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{{uk}} | {{uk}}''' CLYDEBANK ''' | ||
''' CLYDEBANK ''' | |||
==District council== | ==District council== | ||
Additions : 1975 Clydebank Burgh, Old Kilpatrick district<br> | Additions: 1975 Clydebank Burgh, Old Kilpatrick district<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 [[West Dunbartonshire]] | Incorporated into: 1996 [[West Dunbartonshire]] | ||
[[File:clydebank.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:clydebank.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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Argent, on a saltire Gules between in chief a cogwheel Sable, in fess dexter a demi-figure of Saint Patrick Proper, in fess sinister a representation of part of the Antonine Wall Proper, and in base upon the waves of the sea a lymphad, sails furled, oars in action of the Third, flagged of the Second, a dove wings expanded of the First. | Argent, on a saltire Gules between in chief a cogwheel Sable, in fess dexter a demi-figure of Saint Patrick Proper, in fess sinister a representation of part of the Antonine Wall Proper, and in base upon the waves of the sea a lymphad, sails furled, oars in action of the Third, flagged of the Second, a dove wings expanded of the First. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate | 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 "Labore et Scientia". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 Clydebank District | Incorporated into: 1975 Clydebank District | ||
[[File:clydebankb.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:clydebankb.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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The arms were already used on the seal from 1892. | The arms were already used on the seal from 1892. | ||
The arms show the red saltire, or Lennox Cross, representative of the ancient Earls of Lennox as the town is in the Lennox region. The four additional elements are; a sewing machine representing the Singer Manufacturing Co, a battleship ( | The arms show the red saltire, or Lennox Cross, representative of the ancient Earls of Lennox as the town is in the Lennox region. The four additional elements are; a sewing machine representing the Singer Manufacturing Co, a battleship (the HMS Ramillies built at J & G Thomson's Clydebank Shipyard in 1892), sailing on the sea; a stag's head taken from the arms of shipbuilder James Rodger Thomson, the first Chief Magistrate of the Burgh, and a lion taken from the arms of the local landowner, Alexander Dunn Pattison of Dalmuir. The sewing machine and the ship also represent the two main industries in the burgh at the time. | ||
The crest shows a garb for the agricultural interests of the burgh and region. | The crest shows a garb for the agricultural interests of the burgh and region. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}}'''[[Literature]]''': Portuous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | ||
[[Literature]] : Portuous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1930]] | [[Category:Granted 1930]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1975]] | [[Category:Granted 1975]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1985]] | [[Category:Granted 1985]] | ||