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==Metropolitan Borough Council== | ==Metropolitan Borough Council== | ||
Additions : 1974 [[Castleford]] (Borough), [[Featherstone]] UDC, [[Hemsworth]] RDC (partly), Hemsworth UDC, Horbury UDC, [[Knottingley]] UDC, Normanton UDC, [[Osgoldcross]] (partly), Ossett (Borough), [[Pontefract]] (Borough), Stanley UDC, Wakefield (Borough), Wakefield RDC | Additions : 1974 [[Castleford]] (Borough), [[Featherstone]] UDC, [[Hemsworth]] RDC (partly), Hemsworth UDC, Horbury UDC, [[Knottingley]] UDC, Normanton UDC, [[Osgoldcross]] (partly), [[Ossett]] (Borough), [[Pontefract]] (Borough), Stanley UDC, Wakefield (Borough), Wakefield RDC | ||
[[File:wakefiel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:wakefiel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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The arms were officially granted on March 3, 1932, but have been in use for a much longer time. | The arms were officially granted on March 3, 1932, but have been in use for a much longer time. | ||
The | The arms used by the city of Wakefield have been for at least five centuries "Azure, a fleur-de-lis or" (a golden lily on a blue shield). These arms appear on a carved wooden boss on the Cathedral roof, which may be dated not later than 1470. Single fleur-de-lis appear on the frieze of the choir screen (1635) and also on the badge of the Wakefield Waits (1688). | ||
The Manor of Wakefield was bestowed by Edward III on his fifth son, Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, in 1347, who bore the Royal Arms of France and England. These arms thus became on all public documents the arms of Wakefield, superseding the "Checky or and azure" shield of the de Warenne family, the former Lords of the Manor. It would seem that a kind of abridgement of these arms subsequently ensued, one golden fleur-de-lis only on an azure shield being adopted. | The Manor of Wakefield was bestowed by Edward III on his fifth son, Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, in 1347, who bore the Royal Arms of France and England. These arms thus became on all public documents the arms of Wakefield, superseding the "Checky or and azure" shield of the de Warenne family, the former Lords of the Manor. It would seem that a kind of abridgement of these arms subsequently ensued, one golden fleur-de-lis only on an azure shield being adopted. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:wakefield.jj.jpg|350 px|center| | |align="center"|[[File:wakefield.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:wakefield.dex.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:wakefield.dex.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:wakefield.haguk.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:wakefield.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Information provided by the [http://www.wakefield.gov.uk Council] | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Information provided by the [http://www.wakefield.gov.uk Council] | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | ||