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==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
[[File:Melrose.jpg|center]] | [[File:Melrose.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure issuant from a representation of the wall of the Abbey of Melrose in base Proper, door Gules, between two pinnacles a gothic canopy Or, therein seated the Virgin Mary and Holy Child also Proper; in dexter chief a mell and in sinister chief a rose Argent. | Azure issuant from a representation of the wall of the Abbey of Melrose in base Proper, door Gules, between two pinnacles a gothic canopy Or, therein seated the Virgin Mary and Holy Child also Proper; in dexter chief a mell and in sinister chief a rose Argent. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a mural coronet suitable to a Burgh and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Truth and Loyalty". | Above the Shield is placed a mural coronet suitable to a Burgh and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Truth and Loyalty". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on November 3, 1931. | The arms were officially granted on November 3, 1931. | ||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Melroseseal.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |align="center"|[[File:Melroseseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Melrose.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:Melrose.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:melrose.cis.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms of Melrose Abbey | |align="center"|[[File:melrose.cis.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms of Melrose Abbey | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Melrose and District Community Council== | |||
The Community Council uses the old arms with a different crown. | |||
[[File:Melrosecc.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1931]] | [[Category:Granted 1931]] | ||