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Scotland

CLYDEBANK (Burgh)

Incorporated into : 1975 Clydebank (District) (1996 West Dunbartonshire)

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Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted in 1930, but were already used on the seal from 1892.

The arms show the red saltire, or Lennox Cross, representative of the ancient Earls of Lennox as the town is in the Lennox region. The four additional elements are; a sewing machine representing the Singer Manufacturing Co, a battleship (probably the HMS Ramillies built at J & G Thomson's Clydebank Shipyard in 1892), sailing on the sea; a stag's head taken from the arms of shipbuilder James Rodger Thomson, the first Chief Magistrate of the Burgh, and a lion taken from the arms of the local landowner, Alexander Dunn Pattison of Dalmuir. The sewing machine and the ship also represent the two main industries in the burgh at the time.

The motto "Labore et Scientia" (By work and knowledge) and symbolises the industrial character of the burgh. The crest shows a garb for the agricultural interests of the burgh and region.

Literature : Portuous, 1906; image from here


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