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'''KETTERING''' | '''KETTERING''' | ||
Additions : 1974 Burton Latimer UDC, Desborough UDC, Kettering RDC (partly), [[Rothwell]] UDC | Additions: 1974 Burton Latimer UDC, Desborough UDC, Kettering RDC (partly), [[Rothwell]] UDC<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 2021 [[North Northamptonshire]] | |||
==District council== | ==District council== | ||
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'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Sable a representation of the Geddington Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross proper between two Fountains each charged with a Martlet Sable.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Sable a representation of the Geddington Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross proper between two Fountains each charged with a Martlet Sable.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a female Figure richly attired in antique Habit Azure and upon her head a Plume of three Ostrich Feathers Argent and on the sinister side a Negro proper habited about the waist with a Cloth and his sinister wrist encircled with a Handcuff pendent therefrom a broken Chain Azure.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a female Figure richly attired in antique Habit Azure and upon her head a Plume of three Ostrich Feathers Argent and on the sinister side a Negro proper habited about the waist with a Cloth and his sinister wrist encircled with a Handcuff pendent therefrom a broken Chain Azure.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'PROGRESSIO ET CONCORDIA' - Progress and concord | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'PROGRESSIO ET CONCORDIA' - Progress and concord | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours issuant from a Circlet of Chain Flames proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours issuant from a Circlet of Chain Flames proper.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Griffin reguardant Or beaked and membered and gorged with a Chain reflexed over the back Azure and on the sinister side a Negro proper habited about the waist with a Cloth and his sinister wrist encircled with a Handcuff pendent therefrom a broken Chain Azure.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Griffin reguardant Or beaked and membered and gorged with a Chain reflexed over the back Azure and on the sinister side a Negro proper habited about the waist with a Cloth and his sinister wrist encircled with a Handcuff pendent therefrom a broken Chain Azure.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'PROGRESSIO ET CONCORDIA' - Progress and concord | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'PROGRESSIO ET CONCORDIA' - Progress and concord | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted | The arms were officially granted on September 26, 1938. | ||
The pelt represents Kettering's chief industry, the manufacture of boots and shoes. The heraldic fountains refer to the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society at the Mission House at Lower Street in 1792. The martlets are from the arms of the Watson family of Rockingham, who with the Montagus are Lords of the Manor of Kettering.The cross is from the arms of the See of Peterborough. | The pelt represents Kettering's chief industry, the manufacture of boots and shoes. The heraldic fountains refer to the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society at the Mission House at Lower Street in 1792. The martlets are from the arms of the Watson family of Rockingham, who with the Montagus are Lords of the Manor of Kettering.The cross is from the arms of the See of Peterborough. | ||
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The Montagu family is further represented by the griffin and the negro with a broken chain recalls the pioneer work of William Knibb in the cause of freeing the slaves. Knibb was born at Kettering in 1803. | The Montagu family is further represented by the griffin and the negro with a broken chain recalls the pioneer work of William Knibb in the cause of freeing the slaves. Knibb was born at Kettering in 1803. | ||
These arms are currently used by the Kettering Town Council. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities K]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities K]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1938]] | [[Category:Granted 1938]] | ||