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''' MERIONETHSHIRE''' | ''' MERIONETHSHIRE''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1974 [[Gwynedd]] | Incorporated into : 1974 [[Gwynedd]] | ||
[[File:merionethshire.jpg|center]] | [[File:merionethshire.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Azure, three goats salient argent, armed, crined and unguled Or; on the chief of the last issuant from barry wavy of four of the first and the second a sun rising gules.<br> | '''Arms''' : Azure, three goats salient argent, armed, crined and unguled Or; on the chief of the last issuant from barry wavy of four of the first and the second a sun rising gules.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : Issuant from a coronet of six roses set upon a rim Or, a representation of Harlech Castle on a rock proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : Issuant from a coronet of six roses set upon a rim Or, a representation of Harlech Castle on a rock proper.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : Upon a compartment of rock proper, on either side a dragon gules supporting an abbot's crozier and charged on the wing with five mullets Or.<br> | '''Supporters''' : Upon a compartment of rock proper, on either side a dragon gules supporting an abbot's crozier and charged on the wing with five mullets Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : Tra Mor tra Meirion | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Tra Mor tra Meirion | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on March 1952. | The arms were officially granted on March 1952. | ||
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The supporters are Welsh dragons, hoding a croseir for the many (former) abbeys in the area, especially Cymmer Abbey. The stars on the dragons are a symbol for St. Elltyd, an astronomer. | The supporters are Welsh dragons, hoding a croseir for the many (former) abbeys in the area, especially Cymmer Abbey. The stars on the dragons are a symbol for St. Elltyd, an astronomer. | ||
[[Literature]] : Image provided by Laurence Jones; background from Scott-Giles, 1953. | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image provided by Laurence Jones; background from Scott-Giles, 1953. | |||
[[Category:British County Councils]] | [[Category:British County Councils]] | ||
[[Category:Wales]] | [[Category:Wales]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1952]] | [[Category:Granted 1952]] | ||