Wigtown

District council Community council	WIGTOWN Country : United Kingdom Scotland Additions: 1975 Newton-Stewart 1975 Stranraer 1975 Whithorn 1975 Wigtown Incorporated into: 1996 Dumfries and Galloway Status: (< 1975) Burgh 1975-1996 Wigtown District Council since 1996 Wigtown Community Council Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":54.8673000000000001818989403545856475830078125,"lon":-4.44399999999999995026200849679298698902130126953125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
English	(district) Per pale indented: dexter Azure, a lion rampant Argent, armed and langued Gules, crowned with an antique crown Or and gorged of an antique crown Vert; sinister, Gules, a chevron Argent and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun arrayed Or; on a chief Azure, having a fillet Ermine, a salt ire Or charged with nine lozenges also Azure. Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:-a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or. (community council) Gules; on the sea in base undy argent and azure, a three masted ship under sail and flagged, the centre lower sail reefed [furled], argent, and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun in its splendour 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, and in an Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Let Wigton Flourish ".

Origin/meaning

Wigtown Burgh did not have recorded arms. Only a seal was known, see below.

In 1975 a larger Wigtown District was formed, comprising the area of the former Wigtownshire. The new district took the arms of Wigtownshire, which were granted on July 21, 1975.

The community council from 1996 comprise the area of the old Burgh and received arms based on the old burgh seal.

Image gallery

Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1935

Literature: Urquhart, 1979

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