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'''GOVAN'''
'''GOVAN'''


Incorporated into : 1912 [[Glasgow]]
Incorporated into: 1912 [[Glasgow]]


[[File:govan.jpg|center]]
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Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the proper Liveries is set for Crest a garb surmounted of a salmon on its back Proper, and in an Escrol over the Shield this Motto "Nihil Sine Lahore", and on a Compartment below the Shield are placed for Supporters on the dexter side, an engineer holding in his exterior hand a plan, and on the sinister a ship carpenter resting his exterior hand on a mallet, both habited Proper.
Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the proper Liveries is set for Crest a garb surmounted of a salmon on its back Proper, and in an Escrol over the Shield this Motto "Nihil Sine Lahore", and on a Compartment below the Shield are placed for Supporters on the dexter side, an engineer holding in his exterior hand a plan, and on the sinister a ship carpenter resting his exterior hand on a mallet, both habited Proper.


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on June 7, 1884.
The arms were granted on June 7, 1884.


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The supporters were granted after some discussion, because of the Burgh's size, importance and historical antiquity.
The supporters were granted after some discussion, because of the Burgh's size, importance and historical antiquity.


===Image gallery===
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File:govanseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Govan|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
File:govanseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Govan|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:  
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]]
[[Category:Scotland]]
[[Category:Scotland]]
[[Category:Granted 1884]]
[[Category:Granted 1884]]
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