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File:Keith.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Keith|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | File:Keith.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Keith|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
File:Keithc1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Keith|The arms on a roadsign | File:Keithc1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Keith|The arms on a roadsign (2024) | ||
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Origin/meaning
The Burgh arms (below) were granted on September 10, 1943. The community council arms (above) were granted on July 25, 1999.
Keith is an amalgamation of two communities, Old and New Keith united and enlarged in 1750 by James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater and 2nd Earl of Seafield, and Fife. The Burgh stands on land which was once part of the Regality of Keith and Strathisla which was held by the Cistercian Abbey of Kinloss by grant from King William the Lion (1165-1214).
The arms illustrate the three main features in the Burgh's history. In the first part, which recalls the ancient Kirkton of Keith and the tenure of the Lordship of Regality by Kinloss Abbey, are the arms of the Cistercian Order (France differenced Burgundy) but with the sinister half of the inescutcheon showing a star, two crowns, and a martlet from the Abbey seal.
The Ogilvy crowned lion on its silver field in the second part is for Keith Town and its founder, the Earl of Findlater, and in the third part is the golden shell of Duff on its green field for Fife-Keith and Earl Fife.
The Latin motto "Boldly and Gently" is that of George Ogilvy of Milton, who built the Castle of Milton Keith about 1480.
The community council arms are the Burgh arms with a different crown.
Image gallery
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
Literature: Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001; Upper image from Lord Lyon Register
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