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'''MIDDLETON''' | '''MIDDLETON''' | ||
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'''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=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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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]] | ||