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 ====Origin/meaning====
 The arms were officially granted on November 1, 1972.
+Kilsyth became a burgh in 1620 in favour of Sir William Livingstone of Kilsyth, whose brother Sir James Livingstone was created Viscount Kilsyth in 1661.
+The arms of the Burgh follow closely the design of the non-armorial Burgh seal adopted in 1929.
+The four quarters show (I) an open Bible on a blue field to recall Kilsyth's connections with the Covenanters and the two important Scottish religious revivals which started in the town in 1742 and 1838; (2) crossed swords on a red field in allusion to the Battle of Kilsyth (1645) fought between the Marquess of Montrose and a Covenanting army under General William Baillie; (3) crossed shuttles for the weaving industry which was so important in the early nineteenth century; (4) a miner's lamp for coal and ironstone mining.
+The colours used for the fields in these last two quarters were chosen for artistic reasons to balance up those in the first two quarters.
+Overall the graceful cross not only reflects the similar motif on the Burgh seal but also appropriately recalls the town's many religious connections.
+The Latin motto-"I look forward with hope" is that of Livingstone, Viscount Kilsyth.
 {|align="center"
 |align="center"|[[File:Kilsythseal.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
 |align="center"|[[File:Kilsyth3.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the town
 |}