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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on March 30, | The arms were officially granted on March 30, 2005. | ||
The arms have the black and white of the early de Berminghams and the Ermine of the Calthorpe family, the gold, red and blue (plus lozenges) of other branches of the de Berminghams (see also the current arms of [[Birmingham]]). The torch of learning signified by the flaming "ragged staff" of the Earls of Warwick, since Warwickshire is the principal county of Birmingham's location. | The arms have the black and white of the early de Berminghams and the Ermine of the Calthorpe family, the gold, red and blue (plus lozenges) of other branches of the de Berminghams (see also the current arms of [[Birmingham]]). The torch of learning signified by the flaming "ragged staff" of the Earls of Warwick, since Warwickshire is the principal county of Birmingham's location. | ||