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'''Country''' :
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
** England<br><br>
'''Additions''':<br>
* 1974 Basingstoke (Borough)
* 1974 Basingstoke RDC
* 1974 Kingsclere & Whitchurch RDC
'''Status''':<br>
* District Council
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'''BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE'''
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Additions : 1974 Basingstoke (Borough), Basingstoke RDC, Kingsclere & Whitchurch RDC
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[[File:basidean.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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===Official blazon===
'''Arms''' : Per chevron wavy Or and Argent a Chevronel wavy Azure between in chief two Beech Trees couped and in base a representation of St. Michael habited in Armour proper, a Skirt paly Gules and Argent hemmed Argent, and a Cloak Gules, nimbed and winged Or, brandishing in the dexter hand a Sword proper and standing upon and vulning with a Long Cross pommy Gules held in the sinister hand a Dragon on its back Vert.<br>
'''Arms''' : Per chevron wavy Or and Argent a Chevronel wavy Azure between in chief two Beech Trees couped and in base a representation of St. Michael habited in Armour proper, a Skirt paly Gules and Argent hemmed Argent, and a Cloak Gules, nimbed and winged Or, brandishing in the dexter hand a Sword proper and standing upon and vulning with a Long Cross pommy Gules held in the sinister hand a Dragon on its back Vert.<br>
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''':  'STEADFAST IN SERVICE'.
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''':  'STEADFAST IN SERVICE'.
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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The motto 'Steadfast in Service' is derived from the mottoes of Lord Porchester and the Earls of Carnarvon (Ung Je Serviray) and Lord Portal (Constanter).  
The motto 'Steadfast in Service' is derived from the mottoes of Lord Porchester and the Earls of Carnarvon (Ung Je Serviray) and Lord Portal (Constanter).  


The former 'arms' of Basingstoke:
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[[File:basingstoke.jj.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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File:Euskirchenpc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Basingstoke and Deane|The arms in [[Euskirchen]]
File:basingstoke.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Basingstoke and Deane|Non official arms of Basingstoke on a postcard from 1906
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[[Literature]] :
'''[[Literature]]''': Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net)


{{media}} Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net)
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]]
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:England]]
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