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Incorporated into : 1996 [[Aberdeen]] (city) | <center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | ||
'''Country''' : | |||
Districts : [[Moray]] | * United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | ||
** Scotland<br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1996 [[Aberdeen]] (city) | |||
* 1996 [[Aberdeenshire]] | |||
* 1996 [[Moray]] | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* 1975-1996 Regional Council<br> | |||
'''Districts''' : | |||
* [[Moray]] | |||
* [[Banff and Buchan]] | |||
* [[Gordon]] | |||
* City of [[Aberdeen]] | |||
* [[Kincardine and Deeside]] | |||
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Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a ptarmigan Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and un guled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|'''English''' | |||
| Azure, a saltire Argent, sur mounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a cross crosslet fitchee Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a ptarmigan Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and un guled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are granted in March 1975. | The arms are granted in March 1975. | ||
The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The cross on the escutcheon is taken from the arms of the ancient Earldom of Mar. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a ptarmigan, a typical bird in the region. | The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The cross on the escutcheon is taken from the arms of the ancient Earldom of Mar. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a ptarmigan, a typical bird in the region. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Urquhart, 1979 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1975]] | [[Category:Granted 1975]] | ||
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| English | Azure, a saltire Argent, sur mounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a cross crosslet fitchee Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a ptarmigan Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and un guled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. |
Origin/meaning
The arms are granted in March 1975.
The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The cross on the escutcheon is taken from the arms of the ancient Earldom of Mar. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a ptarmigan, a typical bird in the region.
Literature: Urquhart, 1979
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