Didcot
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DIDCOT (Town and Parish council
Town in : South Oxfordshire
Official blazon
Arms : Vert two Costs in bend sinister surmounted of two Costs in bend Argent between in chief a Gun Barrel in fesse two Garbs Or and in base a Ram's Head erased of the second armed Gold on a Chief Sable a Mitre also of the second.
Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours issuant from a Wreath of Hawthorn leaved and flowered a Roebuck's Head Proper.
Motto : 'FAITH IN SERVICE'
Origin/meaning
These arms were granted on June 21, 1952 to the Didcot Parish Council.
The crossed lines represent the connection with the railway and the canon represents the Royal Army Ordnance Depot, to show connection with the Army. The ram's head symbolises the connection that Didcot once had with the great wool sales from the sheep farms on the Berkshire Downs, also symbolised by the sheaf of corn. The mitre shows the link with Ralph de Dudcote of Dorchester whose effigy is in All Saints Church, Didcot.
The stag of Berkshire, Didcot's original county, forms the crest.
Literature : Image and information from here