Westmorland
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
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WESTMORLAND
Incorporated into : 1974 Cumbria
Official blazon
Arms : Argent two Bars Gules over all an Apple Tree with seven branches fructed and eradicated Or.
Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours a Herdwick Ram's Head proper charged on the forehead with a Shearman's Hook Or.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 2, 1926.
The white shield has two red bars, the arms of the de Lancaster barons of Kendal. Over this is placed an apple tree, for the county town of Appleby.
Thus both the north and south of the county are suggested.
The crest is a the head of a local breed of ram. The wool hook on the ram's forehead is found in the unofficial arms of the town of Kendal.
Literature : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones