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'''Crest''' : Issuant from a Mural Crown Or a Mount Vert thereon a Castle with two Towers proper; Mantled Azure doubled Or.<br> | '''Crest''' : Issuant from a Mural Crown Or a Mount Vert thereon a Castle with two Towers proper; Mantled Azure doubled Or.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On either side a Lion Argent that to the dexter gorged with a Collar vairy Or and Gules pendent therefrom by a Chain Gold a Plate charged with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper that to the sinister likewise collared and pendent from the Collar by a like Chain a Hurt charged with a Garb also Gold.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On either side a Lion Argent that to the dexter gorged with a Collar vairy Or and Gules pendent therefrom by a Chain Gold a Plate charged with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper that to the sinister likewise collared and pendent from the Collar by a like Chain a Hurt charged with a Garb also Gold.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'ANIMO ET FIDE' - With courage and faith. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'ANIMO ET FIDE' - With courage and faith. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The crest shows a golden crown formed like a wall, on which there is a green mound surmounted by a castle in natural colours. | The crest shows a golden crown formed like a wall, on which there is a green mound surmounted by a castle in natural colours. | ||
The shield is supported on either side by a lion rampant (from the | The shield is supported on either side by a lion rampant (from the arms of the de Warren family who were Lords of the Manor from 1370 to 1826). Each lion wears a collar of Vairy Or and Gules (in allusion to Ferrers, Earls of Derby). From the collar of one hangs a silver disc with the Red Rose of Lancaster, and from the other a blue disc with the golden wheatsheaf of the Earldom of Chester. | ||
The motto - Animo et Fide is translated as With Courage and Faith. | The motto - Animo et Fide is translated as With Courage and Faith. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Stockport3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stockport|The arms in 1894 | |||
File:stockport.wb3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stockport|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms III|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:stockport.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stockport|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1932]] | [[Category:Granted 1932]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1959]] | [[Category:Granted 1959]] |
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