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'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
'''County''' : | |||
*[[Hertfordshire]][[File:hertfors.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1974 Three Rivers | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* 1898-1974 Urban Distict | |||
<br> | |||
{{#display_map:51.6384,-0.4692|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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'''Arms''' : Per fesse dancetty Sable and Or semée of Flowers gentil proper in chief three Plates above two Estoiles of the second.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per fesse dancetty Sable and Or semée of Flowers gentil proper in chief three Plates above two Estoiles of the second.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours issuant from a Wreath of Watercress proper a Garb Or charged with a Lion's Face Azure.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours issuant from a Wreath of Watercress proper a Garb Or charged with a Lion's Face Azure.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' 'NISI DOMINUS AEDIFICAVERIT' - Unless the Lord build. | '''Motto''' 'NISI DOMINUS AEDIFICAVERIT' - Unless the Lord build. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on October 30, 1953. | The arms were officially granted on October 30, 1953. | ||
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The motto is derived from the first verse of Psalm CXXVII in the Vulgate and is appropriate to a town mainly residential in character. | The motto is derived from the first verse of Psalm CXXVII in the Vulgate and is appropriate to a town mainly residential in character. | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
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On January 16, 2023 the arms were transferred to the '''Batchworth Community Council'''. | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | |||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities R]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities R]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1953]] | [[Category:Granted 1953]] | ||