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'''HORWICH''' | '''HORWICH''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1974 : [[Bolton]] | Incorporated into : 1974 : [[Bolton]] | ||
[[file:Horwich.jpg|center]] | [[file:Horwich.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Vert a Hart courant proper gorged with an Ancient Crown on a Chief or a Cross Flory Gules voided of the Chief between four Pallets two and two Sable all between two Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Vert a Hart courant proper gorged with an Ancient Crown on a Chief or a Cross Flory Gules voided of the Chief between four Pallets two and two Sable all between two Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Argent and Gules a Huntsman habited and drawing his bow all proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath Argent and Gules a Huntsman habited and drawing his bow all proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : Copia est Labor | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Copia est Labor | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on 1st September 1975. | The arms were officially granted on 1st September 1975. | ||
Horwich UDC | Horwich UDC never had official arms, but the Horwich Town Council adopted arms after the merger with Bolton. | ||
The arms show a deer and huntsman - reminders of Horwich as a Royal hunting forest in the middle ages, two red Lancashire roses separated by a pair of black railway lines depicting the railway industry of Horwich and the Cross of the Pilkington family. Bishop Pilkington was a founder of the nearby Rivington Grammar School. | The arms show a deer and huntsman - reminders of Horwich as a Royal hunting forest in the middle ages, two red Lancashire roses separated by a pair of black railway lines depicting the railway industry of Horwich and the Cross of the Pilkington family. Bishop Pilkington was a founder of the nearby Rivington Grammar School. | ||
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The motto "Copia est Labor" roughly translates to "Industry brings Prosperity". | The motto "Copia est Labor" roughly translates to "Industry brings Prosperity". | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities H]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities H]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1975]] | [[Category:Granted 1975]] |
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