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'''THURSO''' | '''THURSO''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1975 [[Caithness]] District Council (1996 [[Highland]] Area Council) | Incorporated into : 1975 [[Caithness]] District Council (1996 [[Highland]] Area Council) | ||
[[File:thurso.jpg|center]] | [[File:thurso.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, five barrulets Sable, engrailed on their under edges, the figure of Saint Peter enhaloed Proper, vested Azure and Or, in his dexter hand two keys in saltire of the Last and of the First, in his sinister a pafiiarchal cross of the Fourth. | Argent, five barrulets Sable, engrailed on their under edges, the figure of Saint Peter enhaloed Proper, vested Azure and Or, in his dexter hand two keys in saltire of the Last and of the First, in his sinister a pafiiarchal cross of the Fourth. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a Burgh and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Wark to God". | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a Burgh and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Wark to God". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on November 24, 1952. | The arms were granted on November 24, 1952. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:thursoz1.jpg|center]] <br/>The old seal from Thurso | |align="center"|[[File:thursoz1.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The old seal from Thurso | ||
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==Thurso Community Council== | ==Thurso Community Council== | ||
[[File:thursocc.jpg|center]] | [[File:thursocc.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, five barrulets Sable, engrailed on their upper edges, the figure of Saint Peter enhaloed Proper, vested Azure and Or, in his dexter hand two keys in saltire of the Last and of the First, in his sinister a patriarchal cross of the Fourth. | Argent, five barrulets Sable, engrailed on their upper edges, the figure of Saint Peter enhaloed Proper, vested Azure and Or, in his dexter hand two keys in saltire of the Last and of the First, in his sinister a patriarchal cross of the Fourth. | ||
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, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Wark to God". | 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, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Wark to God". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on August 27, 1999. | The arms were granted on August 27, 1999. | ||
These arms are the same as the old Burgh arms with a new crown. | These arms are the same as the old Burgh arms with a new crown. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Bute et al; 1903; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | [[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Bute et al; 1903; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | ||