had performed the same functions. Fife County Council was abolished...

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Glasgow

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Mercat cross. Glasgow Cross encompasses the Tolbooth Steeple, all that remains of the original Glasgow Tolbooth, which was demolished in 1921. Moving northward...

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