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'''WIDNES''' | '''WIDNES''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1974 [[Halton (England)|Halton]] | Incorporated into : 1974 [[Halton (England)|Halton]] | ||
[[File:widnes.jpg|center]] | [[File:widnes.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Quarterly Argent and Azure a Cross per cross quarterly counterchanged in the first and fourth quarters a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper and in the second and third a Beehive between four Bees volant saltirewise Or.<br> | '''Arms''' : Quarterly Argent and Azure a Cross per cross quarterly counterchanged in the first and fourth quarters a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper and in the second and third a Beehive between four Bees volant saltirewise Or.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Furnace thereon an Alembic all Or.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Furnace thereon an Alembic all Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'INDUSTRIA DITAT' - Industry enriches. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'INDUSTRIA DITAT' - Industry enriches. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on June 5, 1893. | The arms were officially granted on June 5, 1893. | ||
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The furnace and alembic, an old piece of distilling apparatus, refer to the particular form of industry for which Widnes is noted, namely alkali and soap manufacture. | The furnace and alembic, an old piece of distilling apparatus, refer to the particular form of industry for which Widnes is noted, namely alkali and soap manufacture. | ||
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File:Widnes1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Widnes|The arms in 1896 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, 1953 and from http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Scott-Giles, 1953 and from http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1893]] | [[Category:Granted 1893]] | ||