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==District council== | ==District council== | ||
Additions : 1974 Kington RDC, Kington UDC, Leominster (borough), Leominster & Wigmore RDC, Tenbury RDC, Weobley RDC<br> | Additions: 1974 Kington RDC, Kington UDC, Leominster (borough), Leominster & Wigmore RDC, Tenbury RDC, Weobley RDC<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1998 [[Herefordshire]] | Incorporated into : 1998 [[Herefordshire]] | ||
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==Borough council== | ==Borough council== | ||
[[File: | [[File:leominster2.jpg|center|450 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1955. | The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1955. | ||
In 1954 the Borough celebrated its 500th anniversary as a borough, based on a charter from March 28, 1554. As the borough did not have an official coat of arms an application was made. | |||
The name probably derived from a Welsh word for 'nun' and minster, meaning an abbey church. However, the golden lion in the arms was taken as a canting element instead of a nun. The lion and the lamb also play a role in a local legend on Leofric, Earl of the Mercians. According to the legend he either built or was a benefactor of the abbey or nunnery in Leominster. As Leofric was both valiant as well as pious, the lion and the lamb refer to both sides of his character. | |||
The lamb also refers to the importance of the town as a wool production centre from medieval times until the Industrial Revolution. | |||
The supporters are St. Peter, the local patron saint of the monastery and town since the 7th century, and a pilgrim. The pilgrim refers to St. Ealfrid, who converted King Erewald of Mercia in the 7th century. The King then founded the first monastery in the area. | |||
The compartment and the crest refer to the fact that the prosperity of the town has been due to the agriculte of the area. This is already symbolised by the lamb, but also by the Herefordshire bull. On the crest is also a small wreath of hop leaves to indicate the importance of that crop during the centuries. | |||
The motto is taken from an inscription on Grange Court, a former headquarter of the local guilds and built in 1634. | |||
The arms were officially transferred to the town council in 1976. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Leominster1845.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leominster|The seal in 1845 | |||
File:Leominster.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leominster|The arms on a postcard (early 20th century | |||
File:leominster1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leominster|The arms as seen in the town | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones; Borough image by Andy Mabbett | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones; Borough image by Andy Mabbett; Kington Times of 2 December 1955. | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||