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'''FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT COUNCIL''' | '''FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT COUNCIL''' | ||
Additions : 1974 [[East Dean|East Dean Rural District]], Gloucester Rural District (partly), [[Lydney|Lydney Rural District]], Newent Rural District, West Dean Rural District | Additions: 1974 [[East Dean|East Dean Rural District]], Gloucester Rural District (partly), [[Lydney|Lydney Rural District]], Newent Rural District, West Dean Rural District | ||
[[File:forestd.jpg|center]] | [[File:forestd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''': Vert in chief an Oak Tree couped of five branches each having two leaves and fructed of one acom and in base a Stag's Head caboshed the attires each of five tynes all Or all between two Flaunches Argent on each three Bars wavy Azure.<br> | '''Arms''': Vert in chief an Oak Tree couped of five branches each having two leaves and fructed of one acom and in base a Stag's Head caboshed the attires each of five tynes all Or all between two Flaunches Argent on each three Bars wavy Azure.<br> | ||
'''Crest''': On a Wreath of the Colours out of a Mural Crown Or charged with six Horseshoes three being manifest Sable a demi figure representing an ancient Forest of Dean Miner capped and habited Sable in his mouth a stick transfixing a Candle enflamed proper holding in the dexter hand a Pick erect and carrying over the sinister shoulder a Hod of Coal also proper.<br> | '''Crest''': On a Wreath of the Colours out of a Mural Crown Or charged with six Horseshoes three being manifest Sable a demi figure representing an ancient Forest of Dean Miner capped and habited Sable in his mouth a stick transfixing a Candle enflamed proper holding in the dexter hand a Pick erect and carrying over the sinister shoulder a Hod of Coal also proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' 'TWIXT SEVERN AND WYE'. | '''Motto''' 'TWIXT SEVERN AND WYE'. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on October 6, 1975. | The arms were officially granted on October 6, 1975. | ||
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The horseshoes on the crest are taken from the arms of [[Gloucestershire]], of which the district is part. Historically there was an important iron industry in the district. The forest miner forms the main part of the crest, symbolising the coal and iron mining. | The horseshoes on the crest are taken from the arms of [[Gloucestershire]], of which the district is part. Historically there was an important iron industry in the district. The forest miner forms the main part of the crest, symbolising the coal and iron mining. | ||
[[Literature]] : Information provided by the Forest of Dean council. | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Information provided by the Forest of Dean council. | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities F]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities F]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1975]] | [[Category:Granted 1975]] | ||