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Barrhead Coat of Arms

In 1894 Barrhead became a burgh with its own officials and a council to run its affairs. It remained so until local government was reorganised in 1975, when it came under the authority of the new Renfrew District Council. It gained an official coat of arms in 1948, when the Lord Lyon King of Arms, who supervises all matters of heraldry in Scotland, granted the arms pictured here. The coat of arms has connections with the arms of two local families: Stewart of Darnley and Lennox, the family to which the Stewarts of Arthurlie belonged, and Pollok, who once owned the lands around Barrhead.

Coat of Arms - Heraldic

The shield is divided into four quarters. The first and the fourth quarters show three blue fleurs-de-lys - a kind of lily - on gold diagonal cross, inside a silver border, on a green background. The second and third quarters show three red hearts with silver crosses on a gold background; around them is a red border with symbols known as fountains, referring to the long-established plumbing industry of Barrhead. A red rose, from the arms of the Lennox Family, appears in the center of the shield. Two Black wolves support the shield and a crown in the form of a town wall indicates that Barrhead was a burgh. The Latin motto "Virtute et Labore" - "By Virtue and by Industry" is a resolution for the conduct of the new burgh, made by its first town Council in 1894.