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''' GIRVAN ''' | ''' GIRVAN ''' | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Kyle and Carrick]] (1996 [[South Ayrshire]]) | Incorporated into: 1975 [[Kyle and Carrick]] (1996 [[South Ayrshire]]) | ||
==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
[[File:girvan.jpg|center]] | [[File:girvan.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, on the waves of the sea in base undy Vert and of the field, an ancient three-masted ship, half her sails furled, flying pennants and flagged at the stern with the banner of Scotland all Gules, cantoned Azure charged with a Saint Andrew's cross of the First, the foresail charged with the arms of Boyd of Pinkhill, viz. : Azure, a fess chequy Silver and Gules, in base a cross moline Or. | Argent, on the waves of the sea in base undy Vert and of the field, an ancient three-masted ship, half her sails furled, flying pennants and flagged at the stern with the banner of Scotland all Gules, cantoned Azure charged with a Saint Andrew's cross of the First, the foresail charged with the arms of Boyd of Pinkhill, viz. : Azure, a fess chequy Silver and Gules, in base a cross moline Or. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Burghal coronet and in an Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Weave Industry with Truth". | Above the Shield is placed a Burghal coronet and in an Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Weave Industry with Truth". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on June 27, 1930. | The arms were officially granted on June 27, 1930. | ||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:girvanseal.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |align="center"|[[File:girvanseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | ||
|align="center"|[[File:girvan. | |align="center"|[[File:girvan.thp.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a cigarette card, 1910s | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:girvan2.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on Stumpy Tower ([http://www.panoramio.com/photo/56434464 source]) | |align="center"|[[File:girvan2.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on Stumpy Tower ([http://www.panoramio.com/photo/56434464 source]) | ||
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==Community Council== | ==Community Council== | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, on the waves of the sea in base undy Vert and of the Field, an ancient three-masted ship, half her sails furled, flying pennants and flagged at the stern with the banner of Scotland all Gules, cantoned Azure charged with a Saint Andrew's cross of the First, the foresail charged with the | Argent, on the waves of the sea in base undy Vert and of the Field, an ancient three-masted ship, half her sails furled, flying pennants and flagged at the stern with the banner of Scotland all Gules, cantoned Azure charged with a Saint Andrew's cross of the First, the foresail charged with the arms of Boyd of Pinkhill, videlicet:- Azure, a fess chequy Silver and Gules, in base a cross moline Or. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Weave Industry with Truth". | Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Weave Industry with Truth". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on September 18, 1987. | The arms were granted on September 18, 1987. | ||
[[File:girvan1.jpg|center]] | [[File:girvan1.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The arms are based on the old burgh arms, but with the crown of a community council. | The arms are based on the old burgh arms, but with the crown of a community council. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1974, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1974, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]] | ||