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==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
Additions : 1930 [[Dysart]]<br> | Additions: 1930 [[Dysart]]<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 Kirkcaldy District Council (1996 [[Fife]] Area Council) | Incorporated into : 1975 Kirkcaldy District Council (1996 [[Fife]] Area Council) | ||
[[File:Kirkcaldy.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Kirkcaldy.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, an abbey of three pyramids Argent each ensigned with a cross patee Or. | Azure, an abbey of three pyramids Argent each ensigned with a cross patee Or. | ||
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The Motto is "Vigilando Munio". | The Motto is "Vigilando Munio". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted in 1673. | The arms were granted in 1673. | ||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Kirkcaldyseal.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |align="center"|[[File:Kirkcaldyseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Kirkcaldy.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:Kirkcaldy.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Kirkcaldy.haguk.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- | |align="center"|[[File:Kirkcaldy.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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==District Council== | ==District Council== | ||
Additions : 1975 Burghs of [[Buckhaven and Methil]], [[Burntisland]], [[Kinghorn]], Kirkcaldy, [[Leslie]], [[Leven]], [[Markinch]]; Districts of Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, Wemyss<br> | Additions: 1975 Burghs of [[Buckhaven and Methil]], [[Burntisland]], [[Kinghorn]], Kirkcaldy, [[Leslie]], [[Leven]], [[Markinch]]; Districts of Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, Wemyss<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 [[Fife]] Area Council | Incorporated into : 1996 [[Fife]] Area Council | ||
[[File:Kirkcaldyd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Kirkcaldyd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, an abbey of three pyramids Argent, each charged with a cross pattee Or, between in chief dexter a garb and sinister a buckle and in base a lymphad, sails furled, oars in action, all of the Last. | Azure, an abbey of three pyramids Argent, each charged with a cross pattee Or, between in chief dexter a garb and sinister a buckle and in base a lymphad, sails furled, oars in action, all of the Last. | ||
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 "Vigilando Munio". | 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 "Vigilando Munio". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on October 17, 1975. | The arms were granted on October 17, 1975. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities K]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1673]] | [[Category:Granted 1673]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1987]] | [[Category:Granted 1987]] | ||