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===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Per fess argent and vert, a representation of the Causey Arch at Stanley in fess throughout proper between in chief three popinjays vert collared gules and in base a cross of St. Cuthbert Or the inner angles enflamed proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per fess argent and vert, a representation of the Causey Arch at Stanley in fess throughout proper between in chief three popinjays vert collared gules and in base a cross of St. Cuthbert Or the inner angles enflamed proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, Out of a circlet vert a demi bull argent, armed and unguled Or, pendent from the neck by a chain argent a Roman shield sable charged with a thunderbolt and on a bordure Or ten pellets.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, Out of a circlet vert a demi bull argent, armed and unguled Or, pendent from the neck by a chain argent a Roman shield sable charged with a thunderbolt and on a bordure Or ten pellets.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : On Stanley On | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': On Stanley On | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on April 25, 1968. | The arms were officially granted on April 25, 1968 to the borough and on September 12, 2016 for the town council. | ||
The arms or shield are indicative of the Union of the districts of Stanley, Tanfield and Annfield Plain. Across the middle, Causey Arch recalls its purpose to facilitate the moving of coal, the industry around which the whole are grew. Above the arch, the three parrots from the arms of the Lumley family refer to their tenure of the Manor of Stanley in the 15th and 16th centuries. | The arms or shield are indicative of the Union of the districts of Stanley, Tanfield and Annfield Plain. Across the middle, Causey Arch recalls its purpose to facilitate the moving of coal, the industry around which the whole are grew. Above the arch, the three parrots from the arms of the Lumley family refer to their tenure of the Manor of Stanley in the 15th and 16th centuries. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Briggs, 1971 and [http://www.derwentside.org.uk/services/stanleylibrary/thearms www.derwentside.org.uk] | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Briggs, 1971 and [http://www.derwentside.org.uk/services/stanleylibrary/thearms www.derwentside.org.uk] | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1968]] | [[Category:Granted 1968]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 2016]] | |||