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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** Scotland<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1975 [[Clackmannan]] District Council | |||
** 1996 [[Clackmannanshire]] Area Council | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* Burgh | |||
<br> | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| Argent, on the waves of the sea Proper, an ancient galley Sable in full sail, the sail charged with the arms of the Earls of Mar & Kellie, pennon Gules, flag of the field charged with a pale of the Second; on a chief Vert, in the dexter a garland, the dexter half hops and the sinister barley, all Or, and in the sinister a golden fleece. Above the Shield is placed a Helmet befitting their degree with a Mantling Sable doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of their Liveries is set for Crest a griffin Gules winged, armed and beaked Or, langued Azure, and on an Escrol over the same this Motto "In the Forefront". | |||
Argent, on the waves of the sea Proper, an ancient galley Sable in full sail, the sail charged with the arms of the Earls of Mar & Kellie, pennon Gules, flag of the field charged with a pale of the Second; on a chief Vert, in the dexter a garland, the dexter half hops and the sinister barley, all Or, and in the sinister a golden fleece. | |} | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Helmet befitting their degree with a Mantling Sable doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of their Liveries is set for Crest a griffin Gules winged, armed and beaked Or, langued Azure, and on an Escrol over the same this Motto "In the Forefront". | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The griffin crest is taken from the supporters of the Earls of Mar & Kellie and the same colours are used; a griffin had been used on the Burgh seal and was carved on the seventeenth-century Town Cross. | The griffin crest is taken from the supporters of the Earls of Mar & Kellie and the same colours are used; a griffin had been used on the Burgh seal and was carved on the seventeenth-century Town Cross. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Alloaseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Alloa|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
File:Alloa.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Alloa|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''[[Literature]]''': Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974 | |||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1902]] | [[Category:Granted 1902]] | ||