Burslem

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BURSLEM

Incorporated into: 1910 Stoke-on-Trent

Official blazon

Arms : Quaterly Or and Gules a Cross party and fretty counterchanged between in the first and fourth quarters a representation of a Portland Vase in the second quarter a Scythe proper and in the third quarter a Fret couped Argent.
Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Garb Or a Fleur-de-Lys Gules all between two Branches of Laurel proper.
Motto : 'READY'.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 8, 1878.

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