Assertion: town's area | /r/HasProperty | served by burgh
Facets:
value: previously
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The status is now chiefly ceremonial but various functions have been inherited by current Councils (e.g. the application of various endowments providing for public benefit) which might only apply within the area previously served by a burgh; in consequence a burgh can still exist (if only as a defined geographical area) and might still be signed as such by the current local authority.