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'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** Scotland<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1975 [[Moray]] District Council | |||
** 1996 [[Moray]] Area Council | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* (< 1975) Burgh | |||
* since ? Community council | |||
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* (Burgh) Tierced in pairle reversed: 1st, Azure, semee of fleurs-de-lys Or, an inescutcheon parted per pale, the dexter bendy of six Or and Azure within a bordure Gules, sinister Argent, two open crowns in fess Gules and a martlet in base Azure, on a chief of the Last, a mullet of the field; 2nd, Argent, a lion passant guardant Gules, imperially crowned Or; 3rd, Vert, an escallop Or. Above the Shield is placed a mural coronet befitting a Burgh and in an Escrol below the Shield is this Motto "Fortiter et Suaviter". | |||
* (community council) Tierced in pairle reversed: 1st, Azure, semee of fleurs de-lys Or, an inescutcheon parted per pale, the dexter bendy of six Or and Azure within a bordure Gules, sinister, Argent, two open crowns in fess Gules and a martlet in base Azure, on a chief of the Last a mullet of the Field; 2nd, Argent. a lion passant guardant Gules, imperially crowned Or; 3rd, Vert, an escallop 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 same this Motto "Fortiter et Suaviter". | |||
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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. | |||
[[File:Keith.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Keith.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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). | 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). | ||
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The Latin motto "Boldly and Gently" is that of George Ogilvy of Milton, who built the Castle of Milton Keith about 1480. | 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=== | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
Keithseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Keith|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
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 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[ | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001; Upper image from Lord Lyon Register | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities K]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities K]] |
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