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'''KETTERING''' | '''KETTERING''' | ||
Additions : 1974 Burton Latimer UDC, Desborough UDC, Kettering RDC (partly), [[Rothwell]] UDC | Additions: 1974 Burton Latimer UDC, Desborough UDC, Kettering RDC (partly), [[Rothwell]] UDC<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 2021 [[North Northamptonshire]] | |||
==District council== | ==District council== | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted | The arms were officially granted on September 26, 1938. | ||
The pelt represents Kettering's chief industry, the manufacture of boots and shoes. The heraldic fountains refer to the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society at the Mission House at Lower Street in 1792. The martlets are from the arms of the Watson family of Rockingham, who with the Montagus are Lords of the Manor of Kettering.The cross is from the arms of the See of Peterborough. | The pelt represents Kettering's chief industry, the manufacture of boots and shoes. The heraldic fountains refer to the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society at the Mission House at Lower Street in 1792. The martlets are from the arms of the Watson family of Rockingham, who with the Montagus are Lords of the Manor of Kettering.The cross is from the arms of the See of Peterborough. | ||
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The Montagu family is further represented by the griffin and the negro with a broken chain recalls the pioneer work of William Knibb in the cause of freeing the slaves. Knibb was born at Kettering in 1803. | The Montagu family is further represented by the griffin and the negro with a broken chain recalls the pioneer work of William Knibb in the cause of freeing the slaves. Knibb was born at Kettering in 1803. | ||
These arms are currently used by the Kettering Town Council. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities K]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities K]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1938]] | [[Category:Granted 1938]] | ||