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'''GRAMPIAN (Regional Council) '''
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Incorporated into : 1996 [[Aberdeen]] (city), [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Moray]]<br/>
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Additions : 1975 [[Aberdeenshire]], Aberdeen (city), [[Banffshire]], [[Kincardineshire]], [[Morayshire]] <br>
'''Country''':
Districts : [[Moray]], [[Banff and Buchan]], [[Gordon]], City of [[Aberdeen]], [[Kincardine and Deeside]]
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
 
** Scotland<br>
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'''Incorporated into''':<br>
 
* 1996 [[Aberdeen]] (city)
====Official blazon====  
* 1996 [[Aberdeenshire]]
Azure, a saltire Argent, sur­ mounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a cross­ crosslet fitchee Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second.
* 1996 [[Moray]]
'''Status''':<br>
* 1975-1996 Regional Council<br>
'''Districts''':  
* [[Moray]]
* [[Banff and Buchan]]
* [[Gordon]]
* City of [[Aberdeen]]
* [[Kincardine and Deeside]]
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Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Com­partment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a ptarmigan Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and un­ guled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent.
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|'''English'''
| Azure, a saltire Argent, sur­ mounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a cross­ crosslet fitchee Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Com­partment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a ptarmigan Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and un­ guled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent.
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====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms are granted in March 1975.   
The arms are granted in March 1975.   


The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The cross on the escutcheon is taken from the arms of the ancient Earldom of Mar. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a ptarmigan, a typical bird in the region.  
The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The cross on the escutcheon is taken from the arms of the ancient Earldom of Mar. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a ptarmigan, a typical bird in the region.  


[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:
Urquhart, 1979
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[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1979


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]]
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[[Category:Granted 1975]]

Latest revision as of 08:40, 16 June 2024

Arms (crest) of Grampian
GRAMPIAN

Country:

  • United Kingdom
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    • Scotland

Incorporated into:

Status:

  • 1975-1996 Regional Council

Districts:

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Official blazon
English Azure, a saltire Argent, sur­ mounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a cross­ crosslet fitchee Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Com­partment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a ptarmigan Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and un­ guled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent.

Origin/meaning

The arms are granted in March 1975.

The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The cross on the escutcheon is taken from the arms of the ancient Earldom of Mar. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a ptarmigan, a typical bird in the region.

Literature: Urquhart, 1979

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