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'''WESTMORLAND'''
'''WESTMORLAND'''
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Incorporated into : 1974 [[Cumbria]]
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Cumbria]]


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====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
'''Arms''' : Argent two Bars Gules over all an Apple Tree with seven branches fructed and eradicated Or.<br>
'''Arms''' : Argent two Bars Gules over all an Apple Tree with seven branches fructed and eradicated Or.<br>
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Herdwick Ram's Head proper charged on the forehead with a Shearman's Hook Or.<br>
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Herdwick Ram's Head proper charged on the forehead with a Shearman's Hook Or.<br>


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on June 2, 1926.
The arms were officially granted on June 2, 1926.


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The crest is a the head of a local breed of ram. The wool hook on the ram's forehead is found in the unofficial arms of the town of Kendal.  
The crest is a the head of a local breed of ram. The wool hook on the ram's forehead is found in the unofficial arms of the town of Kendal.  


[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:  
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[[Category:British County Councils]]
[[Category:British County Councils]]
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:Granted 1926]]
[[Category:Granted 1926]]
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