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Incorporated into : 1975 [[Banff and Buchan]] District Council (1996 [[Aberdeenshire]] Area Council)  
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Banff and Buchan]] District Council (1996 [[Aberdeenshire]] Area Council)  


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


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
Argent, a lion rampant guardant Gules, armed and langued Azure, holding between his paws a plumb-rule erect Proper.
Argent, a lion rampant guardant Gules, armed and langued Azure, holding between his paws a plumb-rule erect Proper.


(Above the Shield is placed a Burghal coronet.)
(Above the Shield is placed a Burghal coronet.)


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on April 23, 1930.
The arms were granted on April 23, 1930.


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{|align="center"
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:Portsoyseal.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
|align="center"|[[File:Portsoyseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
|}
|}


==Community Council==
==Community Council==


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


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
Argent, a lion rampant guardant Gules, armed and langued Azure, holding between his paws a plumb-rule erect Proper.
Argent, a lion rampant guardant Gules, armed and langued Azure, holding between his paws a plumb-rule erect Proper.


Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or.
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or.


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on November 28, 1990.
The arms were granted on November 28, 1990.


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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:  
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities P]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities P]]
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