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Incorporated into : 1975 [[Moray]] District Council (1996 [[Moray]] Area Council) | Incorporated into: 1975 [[Moray]] District Council (1996 [[Moray]] Area Council) | ||
[[File:forrest.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:forrest.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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Argent, on a mount in base between two palm branches slipped Vert, the representation of Saint Lawrence, vested and holding in his dexter hand a book and leaning with his sinister upon a gridiron all Proper; in dexter chief an increscent and in sinister chief a mullet of six points, both Azure. | Argent, on a mount in base between two palm branches slipped Vert, the representation of Saint Lawrence, vested and holding in his dexter hand a book and leaning with his sinister upon a gridiron all Proper; in dexter chief an increscent and in sinister chief a mullet of six points, both Azure. | ||
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The arms were granted on April 28, 1931. | The arms were granted on April 28, 1931. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Forres.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- | |align="center"|[[File:Forres.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities F]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities F]] | ||
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FORRES
Burgh
Incorporated into: 1975 Moray District Council (1996 Moray Area Council)
Official blazon
Argent, on a mount in base between two palm branches slipped Vert, the representation of Saint Lawrence, vested and holding in his dexter hand a book and leaning with his sinister upon a gridiron all Proper; in dexter chief an increscent and in sinister chief a mullet of six points, both Azure.
Above the Shield is placed a coronet suitable to a Royal Burgh and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Jehovah Tu Mihi Deus Quid Deest".
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on April 28, 1931.
Forres was made a Royal Burgh by King David I between 1130 and 1153, and came under first the Earls of Moray and then the Douglas family between 1312 and 1455.
The arms come straight from the Burgh seal of which a fifteenth-century impression is on record. St. Lawrence, the patron saint of the town, is vested in his traditional red and gold and stands in a meadow between two palms of victory. In his right hand he holds the Gospels and he leans upon the gridiron on which he suffered martyrdom. The crescent and the star are probably the moon and the sun and apparently have been coloured blue so as to relate them to recall a traditional saying of St. Lawrence: "The darkness is no darkness to me, but the night is all as clear as the morning that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
The Latin motto, thought to be based on Deuteronomy 2:7, can be translated, "Eternal One, Thou art with me, what can be lacking?"
 Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s |
 The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1935 |
Community Council
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on November 12, 1986.
These are the burgh arms with a different crown.
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Literature: Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001