Halliday (Name) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- Halliday (Name)
- ITI Number:
- 7552
- Category:
- Name
- Designer / Source:
- Newsome, Matthew
- Date:
- 2008
- Slog:
- BWK:GWK
- Colour Sequence:
- BWKWGWKWKWKWKWG
- Thread Count:
- P8 WW8 K8 WW8 LG8 WW8 K8 WW8 K8 WW8 K8 WW8 K8 WW8 LG8
- Notes:
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A personal tartan for the surname Halliday, commissioned by John Halliday, of Inverness.a border name recorded in Dumfriesshire as early as the thirteenth century. The tartan is based on the old traditional Border shepherd?s check also known as the Border Reiver tartan , and many Hallidays played an active role as both. The green and purple colours are based on the green and heather hills of Moffat and Ettrick, and the purple also remembers the role individual Hallidays played in the Covenanting religious wars of the 17th century. Can be worn by anyone of the name
Weaver D C Dalgliesh of Sekirk.
