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'''MERTHYR TYDFIL''' | '''MERTHYR TYDFIL''' | ||
Additions : 1974 Gelligaer UDC (partly) [[Vaynor and Penderyn]] RDC (Partly) | Additions: 1974 Gelligaer UDC (partly) [[Vaynor and Penderyn]] RDC (Partly) | ||
[[File:merthyr.jpg|center]] | [[File:merthyr.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''': Azure a Figure representing Saint Tydvil the Martyr in chief two Crosses patée fitchée all Or.<br> | '''Arms''': Azure a Figure representing Saint Tydvil the Martyr in chief two Crosses patée fitchée all Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''': 'NID CADARN OND BRODYRDDE' - No strength but in fellowship. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'NID CADARN OND BRODYRDDE' - No strength but in fellowship. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on August 17, 1906. The arms were regranted in 1976 and 1996 when the town was enlarged. | The arms were officially granted on August 17, 1906. The arms were regranted in 1976 and 1996 when the town was enlarged. | ||
The arms simply show the patron saint of the town, Saint Tydfil, who was a martyr (Merthyr in Welsh). Following her death in about AD 450, a church was built where she was martyred and the town grew up around it. | The arms simply show the patron saint of the town, Saint Tydfil, who was a martyr (Merthyr in Welsh). Following her death in about AD 450, a church was built where she was martyred and the town grew up around it. | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
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[[Category:Wales]] | [[Category:Wales]] | ||
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[[Category:Granted 1976]] | [[Category:Granted 1976]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1996]] | [[Category:Granted 1996]] | ||
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