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'''LANCASTER''' | '''LANCASTER''' | ||
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==City Council== | ==City Council== | ||
Additions : 1974 Carnforth UDC, Lancaster (Borough), [[Lancaster RDC]], Lunesdale RDC, [[Morecambe and Heysham]] (Borough) | Additions: 1974 Carnforth UDC, Lancaster (Borough), [[Lancaster RDC]], Lunesdale RDC, [[Morecambe and Heysham]] (Borough) | ||
[[File:lancaste.jpg|center]] | [[File:lancaste.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Per fess wavy Argent and Azure a Fess wavy between in chief a Lion passant guardant and in base a Fleur-de-Lys counterchanged.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per fess wavy Argent and Azure a Fess wavy between in chief a Lion passant guardant and in base a Fleur-de-Lys counterchanged.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Morecombe Bay Fishing Boat sail set proper five Roses in fess Gules barbed and seeded proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Morecombe Bay Fishing Boat sail set proper five Roses in fess Gules barbed and seeded proper.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On either side a Lion guardant Azure that on the dexter gorged with a Collar pendent therefrom by a Ring Or a Grey Stone Castle of three Towers proper that on the sinister gorged with a like Collar pendent therefrom by a like Ring a Railway Engine Wheel proper each resting the interior hind foot on a Garb fesswise the ears inward Or.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On either side a Lion guardant Azure that on the dexter gorged with a Collar pendent therefrom by a Ring Or a Grey Stone Castle of three Towers proper that on the sinister gorged with a like Collar pendent therefrom by a like Ring a Railway Engine Wheel proper each resting the interior hind foot on a Garb fesswise the ears inward Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'LUCK TO LOYNE' | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'LUCK TO LOYNE' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on August 15, 1975. | The arms were officially granted on August 15, 1975. | ||
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==Borough== | ==Borough== | ||
[[File:lancaster.jpg|center]] | [[File:lancaster.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Per fess Azure and Gules in chief a Fleur-de-Lis and in base a Lion passant guardant Or.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per fess Azure and Gules in chief a Fleur-de-Lis and in base a Lion passant guardant Or.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Lion passant guardant Azure semé-de-Lis Or.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Lion passant guardant Azure semé-de-Lis Or.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On either side a Lion rampant guardant Azure semé-de-Lis and gorged with a Collar Or pendent therefrom an Escocheon Argent charged with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On either side a Lion rampant guardant Azure semé-de-Lis and gorged with a Collar Or pendent therefrom an Escocheon Argent charged with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'LUCK TO LOYNE' | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'LUCK TO LOYNE' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on July 19th (shield) and 20th (supporters and crest), 1907. | The arms were officially granted on July 19th (shield) and 20th (supporters and crest), 1907. | ||
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The 'Loyne' in the motto is a form of Lune, the river from which the town takes its name. The Latin form was 'Alauna', derived from Gaelic 'al-aon', meaning 'white river'. | The 'Loyne' in the motto is a form of Lune, the river from which the town takes its name. The Latin form was 'Alauna', derived from Gaelic 'al-aon', meaning 'white river'. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Lancaster3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lancaster|The arms in 1900 | |||
File:lancastert.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lancaster|The arms on a token from 1792 | |||
File:lancaster.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lancaster|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:lancaster.w2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lancaster|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:lancaster.dex.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lancaster|The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | |||
File:lancaster.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lancaster|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[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] | |||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||