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'''Arms''': Vert, two croziers in saltire Or between in pale two bull's heads caboshed proper and in fesse as many lozenged of the second both charged with a lozenge sable.<br> | '''Arms''': Vert, two croziers in saltire Or between in pale two bull's heads caboshed proper and in fesse as many lozenged of the second both charged with a lozenge sable.<br> | ||
'''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, In front of an oak tree proper, fructed Or, a dragon passant resting the dexter claw on an escutcheon gules, masoned argent.<br> | '''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, In front of an oak tree proper, fructed Or, a dragon passant resting the dexter claw on an escutcheon gules, masoned argent.<br> | ||
'''Motto''': Suum cuique tribuere | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Suum cuique tribuere | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on December 1, 1948 | The arms were officially granted on December 1, 1948 | ||
The crosiers, which also appear in the arms of the Borough of [[Wrexham Borough|Wrexham]], refer to Valle Crucis Abbey and to grazing land in the district. The bulls' heads represent stock raising, and the black and gold lozenges symbolize coal mining and mineral wealth. | |||
The dragon is the Welsh national emblem, it stands in front of a oak-tree alluding to forestry, and supports a shield bearing an heraldic representation of a brick wall referring to brick-making. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Biggs, 1971 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Biggs, 1971 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | ||
[[Category:Wales]] | [[Category:Wales]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1948]] | [[Category:Granted 1948]] | ||