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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (until 2005 Diocese of Southwell) | |||
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]<br> | |||
Denomination : [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]]<br> | |||
Denomination : Anglican | Established : 1884 | ||
[[File:southwell.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:southwell.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Sable, three fountains proper; a chief Or, thereon a pale azure charged with a representation of the Virgin Mary seated bearing the Infant Christ Or, between on the dexter side a stag lodged proper and on the sinister two staves raguly crossed vert. | Sable, three fountains proper; a chief Or, thereon a pale azure charged with a representation of the Virgin Mary seated bearing the Infant Christ Or, between on the dexter side a stag lodged proper and on the sinister two staves raguly crossed vert. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on June 27, 1884. | The arms were officially granted on June 27, 1884. | ||
The Heraldic Fountains - Wells alludes to last part of the Name Southwell. The Deer is from the Arms fo Derby and the Cross Raguly is from the Arms of Nottingham.<br> | |||
This alludes to the two Counties Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire that makes up the Diocese. The Our Lady and Child is from the Arms of the Diocese of Lincoln, to which <br> | |||
Nottinghamshire formerly was part. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. | [[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. McCarthy: Armoria Sedium; E.E. Dorling: Heraldry of Church a Handbook. | ||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | [[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1884]] | [[Category:Granted 1884]] |