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===Official blazon=== | |||
Tierced in pairle reversed: 1st, per fess wavy: in chief Or, in base undy Azure and Argent, a twomasted ship Proper, her jib and mainsail Argent, pennons Gules; 2nd, Azure, three fish naiant Or; 3rd, Gules, a castle of two towers upon a rock in base Or. | Tierced in pairle reversed: 1st, per fess wavy: in chief Or, in base undy Azure and Argent, a twomasted ship Proper, her jib and mainsail Argent, pennons Gules; 2nd, Azure, three fish naiant Or; 3rd, Gules, a castle of two towers upon a rock in base Or. | ||
Below the Shield which is ensigned of a mural coronet proper to a Burgh of Barony (''videlicet'': Gules masoned Argent) is placed in an Escrol this Motto "God's Providence is our Inheritance". | Below the Shield which is ensigned of a mural coronet proper to a Burgh of Barony (''videlicet'': Gules masoned Argent) is placed in an Escrol this Motto "God's Providence is our Inheritance". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are granted on January 14, 1958. | The arms are granted on January 14, 1958. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:stornowayz1.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:stornowayz1.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from 1892 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:stornoway1.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:stornoway1.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a local signpost ([http://galenote.blogspot.nl/2008/08/signposts-for-stornoway-pedestrians.html Source]) | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1973; Porteous, 1906 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1973; Porteous, 1906 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1958]] | [[Category:Granted 1958]] | ||