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''' LOSSIEMOUTH AND BRANDERBURGH '''
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'''Country''' :
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
** England<br><br>
'''Incorporated into''':<br>
* 1975 [[Moray]] Area council
** 1996 [[Moray]] District council
'''Status''':<br>
* (< 1975) Borough
* since ? Community council
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===Origin/meaning===
The burgh never recorded arms, but used a seal as shown below.
The burgh never recorded arms, but used a seal as shown below.


The seal illustrates the legend of the town's patron saint, St. Gerardine, who is said to have walked along the shore at nights bearing a lantern to warn ships off the dangerous rocks; today the promontory by the harbour is still called Halliman (Holy Man) Point and the rocks to the West, Halliman Skerries. The seal bears the motto "Per noctem lux".
The seal illustrates the legend of the town's patron saint, St. Gerardine, who is said to have walked along the shore at nights bearing a lantern to warn ships off the dangerous rocks; today the promontory by the harbour is still called Halliman (Holy Man) Point and the rocks to the West, Halliman Skerries. The seal bears the motto "Per noctem lux".


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The image of the seal was sometimes used as arms, but these were never recorded.
|align="center"|[[File:Lossiemouthseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
 
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===Image gallery===
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
File:Lossiemouthseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lossiemouth and Branderburgh|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
File:Lossiemouth.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lossiemouth and Branderburgh|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Porteous, 1906


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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906


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