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''' NITHSDALE ''' (District Council) | ''' NITHSDALE ''' (District Council) | ||
Additions : 1975 [[Dumfries]], [[Sanquhar]], Districts of Dumfries, Eastern Kirkcudbright, Thornhill, Upper Nithsdale<br> | Additions: 1975 [[Dumfries]], [[Sanquhar]], Districts of Dumfries, Eastern Kirkcudbright, Thornhill, Upper Nithsdale<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 [[Dumfries and Galloway]] | Incorporated into : 1996 [[Dumfries and Galloway]] | ||
[[File:Nithsdale1.jpg|center]] | [[File:Nithsdale1.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
*(1975) | *(1975) | ||
Argent, a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, beaked and membered Gules, surmounted of an escutcheon of the First charged with a saltire of the Second and surcharged in the centre with a hurcheon Or, within a bordure of the Third charged with five estoiles of the Fourth; on a chief wavy Azure, an endorse of the Fourth between dexter, the demi-figure of the Archangel Michael, wings expanded, brandishing in his dexter hand a sword all Proper and on his sinister arm an escutcheon of the First charged with a cross of the Third; and sinister, on a rock in base Proper, a double-leaved gate of the Third, triple towered, on an ascent of five steps flanked by two towers all of the First, towers arch-roofed and masoned of the Second, vanes of the Third. | Argent, a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, beaked and membered Gules, surmounted of an escutcheon of the First charged with a saltire of the Second and surcharged in the centre with a hurcheon Or, within a bordure of the Third charged with five estoiles of the Fourth; on a chief wavy Azure, an endorse of the Fourth between dexter, the demi-figure of the Archangel Michael, wings expanded, brandishing in his dexter hand a sword all Proper and on his sinister arm an escutcheon of the First charged with a cross of the Third; and sinister, on a rock in base Proper, a double-leaved gate of the Third, triple towered, on an ascent of five steps flanked by two towers all of the First, towers arch-roofed and masoned of the Second, vanes of the Third. | ||
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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 "Reviresco". | 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 "Reviresco". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on September 23, 1976 and April 19, 1985. | The arms were officially granted on September 23, 1976 and April 19, 1985. | ||
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The 1975 arms: | The 1975 arms: | ||
[[File:Nithsdale.jpg|center]] | [[File:Nithsdale.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The lower half shows the arms of Maxwell, Earl of Nithsdale, with a double headed eagle, bearing a small shield with a saltire and in the middle a hedgehog. The hedgehog is a symbol for the Herries branch of the family. The bordure is based on the arms of the Burgh of Dumfries. | The lower half shows the arms of Maxwell, Earl of Nithsdale, with a double headed eagle, bearing a small shield with a saltire and in the middle a hedgehog. The hedgehog is a symbol for the Herries branch of the family. The bordure is based on the arms of the Burgh of Dumfries. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1979 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1979 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | ||