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'''GOUROCK (Burgh)''' | '''GOUROCK (Burgh)''' | ||
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Incorporated into: 1975 [[Inverclyde]] District Council | Incorporated into: 1975 [[Inverclyde]] District Council | ||
[[File:gourock.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:gourock.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Per pale: dexter, Or, a point dexter and a point base Gules, surmounted of a fess chequy Azure and Argent, and in sinister chief a dexter hand couped Gules grasping a skean Azure; sinister, per fess wavy, in chief Argent, a three-masted ship issuant Sable, sails Proper, flagged Azure, accompanied by two oak trees eradicated Vert, in base undy Azure and Argent, a demi-man Sable holding in his dexter hand a skean Or.<br> | Per pale: dexter, Or, a point dexter and a point base Gules, surmounted of a fess chequy Azure and Argent, and in sinister chief a dexter hand couped Gules grasping a skean Azure; sinister, per fess wavy, in chief Argent, a three-masted ship issuant Sable, sails Proper, flagged Azure, accompanied by two oak trees eradicated Vert, in base undy Azure and Argent, a demi-man Sable holding in his dexter hand a skean Or.<br> | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Burghal coronet and in an Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Avant and Be Watchful". | Above the Shield is placed a Burghal coronet and in an Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Avant and Be Watchful". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on December 1, 1954 | The arms were granted on December 1, 1954 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:gourockz1.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The former Burgh seal | |align="center"|[[File:gourockz1.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The former Burgh seal | ||
|align="center"|[[File:gourock.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:gourock.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Information taken from Urquhart, 1979 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Information taken from Urquhart, 1979; Main image by Thomas Nugent, cropped from https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/610380 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1923]] | [[Category:Granted 1923]] | ||