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Incorporated into : 1976 [[Tweeddale]] District Council (1996 [[Scottish Borders]] Area Council)
Incorporated into : 1976 [[Tweeddale]] District Council (1996 [[Scottish Borders]] Area Council)


[[File:Peebles.jpg|center]]
[[File:Peebles.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
Gules, three salmon counternaiant in pale Proper. And in an Escrol this Motto "Contranando lucre­ mentum".
Gules, three salmon counternaiant in pale Proper. And in an Escrol this Motto "Contranando lucre­ mentum".


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on December 18, 1894.
The arms were granted on December 18, 1894.


Duns was created a Burgh of Barony in 1489 and became a Police Burgh in 1842.<br>
Peebles was created a Royal Burgh around 1153. The arms already appear on a seal of which an impression is known from 1479. The three salmon also appear on the Town Cross, which is thought to date from 1320.  
The castle is Duns Castle, shown in the colours of two important families in the area, the Hay and Dunbar families. These are also represented in the bordure, with the roses of Dunbar and the escutcheons of Hay. The canton with the red cushion is taken from the arms of Randolph, Earl of Moray, to whom the lands of Duns were given in 1314.  The motto &quot;Duns Dings a&quot; is from when an English raiding army was frightened off by the locals who had made big rattles from cow hides filled with stones. These they shook to make a loud noise or "ding" and the English army horses bolted! The "a'" bit means all!


The arms were based on the seal of 1892, which already showed the castle, bordure and free canton. The bordure now only showed the roses of the Dunbar family. As a crest an arm with a sword and as motto 'Invictus' were used. These both refer again to the above mentioned raiding party.  
The salmon recall the many salmon in the river Tweed, on which the Burgh stands; their arrangement on the shield refers to the habit of the fish
travelling upstream from the sea to spawn and implies that for every salmon swimming up river, two return to the sea. The red colour has been used for centuries, but the meaning is not known.
 
The Latin motto means "Increase by swimming against (the stream)".  


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{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:Peeblesseal.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
|align="center"|[[File:Peeblesseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
|align="center"|[[File:Peebles.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
|align="center"|[[File:Peebles.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Peebles.tho.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a cigarette card, 1906
|align="center"|[[File:Peebles.tho.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a cigarette card, 1906
|align="center"|[[File:Peebles.haguk.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
|align="center"|[[File:Peebles.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Peebles2.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms outside the county inn ([http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1878289 source])
|align="center"|[[File:Peebles2.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms outside the county inn ([http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1878289 source])
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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Bute et al; 1903; Urquhart, 1974
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:  
Porteous, 1906; Bute et al; 1903; Urquhart, 1974


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[[Category:Granted 1894]]
[[Category:Granted 1894]]

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PEEBLES

Incorporated into : 1976 Tweeddale District Council (1996 Scottish Borders Area Council)

Arms (crest) of Peebles

Official blazon

Gules, three salmon counternaiant in pale Proper. And in an Escrol this Motto "Contranando lucre­ mentum".

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 18, 1894.

Peebles was created a Royal Burgh around 1153. The arms already appear on a seal of which an impression is known from 1479. The three salmon also appear on the Town Cross, which is thought to date from 1320.

The salmon recall the many salmon in the river Tweed, on which the Burgh stands; their arrangement on the shield refers to the habit of the fish travelling upstream from the sea to spawn and implies that for every salmon swimming up river, two return to the sea. The red colour has been used for centuries, but the meaning is not known.

The Latin motto means "Increase by swimming against (the stream)".

seal of Peebles

Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
Coat of arms (crest) of Peebles

The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
Peebles.tho.jpg

The arms on a cigarette card, 1906
Coat of arms (crest) of Peebles

The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1935
Peebles2.jpg

The arms outside the county inn (source)
Peebles3.jpg

The arms on the bridge in town

The arms are now used by the Royal Burgh of Peebles and District community council.

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