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====Official blazon====
===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====
===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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[[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]]
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