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==Burgh/City== | ==Burgh/City== | ||
Additions : 1856 [[Calton (Edinburgh)|Calton]], [[Portsburgh]]; 1896 [[Portobello]], 1920 [[Leith]]<br> | Additions : 1856 [[Calton (Edinburgh)|Calton]], [[Canongate]], [[Portsburgh]]; 1896 [[Portobello]], 1920 [[Leith]]<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 Edinburgh District Council in the [[Lothian]] Regional Council (1996 Edinburgh City Council) | Incorporated into : 1975 Edinburgh District Council in the [[Lothian]] Regional Council (1996 Edinburgh City Council) | ||
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The Latin motto is an abridgement of Psalm 127:I: "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." | The Latin motto is an abridgement of Psalm 127:I: "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Edinburghseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
File:Edinburgh.mit.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911 | |||
File:Edinburgh.tho.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms on a cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:Edinburgh.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:Edinburgh.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:Edinburgh.dex.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | |||
File:Edinburgh.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:edinburgh.cva.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms in the [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt]] album, +/- 1910 | |||
File:Edinburgh.cal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms as used on a postcard +/- 1910 | |||
File:Edinburgh.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
</gallery> | |||
==District Council== | ==District Council== | ||