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{{uk}} | {{uk}}''' CLYDESDALE''' (1975-1980 LANARK) (District Council) | ||
Additions: 1975 [[Biggar]], [[Lanark]] <br/> | |||
Incorporated into: 1996 [[South Lanarkshire]] | |||
Additions : 1975 [[Biggar]], [[Lanark]] <br/> | |||
Incorporated into : 1996 [[South Lanarkshire]] | |||
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The motto is taken from the Fleming family and burgh of Biggar. | The motto is taken from the Fleming family and burgh of Biggar. | ||
{{media}} | {{media}}'''[[Literature]]''': Urquhart, 1979 | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1979 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]] | ||
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CLYDESDALE (1975-1980 LANARK) (District Council)
Additions: 1975 Biggar, Lanark
Incorporated into: 1996 South Lanarkshire
Official blazon
Tierced in pairle reversed: 1st, Or, an eagle with two heads displayed Sable, armed and membered Gules, holding in his dexter claw an ancient hand bell Proper; 2nd, Gules, a goat's head erased Argent, armed Or; 3rd, Argent, a man's heart Gules, imperially crowned Proper.
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; and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Let the Deed Shaw".
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on August 12, 1975.
The arms are divided in a similar was as the arms of Biggar. The symbols are all taken from the arms of the burghs and county. The double-headed eagle is taken from the arms of Lanark Burgh and is a Roman eagle, symbolising the Roman camps in the area. The bell in the claw of the eagle is the bell of St. Munro, the patron saint of Lanark (see also Glasgow).
The goat's head is taken from the arms Biggar and is derived from the crest of the Fleming family. The base shows the crowned heart of the Douglas family, taken from the arms of Lanarkshire.
The motto is taken from the Fleming family and burgh of Biggar.
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Index of the siteLiterature: Urquhart, 1979