Editing Clydebank (section)

===Coat of arms===
[[File:Clydebank burgh coat of arms.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Coat of Arms of the Burgh of Clydebank 1892–1975.]]

The Burgh of Clydebank adopted an unofficial [[coat of arms]] in 1892, when it was required to obtain a common seal by the [[Police burgh|Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892]]. The design was described disparagingly by [[Arthur Charles Fox-Davies]] as a ''fine healthy specimen of home-made heraldry''.<ref>A.C. Fox-Davies, ''The Book of Public Arms'', 2nd edition, London, 1915</ref>

The design comprised a shield surmounted by a [[mural crown]], above which was a helm bearing a wreath and crest. In the centrepiece of the shield was a Lennox Cross representative of the ancient Earls of Lennox. In chief position was a sewing machine representing the [[Singer Corporation]] and in base position "on the waves of the sea" was a representation of the battleship {{HMS|Ramillies|1892|6}} built at J & G Thomson's Clydebank Shipyard in 1892. In the dexter fess position was a stag's head taken from the coat of arms of shipbuilder James Rodger Thomson, the first Provost of the Burgh. In sinister fess position there was a lion rampant taken from the coat of arms of local landowner, Alexander Dunn Pattison of Dalmuir. The crest was a garb or wheatsheaf representing the agricultural interests of the area. The [[Latin]] motto below the shield was ''Labore et Scientia'' or ''by work and by knowledge''.

In 1929 there was a concerted campaign by the office of [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]] to ensure that all burghs using unmatriculated arms regularised their position, and more than fifty burghs registered arms between 1929 and 1931. This led to Clydebank's arms being matriculated on 6 February 1930. The 1930 grant was almost identical to the 1892 device.<ref>R. M. Urquhart, ''Scottish Burgh and County Heraldry'', London, 1973</ref>

When the burgh was abolished in 1975 to become part of a larger Clydebank District, the burgh arms went out of use. Clydebank District Council was granted new arms on 3 September 1975, consisting of a red saltire on a white field for the ancient province of [[Lennox (district)|Lennox]] and for the town's more recent historic links to Ireland which previously used the same flag. The cog-wheel symbolised all the local industries and the demi-figure of [[Saint Patrick]] referred to Old Kilpatrick, a burgh of barony from 1672, and where the saint is reputed to have been born. A representation of part of the Roman [[Antonine Wall]] was included as the Wall and Roman forts at Old Kilpatrick and Greenhill were features common to the burgh and to the villages in the district. The [[lymphad]] (galley ship) was for Clyde shipbuilding. The burgh motto was retained.<ref>R.M. Urquhart, ''Scottish Civic Heraldry'', London, 1979</ref>

At the request of the district council, the arms were rematriculated on 19 April 1985 with the addition of a dove of peace in the centre of the saltire. The coat of arms went out of use in 1996 with the abolition of the District Council. In 1998, the successor West Dunbartonshire Council was granted very similar arms.<ref>R.M. Urquhart, ''Scottish Civic Heraldry 2'', Hamilton, 2001</ref>