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==District Council== | ==District Council== | ||
Additions : 1975 Aird District, Inverness Burgh, Inverness District<br> | Additions: 1975 Aird District, Inverness Burgh, Inverness District<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 [[Highland]] Area Council | Incorporated into : 1996 [[Highland]] Area Council | ||
[[File:Invernessd.jpg|center|350 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Invernessd.jpg|center|350 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Per fess enhanced Azure and Gules, a barrulet wavy enhanced Argent; in base Our Lord upon the Cross Proper between a crescent and a mullet Or, and in chief between dexter, a cornucopia, and sinister, a fraise Argent, on a pale Or a cat saliant Proper. | Per fess enhanced Azure and Gules, a barrulet wavy enhanced Argent; in base Our Lord upon the Cross Proper between a crescent and a mullet Or, and in chief between dexter, a cornucopia, and sinister, a fraise Argent, on a pale Or a cat saliant Proper. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or; and in an Escrol under the Shield this Motto ''Concordia et Fidelitas ''. | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or; and in an Escrol under the Shield this Motto ''Concordia et Fidelitas ''. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on September 7, 1975. | The arms were granted on September 7, 1975. | ||
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The cinqefoil is taken as a symbol for Aird district. The wavy bar represents the Beauly and Ness rivers. | The cinqefoil is taken as a symbol for Aird district. The wavy bar represents the Beauly and Ness rivers. | ||
The motto is taken from the arms of the Burgh. No elements have been taken from the older [[ | The motto is taken from the arms of the Burgh. No elements have been taken from the older [[Inverness-shire]] County arms. | ||
==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
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[[File:Invernessb.jpg|center|530 px]] | [[File:Invernessb.jpg|center|530 px]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Gules, Our Lord upon the Cross Proper. | Gules, Our Lord upon the Cross Proper. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doub led Or, and upon a Wreath of their proper Liveries is set for Crest a cornucopia Proper, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Concordia et Fidelitas", and upon a Compart ment below the Shield are placed for Supporters, on the dexter side a dromedary and on the sinister side an elephant, both Proper. | Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doub led Or, and upon a Wreath of their proper Liveries is set for Crest a cornucopia Proper, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Concordia et Fidelitas", and upon a Compart ment below the Shield are placed for Supporters, on the dexter side a dromedary and on the sinister side an elephant, both Proper. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on February 9, 1900. | The Burgh arms were granted on February 9, 1900. | ||
Inverness appears to have been made a Royal Burgh by King David I some time between 1130 and 1153. | Inverness appears to have been made a Royal Burgh by King David I some time between 1130 and 1153. | ||
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The cornucopia crest is also probably symbolic of the Burgh's trade and prosperity, while the Latin motto "Concord and Fidelity" is a noble sentiment worthy of a Burgh which is capital of the Highlands. | The cornucopia crest is also probably symbolic of the Burgh's trade and prosperity, while the Latin motto "Concord and Fidelity" is a noble sentiment worthy of a Burgh which is capital of the Highlands. | ||
In January 2008 a petition to matriculate armorial bearings for the City of Inverness was refused by Lord Lyon King of Arms on the grounds that there is no legal entity to which arms can be granted. | |||
==Image gallery== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Invernessseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
File:Inverness.wrs.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms as used on a [[Scottish arms (WRS)|postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:Inverness.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 (wrong) | |||
File:Inverness2.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 (corrected) | |||
File:Inverness.ukpc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|Postcard, 1980s | |||
File:Inverness.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:Inverness2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms in the town | |||
File:Inverness3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms in the town ([http://s3.amazonaws.com/estock/fspid11/81/81/34/inverness-scotland-highland-818134-o.jpg source]) | |||
File:Invernessc1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Inverness|The arms on a 1937 medal ([http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTU5NlgxNjAw/z/6yMAAOSwpdpVajST/$_1.JPG source]) | |||
</gallery> | |||
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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Bute et al; 1903; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Porteous, 1906; Bute et al; 1903; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities I]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities I]] | ||