A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft.
A unit of property in a borough, generally comprising a house but not much appurtenant land, held for a money-rent and according to the more or less standard rules of burgage tenure. (Reynolds, Susan. An Introduction to the History of English Medieval Towns, 197) Related terms: Burgage Tenure
a tenure in royal burghs under nominal service of watching.
tenure of a tenement or property within a town; it involved a fixed rent in lieu of all services and the right to leave lands and tenements by will and to sell and mortgage without hindrance.
The property owned by a "burgess" in a medieval town. As burgesses congregated around the market place and main streets, space at the front was at a premium. Burgage plots were therefore long and narrow with a row of outbuildings stretching to the rear of the house and shop.
A narrow plot of land within a township running from the street frontage back to a rear lane. Usually a building plot
Burgage is a medieval land term used in England and Scotland, well established by the 13th century. A burgage was a town ("borough") rental property (to use modern terms), owned by a king or lord. The property ("burgage tenament") usually, and distinctly, consisted of a house on a long and narrow plot of land, with the narrow end facing the street.