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[[File:nelsonb.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:nelsonb.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Azure on a Chevron Argent between two Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed in chief and a Fleece in base Or two Reed-Hooks chevron-wise proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Azure on a Chevron Argent between two Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed in chief and a Fleece in base Or two Reed-Hooks chevron-wise proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours upon a Shuttle fessewise Or a Cock Gules holding in the beak a Sprig of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours upon a Shuttle fessewise Or a Cock Gules holding in the beak a Sprig of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'BY INDUSTRY AND INTEGRITY' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on May 5, 1891. | The arms were officially granted on May 5, 1891. | ||
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The rooster is derived from the arms of the Tunstall family, formerly considerable landowners in the locality and largely engaged in the cotton industry | The rooster is derived from the arms of the Tunstall family, formerly considerable landowners in the locality and largely engaged in the cotton industry | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
| | File:Nelson3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Nelson|The arms in 1900 | ||
| | File:nelson.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Nelson|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1891]] | [[Category:Granted 1891]] | ||