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'''FOLKESTONE''' | '''FOLKESTONE''' | ||
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Shepway]] | Incorporated into: 1974 [[Shepway]] | ||
[[File:folkestone.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:folkestone.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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'''Arms''' : Or, on a water barry wavy in base proper an ancient ship with four men's heads therein apparent as represented on the ancient seal of the borough of Folkestone, also proper; on a chief per pale gules and azure a demi lion passant guardant dimidiated with the hull of a ship gold.<br> | '''Arms''' : Or, on a water barry wavy in base proper an ancient ship with four men's heads therein apparent as represented on the ancient seal of the borough of Folkestone, also proper; on a chief per pale gules and azure a demi lion passant guardant dimidiated with the hull of a ship gold.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Azure, a demi double-headed eagle displayed sable, beaked Or, charged on the breast with a rose argent, barbed and seeded proper, dimidiated with a fleur-de-lys gold, and on each wing a ducal coronet also gold.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Azure, a demi double-headed eagle displayed sable, beaked Or, charged on the breast with a rose argent, barbed and seeded proper, dimidiated with a fleur-de-lys gold, and on each wing a ducal coronet also gold.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a figure representing St. Eanswyth proper crowned with an ancient crown and holding on the exterior hand a pastoral staff Or, and on the sinister side a figure representing William harvey, the physician, also proper holding in the exterior hand a heart gules. | '''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a figure representing St. Eanswyth proper crowned with an ancient crown and holding on the exterior hand a pastoral staff Or, and on the sinister side a figure representing William harvey, the physician, also proper holding in the exterior hand a heart gules.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : ' SALUBRITAS ET AMOENITAS' - Healthiness and Delightfulness | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': ' SALUBRITAS ET AMOENITAS' - Healthiness and Delightfulness | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The supporters are St Eanswyth, the daughter of King Eadbald, and the founder Abbess of the first Nunnery in England, which was established at Folkestone. The other is Dr William Harvey who discovered the circulation of the blood who was born in Folkestone. | The supporters are St Eanswyth, the daughter of King Eadbald, and the founder Abbess of the first Nunnery in England, which was established at Folkestone. The other is Dr William Harvey who discovered the circulation of the blood who was born in Folkestone. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
| | File:Folkestone3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Folkestone|The arms in 1897 | ||
File:Folkestonez1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The 13th century seal (Ewe, 1972) | |||
File:Folkestone.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:Folkestone.fau.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities F]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities F]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1958]] | [[Category:Granted 1958]] | ||