Welcome to the pages that give you a history of Saltcoats; its roots in the past, the feuding baronies, its burgh status, its industrial background, a street by street historical review, a listing of our most famous and notable people, our "doon the water" holiday trade, a review of our magnificant churches, and finally an interesting article on a geological discovery.
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Pictured above on the right is the Burgh of Saltcoats Crest. It symbolises the past history of Saltcoats including shipping, a ruined sot cot (a salt workers property), fishing and the three amulets are taken from the coat of arms of the Earls of Eglinton and Winton, whose ancestor Hugh, the first Earl of Eglinton, was granted a precept which gave Saltcoats a Burgh of Barony status in 1528. Above the shield is placed a mural coronet suitable to a burgh and below in an escrol, the motto which heralds the words "per mare per terras", meaning By Sea and By Land.
Also, out of interest, the tartan on the left hand navigation strip is the official Saltcoats tartan, designed in 2001 and will officially be recorded as a tartan in the Scottish Tartan. The history of Saltcoats is held within the colours of its tartan; the blue of the sea, the beige of the sand, the black of the coal and the white of the salt, combined with a deep and rich purple, the traditional colour of Scotland.
