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'''ROCHESTER''' | '''ROCHESTER''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1974 [[Rochester upon Medway]] (1998 [[Medway]]) | Incorporated into : 1974 [[Rochester upon Medway]] (1998 [[Medway]]) | ||
[[File:rochest.jpg|center]] | [[File:rochest.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Or on a Cross Gules a Letter R of the field on a Chief of the second a Lion passant guardant Gold. | Or on a Cross Gules a Letter R of the field on a Chief of the second a Lion passant guardant Gold. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially recorded at the visitation of 1574 as an untinctured seal, and in 1617 as coloured arms. | The arms were officially recorded at the visitation of 1574 as an untinctured seal, and in 1617 as coloured arms. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:rochester2.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:rochester2.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:rochester.w2.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |align="center"|[[File:rochester.w2.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:rochester.haguk.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- | |align="center"|[[File:rochester.haguk.jpg|center|Arms of Rochester}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:rochester.fau.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:rochester.fau.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Rochester]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|} | |} | ||
The arms in the town (Images by Derek Howard): | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
File:rochester3.jpg|alt=Arms of Rochester | |||
File:rochester4.jpg|alt=Arms of Rochester | |||
File:rochester5.jpg|alt=Arms of Rochester | |||
File:rochester6.jpg|alt=Arms of Rochester | |||
File:rochester7.jpg|alt=Arms of Rochester | |||
File:rochester8.jpg|alt=Arms of Rochester | |||
File:rochester9.jpg|alt=Arms of Rochester | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities R]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities R]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||