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====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were officially granted on November 1, 1972. | The arms were officially granted on November 1, 1972. | ||
Kilsyth became a burgh in 1620 in favour of Sir William Livingstone of Kilsyth, whose brother Sir James Livingstone was created Viscount Kilsyth in 1661. | |||
The arms of the Burgh follow closely the design of the non-armorial Burgh seal adopted in 1929. | |||
The four quarters show (I) an open Bible on a blue field to recall Kilsyth's connections with the Covenanters and the two important Scottish religious revivals which started in the town in 1742 and 1838; (2) crossed swords on a red field in allusion to the Battle of Kilsyth (1645) fought between the Marquess of Montrose and a Covenanting army under General William Baillie; (3) crossed shuttles for the weaving industry which was so important in the early nineteenth century; (4) a miner's lamp for coal and ironstone mining. | |||
The colours used for the fields in these last two quarters were chosen for artistic reasons to balance up those in the first two quarters. | |||
Overall the graceful cross not only reflects the similar motif on the Burgh seal but also appropriately recalls the town's many religious connections. | |||
The Latin motto-"I look forward with hope" is that of Livingstone, Viscount Kilsyth. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Kilsythseal.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |align="center"|[[File:Kilsythseal.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Kilsyth3.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the town | |align="center"|[[File:Kilsyth3.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the town | ||
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