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KILSYTH

Burgh

Incorporated into : 1975 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (1996 North Lanarkshire)

Official blazon

Quarterly, Azure and Gules: 1st, an open Bible Proper; 2nd, two swords in saltire Argent, hilts uppermost Or; srd, two shuttles in saltire Or, garnished with thread Argent; 4th, a miner's lamp Argent, inflamed Proper; over all a cross fillet nowy lozengy Argent.

Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a Burgh of Barony (videlicet: Gules masoned Argent) and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Spe Expecto".

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 1, 1972.

Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s

The arms in the town

Community council

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 2002.

The arms are based on the old burgh arms, with a different crown and motto.

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