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Incorporated into : 1974 West Oxfordshire | '''Country''' : | ||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
'''County''' : | |||
*[[Oxfordshire]][[File:Oxfordsh.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1974 [[West Oxfordshire]] | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* until 1974 Borough | |||
* since ?? Town council | |||
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{{#display_map:51.8471,-1.3549|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Motto''' 'RAMOSA CORNUA CERVI' - The branching horns of the stag. | '''Motto''' 'RAMOSA CORNUA CERVI' - The branching horns of the stag. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Recorded at the Visitation of 1634. Certified painting obtained in 1949, for the Woodstock Borough Council. | Recorded at the Visitation of 1634. Certified painting obtained in 1949, for the Woodstock Borough Council. | ||
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The motto is from Virgil, Eclogues, vii, c. 305; the reference is to the horns of a stag given as an offering to Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt. | The motto is from Virgil, Eclogues, vii, c. 305; the reference is to the horns of a stag given as an offering to Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt. | ||
The arms are currently used by the town council. | |||
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