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{{uk}}''' BATHGATE '''
 
''' BATHGATE '''


==Burgh==
==Burgh==


Incorporated into : 1975 [[West Lothian]] District Council (1996  West Lothian Area Council)
Incorporated into: 1975 [[West Lothian]] District Council (1996  West Lothian Area Council)


[[File:Bathgate.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:Bathgate.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
Azure, on a mount between two oak trees, a castle triple-towered Proper, an open gate Gules, the main tower flagged with the arms of Fitzalan (videlicet: Gules, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Argent) and the other two towers with a banner of Scotland (videlicet: Azure, a saltire Argent), in base a loch undy Argent and of the field.
Azure, on a mount between two oak trees, a castle triple-towered Proper, an open gate Gules, the main tower flagged with the arms of Fitzalan (videlicet: Gules, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Argent) and the other two towers with a banner of Scotland (videlicet: Azure, a saltire Argent), in base a loch undy Argent and of the field.


Above the Shield is placed a mural coronet and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Commune Bonum Intra Muros".
Above the Shield is placed a mural coronet and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Commune Bonum Intra Muros".


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on May 17, 1938.
The arms were granted on May 17, 1938.


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[[File:Bathgatec.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:Bathgatec.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
Azure, on a mount between two oak trees a castle triple­ towered Proper, an open gate Gules, the main tower flagged with the arms of Fitzalan videlicet:-  Gules, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Argent, and the other two towers with a banner of Scotland  videlicet:­ Azure, a saltire Argent, in base a loch undy Argent and of the Field.
Azure, on a mount between two oak trees a castle triple­ towered Proper, an open gate Gules, the main tower flagged with the arms of Fitzalan videlicet:-  Gules, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Argent, and the other two towers with a banner of Scotland  videlicet:­ Azure, a saltire Argent, in base a loch undy Argent and of the Field.


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 Shield this Motto "Commune Bonum Intra Muros".
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 Shield this Motto "Commune Bonum Intra Muros".


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on February 1, 1979.
The arms were granted on February 1, 1979.


These are the Burgh arms with a crown of a community council.  
These are the Burgh arms with a crown of a community council. '''[[Literature]]''':
 
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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001
{{media}} Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]]
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