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{ | {{uk}}'''CONSETT''' | ||
Incorporated into: 1974 [[Derwentside]] (2009 [[Durham (County)]]) | |||
[[File:consett.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Argent a representation of St. Ebba proper supporting with the sinister hand a Pastoral Staff Or between in chief two Swords in saltire also proper hilts and pommels Gold and in base a Miner's Lamp likewise proper two Flaunches Sable each charged with a Furnace fired also proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Argent a representation of St. Ebba proper supporting with the sinister hand a Pastoral Staff Or between in chief two Swords in saltire also proper hilts and pommels Gold and in base a Miner's Lamp likewise proper two Flaunches Sable each charged with a Furnace fired also proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : Issuant from a Mural Crown flames enveloping a Sword proper hilt and pommel Or; Mantled Sable doubled Argent.<br> | '''Crest''' : Issuant from a Mural Crown flames enveloping a Sword proper hilt and pommel Or; Mantled Sable doubled Argent.<br> | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on September 17, 1955. | The arms were officially granted on September 17, 1955. | ||
The central figure represents St. Ebba or Æbbe, the daughter of King Æthelfrith of Bernicia. She founded a monastery at Ebchester, on the site of a Roman camp known as Vindomora, where the old Roman road named Dere Street leaves the district to the north. The crossed swords allude to the settling a group of Lutheran swordmakers from Solingen in Germany at Shotley Bridge in 1691, and the making of what are still considered some of the best of their type | The central figure represents St. Ebba or Æbbe, the daughter of King Æthelfrith of Bernicia. She founded a monastery at Ebchester, on the site of a Roman camp known as Vindomora, where the old Roman road named Dere Street leaves the district to the north. The crossed swords allude to the settling a group of Lutheran swordmakers from Solingen in Germany at Shotley Bridge in 1691, and the making of what are still considered some of the best of their type - Shotley Swords. The lamp and black flaunches refer to mining. | ||
The mural crown is an emblem of civic government and the flames and sword, together with the furnaces in the shield, refer to the Consett steel industry. | The mural crown is an emblem of civic government and the flames and sword, together with the furnaces in the shield, refer to the Consett steel industry. | ||
{{media}} | {{media}}'''[[Literature]]''': Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1955]] | [[Category:Granted 1955]] |
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