Hamilton (Scotland)
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HAMILTON
District Council
Additions : 1975 Hamilton Burgh, parts of several districts
Incorporated into : 1996 South Lanarkshire
Official blazon
Gules, a fess embattled and enarched Argent, masoned Sable, between three cinquefoils pierced ofthe Second.
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 Shield this Motto "Virtue and Vigilance".
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on August 12, 1975.
The arms ahow the arms of Hamilton, but with the addition of the embattled bridge. The bridge symbolises Bothwell bridge, the oldest bridge in Lanarkshire, dating from 1486.
The motto "Virtue and Vigilance" is a combination of the mottoes of Hamilton Burgh and Lanarkshire.
Burgh
Incorporated into : 1975 Hamilton District Council
Official blazon
Gules, three cinquefoils pierced Argent.
Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the proper Liveries is set for Crest a cinquefoil pierced as in the arms, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Sola Nobilitat Virtus".
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on July 20, 1886.
The three cinquefoils are taken from the arms of the Dukes of Hamilton and were also used by the Lanarkshire council.
Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s |
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The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905 |
The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
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