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'''Country''' :
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
** Scotland<br><br>
'''Additions''':
* 1975 [[Newton-Stewart]]
* 1975 [[Stranraer]]
* 1975 [[Whithorn]]
* 1975  Wigtown
'''Incorporated into''':
* 1996 [[Dumfries and Galloway]]
'''Status''':<br>
* (< 1975) Burgh
*  1975-1996 Wigtown District Council
* since 1996 Wigtown Community Council
<br>


''' WIGTOWN'''
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Wigtown Burgh was merged into Wigtown District Council in 1975. In 1996 Wigtown Community Council was created, comprising the same area as the former burgh.
==Burgh==
Wigtown Burgh did not have recorded arms. Only a seal was known.


{|align="center"
{| class="wikitable"
|align="center"|[[File:Wigtownseal.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
|+Official blazon
|align="center"|[[File:wigtown.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935
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|'''English'''
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* (district) Per pale indented: dexter Azure, a lion rampant Argent, armed and langued Gules, crowned with an antique crown Or and gorged of an antique crown Vert; sinister, Gules, a chevron Argent and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun arrayed Or; on a chief Azure, having a fillet Ermine, a salt ire Or charged with nine lozenges also Azure. 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.
* (community council) Gules; on the sea in base undy argent and azure, a three masted ship under sail and flagged, the centre lower sail reefed [furled], argent, and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun in its splendour 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 Shield this Motto "Let Wigton Flourish ".
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==District Council==
Additions : 1975 [[Newton-Stewart]], [[Stranraer]], [[Whithorn]], Wigtown; Districts of Machars, Rhins, Western Kirkcudbright<br>
Incorporated into : 1996 [[Dumfries and Galloway]]
[[File:Wigtownd.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
===Official blazon===
Per pale indented: dexter Azure, a lion rampant Argent, armed and langued Gules, crowned with an antique crown Or and gorged of an antique crown Vert; sinister, Gules, a chevron Argent and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun arrayed Or; on a chief Azure, having a fillet Ermine, a salt ire Or charged with nine lozenges also Azure.
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.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on July 21, 1975.  
Wigtown Burgh did not have recorded arms. Only a seal was known, see below.


The arms are those of [[Wigtownshire]] with a different crown.
In 1975 a larger Wigtown District was formed, comprising the area of the former [[Wigtownshire]]. The new district took the arms of Wigtownshire, which were granted on July 21, 1975.


The community council from 1996 comprise the area of the old Burgh and received arms based on the old burgh seal.


==Community Council==
===Image gallery===
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
File:Wigtownseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Wigtown|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
File:wigtown.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Wigtown|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935
</gallery>


[[File:Wigtowncc.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]  
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Urquhart, 1979
 
===Official blazon===
Gules; on the sea in base undy argent and azure, a three masted ship under sail and flagged, the centre lower sail reefed [furled], argent, and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun in its splendour 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 Shield this Motto "Let Wigton Flourish ".
 
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on ?
 
The arms are based on the old seal of the burgh, see above.


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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:
Urquhart, 1979


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Latest revision as of 12:30, 1 April 2024

Arms (crest) of Wigtown
District council
Arms (crest) of Wigtown
Community council
WIGTOWN

Country :

  • United Kingdom
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    • Scotland

Additions:

Incorporated into:

Status:

  • (< 1975) Burgh
  • 1975-1996 Wigtown District Council
  • since 1996 Wigtown Community Council


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Official blazon
English
  • (district) Per pale indented: dexter Azure, a lion rampant Argent, armed and langued Gules, crowned with an antique crown Or and gorged of an antique crown Vert; sinister, Gules, a chevron Argent and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun arrayed Or; on a chief Azure, having a fillet Ermine, a salt ire Or charged with nine lozenges also Azure. 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.
  • (community council) Gules; on the sea in base undy argent and azure, a three masted ship under sail and flagged, the centre lower sail reefed [furled], argent, and issuing from the sinister chief a quadrant of the sun in its splendour 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 Shield this Motto "Let Wigton Flourish ".

Origin/meaning

Wigtown Burgh did not have recorded arms. Only a seal was known, see below.

In 1975 a larger Wigtown District was formed, comprising the area of the former Wigtownshire. The new district took the arms of Wigtownshire, which were granted on July 21, 1975.

The community council from 1996 comprise the area of the old Burgh and received arms based on the old burgh seal.

Image gallery

Literature: Urquhart, 1979

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