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'''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
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''' ALLOA '''
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|+Official blazon
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Clackmannan]] District Council (1996 [[Clackmannanshire]] Area Council)
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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".
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[[File:Alloa.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
===Origin/meaning===
 
====Official blazon====
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====
The arms were granted on June 11, 1902.
The arms were granted on June 11, 1902.


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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.  


{|align="center"
===Image gallery===
|align="center"|[[File:Alloaseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
|align="center"|[[File:Alloa.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
File:Alloaseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Alloa|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
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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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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]]
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[[Category:Granted 1902]]
[[Category:Granted 1902]]
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