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<p><a href="page.php?w=Borough">Borough</a> status is granted by <a href="page.php?w=royal_charter">royal charter</a> to local government districts in <a href="page.php?w=England">England</a>, <a href="page.php?w=Wales">Wales</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Northern_Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the <a href="page.php?w=Borough_Council">council</a> or inhabitants of the district. In <a href="page.php?w=Scotland">Scotland</a>, similarly chartered communities were known as <a href="page.php?w=royal_burgh">royal burgh</a>s,</p><p>
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