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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> | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Stockport3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stockport|The arms in 1894 | File:Stockport3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stockport|The arms in 1894 | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||