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{{uk}}<seo title="Coat of arms (crest) of Bristol " titlemode="append"></seo> | {{uk}}<seo title="Coat of arms (crest) of Bristol " titlemode="append"></seo> | ||
'''BRISTOL ''' | |||
Incorporated into: 1974 [[Avon]] <br> | |||
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Avon]] <br> | |||
Re-established 1996 | Re-established 1996 | ||
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The significance of these various items is recorded in the City Audit Books of this time:- the Unicorns will only do homage to men of virtue; the arms in the crest signify that good government depends on wisdom (the serpent) and justice (the scales) and that these are divine gifts from above. | The significance of these various items is recorded in the City Audit Books of this time:- the Unicorns will only do homage to men of virtue; the arms in the crest signify that good government depends on wisdom (the serpent) and justice (the scales) and that these are divine gifts from above. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:bristol1.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The seal of Bristol around 1300. | |||
File:bristol2.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The seal of Bristol from the first half of the 14<sup>th</sup> century. | |||
File:bristol3.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The seal of Bristol from the mid 14<sup>th</sup> century. | |||
File:Bristolm1.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|he arms on an 1853 medal | |||
File:bristolc2.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The arms on a 1811 medal (image from eBay) | |||
File:bristolc1.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|arms on a 1811 token (image from eBay) | |||
File:bristolc3.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|arms on a 1813 token | |||
| | File:bristol-1.jj.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
File:bristol.wb1.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:bristol.thp.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The arms on a Thomson and Portuous cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:bristol.haguk.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:bristol.mit.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911 | |||
File:bristol.cva.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The arms in a [[Continentale Verlags Anstalt|German album]] +/- 1910 | |||
File:bristolcars.jpg|alt=arms of Bristol|The arms as a logo of Bristol cars (1970s) | |||
</gallery> | |||
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[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones.; Ewe, 1972 | {{media}}'''[[Literature]]''': Image and information provided by Laurence Jones.; Ewe, 1972 | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | ||