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==District Council== | ==District Council== | ||
Additions : 1975 Hamilton Burgh, parts of several districts <br/> | Additions: 1975 Hamilton Burgh, parts of several districts <br/> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 [[South Lanarkshire ]] | Incorporated into: 1996 [[South Lanarkshire ]] | ||
[[File:hamiltond.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:hamiltond.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Gules, a fess embattled and enarched Argent, masoned Sable, between three cinquefoils pierced ofthe Second. | Gules, a fess embattled and enarched Argent, masoned Sable, between three cinquefoils pierced ofthe Second. | ||
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 "Virtue and Vigilance". | 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 "Virtue and Vigilance". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on August 12, 1975. | The arms were granted on August 12, 1975. | ||
The arms | The arms show the arms of Hamilton, but with the addition of the embattled bridge. The bridge symbolises Bothwell bridge, the oldest bridge in Lanarkshire, dating from 1486. | ||
The motto "Virtue and Vigilance" is a combination of the mottoes of Hamilton Burgh and Lanarkshire. | The motto "Virtue and Vigilance" is a combination of the mottoes of Hamilton Burgh and Lanarkshire. | ||
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==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 Hamilton District Council | Incorporated into: 1975 Hamilton District Council | ||
[[File:hamiltonb.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:hamiltonb.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Gules, three cinquefoils pierced Argent. | Gules, three cinquefoils pierced Argent. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the proper Liveries is set for Crest a cinquefoil pierced as in the arms, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Sola Nobilitat Virtus". | Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the proper Liveries is set for Crest a cinquefoil pierced as in the arms, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Sola Nobilitat Virtus". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on July 20, 1886. | The arms were granted on July 20, 1886. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:hamilton.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:hamilton.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:hamilton.haguk.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- | |align="center"|[[File:hamilton.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1979 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1979 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities H]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities H]] | ||