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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
Arms: Per chevron engrailed Azure and Argent in chief a Martlet volant between two Cross-crosslets fitchée of the second and in base on water barry wavy proper a Lymphad Sable.<br> | '''Arms''': Per chevron engrailed Azure and Argent in chief a Martlet volant between two Cross-crosslets fitchée of the second and in base on water barry wavy proper a Lymphad Sable.<br> | ||
Motto: 'PROGRESS'. | '''Motto''': 'PROGRESS'. | ||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== |
Revision as of 07:06, 2 April 2012
Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
LITTLEHAMPTON (urban district council)
Incorporated into : 1974 Arun
Official blazon
Arms: Per chevron engrailed Azure and Argent in chief a Martlet volant between two Cross-crosslets fitchée of the second and in base on water barry wavy proper a Lymphad Sable.
Motto: 'PROGRESS'.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on July 29, 1935.
They show the martlet of the West Sussex arms between two distinctive cross-crosslets from the Howard family arms. The bottom of the shield has an ancient ship, showing that the town is a port.
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905 |
The arms are continued by the Littlehampton Town Council.
Literature : Image provided by Laurence Jones