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{ | {{uk}}'''ACCRINGTON (Borough Council)''' | ||
Incorporated into: 1974 : [[Hyndburn]] | |||
[[File:accrington.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Gules on a Fesse Argent a Shuttle fessewise proper in base two Printing Cylinders issuant therefrom a Piece of Calico (paisley pattern) also proper on a Chief per pale Or and Vert a Lion rampant Purpure and a Stag current Or. <br> | '''Arms''' : Gules on a Fesse Argent a Shuttle fessewise proper in base two Printing Cylinders issuant therefrom a Piece of Calico (paisley pattern) also proper on a Chief per pale Or and Vert a Lion rampant Purpure and a Stag current Or. <br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours an Oak Branch bent from the sinister chevronwise sprouting and leaved proper fructed Or.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours an Oak Branch bent from the sinister chevronwise sprouting and leaved proper fructed Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'INDUSTRY AND PRUDENCE CONQUER'. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'INDUSTRY AND PRUDENCE CONQUER'. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on August 26, 1879. | The arms were granted on August 26, 1879. | ||
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The oak branch is trebly allusive to the name: it is bent into the shape of its initial letter; oak (Anglo-Saxon <em>ac </em>) expresses the first syllable; and the acorns recall the old form of the name, Akerenton. | The oak branch is trebly allusive to the name: it is bent into the shape of its initial letter; oak (Anglo-Saxon <em>ac </em>) expresses the first syllable; and the acorns recall the old form of the name, Akerenton. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Accrington3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Accrington|The arms in 1899 | |||
| | File:Accrington.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Accrington|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
File:Accrington.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Accrington|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:Accrington2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Accrington|The arms on the Accrington Magistrates' Court ([http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2957309 source]) | |||
</gallery>'''[[Literature]]''': Image from [[Wills's - Borough arms IV|tobacco card]], Scott-Giles, 1953 | |||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1879]] | [[Category:Granted 1879]] | ||