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'''MIDDLETON''' | '''MIDDLETON''' | ||
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Rochdale]] | Incorporated into : 1974 [[Rochdale]] | ||
[[File:middleton.jpg|center]] | [[File:middleton.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Quarterly per pale nebuly Gules and Argent on a Fesse Ermine between a Cross patonce of the second in the first quarter a Mullet Sable pierced of the field in the second a Silkworm Moth volant in the third and a Rock in base thereon a Stork in the fourth three Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed all proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Quarterly per pale nebuly Gules and Argent on a Fesse Ermine between a Cross patonce of the second in the first quarter a Mullet Sable pierced of the field in the second a Silkworm Moth volant in the third and a Rock in base thereon a Stork in the fourth three Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed all proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours upon a Mount Vert between two Boars' Heads erect and couped Sable a Tower proper suspended therefrom by a Riband Gules an Escocheon Or charged with a Lion passant also Gules. | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours upon a Mount Vert between two Boars' Heads erect and couped Sable a Tower proper suspended therefrom by a Riband Gules an Escocheon Or charged with a Lion passant also Gules. | ||
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'''Motto''' : 'FORTIS IN ARDUIS' - Strong in difficulties | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'FORTIS IN ARDUIS' - Strong in difficulties | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on January 28, 1887. | The arms were officially granted on January 28, 1887. | ||
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A blue boar's head erect is the crest of another family with the name Middleton and the lion rampant on a tower was the crest of the Earl of Middleton, whose motto was that adopted by the Borough. | A blue boar's head erect is the crest of another family with the name Middleton and the lion rampant on a tower was the crest of the Earl of Middleton, whose motto was that adopted by the Borough. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1887]] | [[Category:Granted 1887]] | ||