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====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
'''Arms''' : Azure on a Pile Argent between on the dexter an Anchor erect on the sinister a Grid-iron and in base a Trefoil slipped Or a Flower Vase issuing therefrom a spray of Lilies proper.<br>
'''Arms''' : Azure on a Pile Argent between on the dexter an Anchor erect on the sinister a Grid-iron and in base a Trefoil slipped Or a Flower Vase issuing therefrom a spray of Lilies proper.<br>
'''Crest''' : Issuant out of a Mural Crown Gules the Mast of a Ship proper flying therefrom a Flag Argent charged with a Cross throughout Gules.<br>
'''Crest''' : Issuant out of a Mural Crown Gules the Mast of a Ship proper flying therefrom a Flag Argent charged with a Cross throughout Gules.<br>
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Mediaeval Fisherman holding a Net with his exterior hand all proper and on the sinister side a Cluniac Monk proper holding in the dexter hand a Book Gules and in the exterior hand a Staff also proper.<br>
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Mediaeval Fisherman holding a Net with his exterior hand all proper and on the sinister side a Cluniac Monk proper holding in the dexter hand a Book Gules and in the exterior hand a Staff also proper.<br>
'''Motto''' : 'PER MARE PER ECCLESIAM' - Through the sea through the Church.
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'PER MARE PER ECCLESIAM' - Through the sea through the Church.


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on January 1, 1915, with the crest and supporters granted one day later. The arms were transferred from the County Borough to the Borough council on May 21, 1974.   
The arms were officially granted on January 1, 1915, with the crest and supporters granted one day later. The arms were transferred from the County Borough to the Borough council on May 21, 1974.   


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[[Literature]] : Information provided by Laurence Jones
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:  
Information provided by Laurence Jones


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]]
[[Category:England]]
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[[Category:Granted 1915]]
[[Category:Granted 1915]]
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