East Retford RDC

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom

EAST RETFORD (Rural District Council)

Incorporated into 1974 Bassetlaw, Doncaster

Official blazon

Arms : Paly wavy of four vert and argent, a stag trippant gules; on a chief sable a sun issuant.
Crest : Out of a circlet composed of four ears of wheat and as many acorns leaved set alternately on a rim or, a demi greyhound argent gorged with a collar gules, pendent therefrom an escutcheon ermine charged with two piles in pile sable, and holding between the paws an escallop also argent.
Motto :Famam extendere factis.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 9, 1961.

I have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms.

Literature : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971.