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'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Azure an Oak Tree proper fructed and dimidiating a Garb Or both banded per fess wavy Argent and Azure.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Azure an Oak Tree proper fructed and dimidiating a Garb Or both banded per fess wavy Argent and Azure.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side an Elizabethan Player habited as for the role of Hamlet holding a Skull in the exterior hand and on the sinister side a Youth habited in early Fifteenth Century dress all proper.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On the dexter side an Elizabethan Player habited as for the role of Hamlet holding a Skull in the exterior hand and on the sinister side a Youth habited in early Fifteenth Century dress all proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'UNITED TO SERVE' | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'UNITED TO SERVE' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms''' :Quarterly Argent and Azure a Cross quarterly Gules and of the first between a Rose of the third barbed and seeded proper in the first quarter a Lily of the first slipped proper in the second an Annulet ensigned with a Cross pateé and interlaced with a Saltire conjoined in base all Or in the third and a Stag's Head caboshed also of the third in the fourth.<br> | '''Arms''' :Quarterly Argent and Azure a Cross quarterly Gules and of the first between a Rose of the third barbed and seeded proper in the first quarter a Lily of the first slipped proper in the second an Annulet ensigned with a Cross pateé and interlaced with a Saltire conjoined in base all Or in the third and a Stag's Head caboshed also of the third in the fourth.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'UNITED TO SERVE' | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'UNITED TO SERVE' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on June 14, 1902. | The arms were officially granted on June 14, 1902. | ||
The quarters contain the emblems of the four parishes in the borough. The curious design in the third quarter is the mark of the Bridge House, the headquarters of the officers connected with London Bridge, this house having anciently been situated in Southwark. | The quarters contain the emblems of the four parishes in the borough; St Mary Overy, symbolised by the red rose in the first quarter; St Mary Newington, symbolised by the white lily in the second quarter and Christ Church, symbolised by the stag's head in the fourth quarter. The curious design in the third quarter is the mark of the Bridge House, the headquarters of the officers connected with London Bridge, this house having anciently been situated in Southwark. It also represents the parish of St George the Martyr, the fourth former parish. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:southwark.jj.jpg|350 px|center| | |align="center"|[[File:southwark.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:southwark.haguk.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:southwark.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; New image and information provided by Laurence Jones | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; New image and information provided by Laurence Jones | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||