burgage
/ˈbɜrɡɪdʒ/
noun
- A type of land tenure in medieval towns and cities where a person rented or owned a piece of land or a house in exchange for paying rent or providing services to the lord of the manor.
- In history class, we learned that a burgage gave a merchant the right to build a house and trade in the borough.
- The old map showed each burgage plot along the main street of the medieval town.
- The museum displayed a document from 1300 recording the sale of a burgage in the city center.
- A piece of land or property held under burgage tenure, typically a house with a small yard or garden in a town.
- The tourist guide pointed out the boundaries of the original burgages that still shape the old town's layout.
- The archaeologist uncovered the foundations of a 14th-century burgage behind the modern shops.
- Each burgage had a narrow frontage on the street and a long garden stretching to the back lane.