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{ | {{uk}}'''BRIGHOUSE''' | ||
'''BRIGHOUSE''' | |||
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Calderdale]] | Incorporated into: 1974 [[Calderdale]] | ||
[[File:brighouse.jpg|center]] | [[File:brighouse.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Or on a Pale Sable between two Roses in chief Gules barbed and seeded proper and as many Crescents in base of the second a Lion rampant of the first. <br> | '''Arms''' : Or on a Pale Sable between two Roses in chief Gules barbed and seeded proper and as many Crescents in base of the second a Lion rampant of the first. <br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours the Battlements of a Tower Argent charged with two Crescents fessewise Sable thereon a Leopard's Face also Argent between two Roses Gules stalked and leaved proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours the Battlements of a Tower Argent charged with two Crescents fessewise Sable thereon a Leopard's Face also Argent between two Roses Gules stalked and leaved proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'LABORE ET PRUDENTIA' - By labour and prudence | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted onn April 9, 1954. | The arms were officially granted onn April 9, 1954. | ||
The | The arms are derived from the crests of the Brighouse and Rastrick families who lived in the district in the seventeen<sup>th</sup> century. The gold lion and the black crescents come from the Brighouse family arms and the red roses are from the crest of the Rastrick family. It is unusual to see the inclusion of red roses on the arms of a Yorkshire Borough. | ||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:brighouse.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:brighouse.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|} | |} | ||
[[Literature]] : Information taken from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk] | {{media}}'''[[Literature]]''': Information taken from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk] | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1954]] | [[Category:Granted 1954]] | ||