Boston RDC

	BOSTON RDC Country : United Kingdom England Incorporated into: 1974 Boston (Borough) Status: (<1974) Rural district council Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":52.95450000000000301270119962282478809356689453125,"lon":-0.0859999999999999931166172473240294493734836578369140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
English	Arms : Bendy wavy of six Or and Azure on a Chief Sable a Garb between two Pairs of Windmill sails Gold. Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours a demi Lion guardant Or ducally crowned Azure supporting a Crosier Argent. Motto: 'SERVE WITH AMITY'

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 1, 1953.

The chief has a garb between windmill sails, refer to the characteristic Dutch-type draining of the area and the fertile fields.

The waves symbolise the River Witham and other minor watercourses.

The crest is a half-length figure of one of the Royal lions from the arms of King John, alluding to his journey to Swineshead after losing his treasure in the Wash. The lion is crowned with one of the blue crowns of the mermaid supporters of the Borough of Boston arms, and the combination of lion and crown is also an allusion to Coronation year (the arms were granted in 1953, the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II).

In the motto "Serve With Amity", there is a slight pun, for it contains the name of the river Witham which plays a considerable part in the life of the rural district. Literature: Image and information provided by Laurence Jones; Lincolnshire Echo, 8 May 1954, p.12.