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'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1974 [[Staines]] | |||
* 1974 [[Sunbury-on-Thames]] | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* Borough | |||
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'''Arms''' : Per fess Azure and barry wavy of six Azure and Argent in chief in front of a rising Sun Or a representation of Staines Bridge issuant and in base a Thorn Tree proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per fess Azure and barry wavy of six Azure and Argent in chief in front of a rising Sun Or a representation of Staines Bridge issuant and in base a Thorn Tree proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours between two Sprigs of Oak each fructed of as many Acorns two Seaxes in saltire points downward proper hilts and pomels Or perched thereon a Swan rousant proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours between two Sprigs of Oak each fructed of as many Acorns two Seaxes in saltire points downward proper hilts and pomels Or perched thereon a Swan rousant proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'AD SOLEM PROSPICIMUS' - We look towards the Sun. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'AD SOLEM PROSPICIMUS' - We look towards the Sun. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on July 24, 1974. | The arms were officially granted on July 24, 1974. | ||
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The motto is a combination of Staines' Ad Pontes Prospicimus ("At the Bridges we look forward") and Sunbury's Sol Et Paster Deus ("God is my Sun and my Shepherd") in the sentence Ad Solem Prospicimus. Literally "We look towards the Sun", the motto implies that "We face the dawn of a new civic era". | The motto is a combination of Staines' Ad Pontes Prospicimus ("At the Bridges we look forward") and Sunbury's Sol Et Paster Deus ("God is my Sun and my Shepherd") in the sentence Ad Solem Prospicimus. Literally "We look towards the Sun", the motto implies that "We face the dawn of a new civic era". | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Spelthorne1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Spelthorne|The arms in the borough | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | |||
{{uk}} | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1974]] | [[Category:Granted 1974]] | ||