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Revision as of 16:32, 4 March 2016
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PEEBLES
Incorporated into : 1976 Tweeddale District Council (1996 Scottish Borders Area Council)
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.
Duns was created a Burgh of Barony in 1489 and became a Police Burgh in 1842.
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 "Duns Dings a" 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.
 Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s |
 The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905 |
 The arms on a cigarette card, 1906 |
 The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
 The arms outside the county inn (source) |
 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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Literature : Porteous, 1906; Bute et al; 1903; Urquhart, 1974