Court of the Lord Lyon
The Court of the Lord Lyon, or Lyon Court, is a standing court of law, based in New Register House in Edinburgh, which regulates heraldry in Scotland.
The Court of the Lord Lyon, or Lyon Court, is a standing court of law, based in New Register House in Edinburgh, which regulates heraldry in Scotland. The Lyon Court maintains the register of grants of arms, known as the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, as well as records of genealogies.
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Getting to Court of the Lord Lyon
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 11 km · Glasgow (GLA), 78 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 100 km
- Glasgow → Court of the Lord LyonTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Court of the Lord LyonTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Court of the Lord LyonTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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- Get inNorth Sea ferries no longer sail to Rosyth, so sailing from the continent means travelling via Newcastle, Hull, Harwich or the Channel ports.
- Get inFerries from Northern Ireland dock at Cairnryan, near Stranraer on the west coast.
- Get aroundIt passes through New Town along Princes Street and Shandwick Place to Haymarket, then takes an off-road track through the western suburbs.
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