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'''OSWESTRY''' | '''OSWESTRY''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 2009 [[Shropshire]] | Incorporated into : 2009 [[Shropshire]] | ||
[[File:owestry.jpg|center]] | [[File:owestry.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Per pale and per fesse indented Argent and Gules two Lions passant in pale counterchanged.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per pale and per fesse indented Argent and Gules two Lions passant in pale counterchanged.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Azure out of the Battlements of a Tower Gules a demi Dragon Or gorged with a Riband Gules pendent therefrom a Lozenge Ermine charged with a Saltire couped per pale Argent and Sable, and supporting a Staff proper flying therefrom a triangular Pennon tierced in pale Vert Argent and Sable; Mantled Azure doubled Or.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Azure out of the Battlements of a Tower Gules a demi Dragon Or gorged with a Riband Gules pendent therefrom a Lozenge Ermine charged with a Saltire couped per pale Argent and Sable, and supporting a Staff proper flying therefrom a triangular Pennon tierced in pale Vert Argent and Sable; Mantled Azure doubled Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE' - Neither rashly nor timidly | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE' - Neither rashly nor timidly | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on August 1, 1957 to the Oswestry Rural District Council. The new Oswestry Council formed in 1974 was allowed to retain the arms. | The arms were officially granted on August 1, 1957 to the Oswestry Rural District Council. The new Oswestry Council formed in 1974 was allowed to retain the arms. | ||
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The motto is that of the Bridgeman Earls of Bradford (of Knockin and Lianyblodwel)"Nec temerenec timide" (Neither rashly nor timidly) indicating a policy of progress with prudence. | The motto is that of the Bridgeman Earls of Bradford (of Knockin and Lianyblodwel)"Nec temerenec timide" (Neither rashly nor timidly) indicating a policy of progress with prudence. | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities O]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities O]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1957]] | [[Category:Granted 1957]] | ||