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'''STROMNESS''' | '''STROMNESS''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1976 [[Orkney Islands|Orkney Islands Council]] | Incorporated into : 1976 [[Orkney Islands|Orkney Islands Council]] | ||
[[File:stromness.jpg|center]] | [[File:stromness.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, a dragon ship under sail, oars in action and flagged, and in base a pair of balances all Or. | Azure, a dragon ship under sail, oars in action and flagged, and in base a pair of balances all 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 same this Motto "Per Mare". | 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 same this Motto "Per Mare". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on March 6, 1985. | The arms were granted on March 6, 1985. | ||
The Burgh of Stromness never had official arms. The arms are based on the old seal of the Burgh. | The Burgh of Stromness never had official arms. The arms of the current Community Council are based on the old seal of the Burgh. | ||
The Viking ship set on a sea recalls the Norse antecedents of this sea-port town; the colours (blue and gold) are those of | The Viking ship set on a sea recalls the Norse antecedents of this sea-port town; the colours (blue and gold) are those of | ||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:stromnessz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of Stromness from 1892. | |align="center"|[[File:stromnessz1.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of Stromness from 1892. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Urquhart 1973 | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Urquhart 1973 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1886]] | [[Category:Granted 1886]] | ||