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KIRKCALDY COAT OF ARMS
Coat of Arms from the cover of an old book
  

"Vigilando Munio" - "I Guard By Watching"

 

Kirkcaldy was owned by the Crown until 1075 when it was given to the Church and became a Burgh under the Abbot of Dunfermline.

The year 1451 saw the Burgh handed over to Kirkcaldy merchants and tradesmen along with all the trading rights.

King Charles I created the town a Royal Burgh in 1644.

The Coat of Arms shows an Abbey (likely to be Dunfermline) with the motto "Vigilando Munio".

  
On an old town sign
From old book cover
    From the old town signs
A floral display of the Coat of Arms
    
On an old postcard
Floral display     From an old postcard
Swimming pool sign
  


St. Bryce (or St. Brisse) the Patron Saint of Kirkcaldy is occasionally shown at the door of the Abbey. St. Bryce came from Tours in France. A fleur-de-lys is depicted, held in the right hand. A crescent moon and star is sometimes in the design. These are said to have come from a much earlier Coat of Arms.

 
Sign at swimming pool
     Window exterior & interior
On the new town signs
  
An embroidered Coat of Arms
On sea wall plaque
  
Black and white motto
From the new town signs   Embroidery On sea wall plaque   Black and white motto
Motto engraved into metal, found in Glenrothes !  
Stone carving on building, Kirkcaldy High Street
On the Provosts lamp at the town house
  
On the town house
Engraved into metal   Old stone carving Image on Provosts lamp   Stone carving, town house
Motto drawing
  
Chamber of Commerce sign in shop window
Engraved glass at Kirkcaldy Museum
  
On town house
Motto drawing   Chamber of Commerce sign Engraved glass   Town House
Carved in stone, Police Station
  
On stone bottle, W. Thomson, Tiel Works
On the Kirkcaldy Penny
  
On metal gate, Police Station
On Police Station   On stone bottle On the ' Kirkcaldy Penny '   On metal gate
Town House sign, at the entrance
  
On sleeve of school jacket
Carved into stone, Sinclairtown Library, Loughborough Road
  
Motto on the bowl of a clay pipe
Town House sign   On sleeve of school jacket Sinclairtown Library   On clay pipe
Engraved into metal plaque to Major H. L. Stocks, Boys Brigade
  
Motto on the base of the old town lamps
Metalwork at Fire Station
  
On metal pin badge
Metal engraving   Base of old town lamp 1953 On Fire Station   Pin badge
 
 
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