approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,701,423
edits
Willesden: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
Text replacement - "'''Motto''': " to "'''Motto''': "
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) (Created page with '{|width="100%" style="color:black; background-color:#ffffcc;" |width="15%"|50 px|left |width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br>Civic h…') |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "'''Motto''': " to "'''Motto''': ") |
||
| (11 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{ | {{uk}}<seo title="Coat of arms (crest) of Willesden" titlemode="append"></seo> | ||
'''WILLESDEN''' | '''WILLESDEN''' | ||
| Line 9: | Line 6: | ||
Incorporated into : 1965 [[Brent]] | Incorporated into : 1965 [[Brent]] | ||
[[FIle:willesden.jpg|center]] | [[FIle:willesden.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''': Gules a Chevron between in dexter chief an Orb ensigned with a Cross-crosslet Or and in sinister chief and two Swords in saltire proper hilts and pomels Or and in base three Lilies in a Pot all within a Bordure also Or charged with eight Pellets.<br> | '''Arms''': Gules a Chevron between in dexter chief an Orb ensigned with a Cross-crosslet Or and in sinister chief and two Swords in saltire proper hilts and pomels Or and in base three Lilies in a Pot all within a Bordure also Or charged with eight Pellets.<br> | ||
'''Crest''': Issuant from a Saxon Crown two Wings Or each charged with a Cinquefoil Gules.<br> | '''Crest''': Issuant from a Saxon Crown two Wings Or each charged with a Cinquefoil Gules.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''': On either side a Dragon Azure gorged with a Saxon Crown Or and charged on the shoulder with two Seaxes in saltire proper hilts and pomels Or.<br> | '''Supporters''': On either side a Dragon Azure gorged with a Saxon Crown Or and charged on the shoulder with two Seaxes in saltire proper hilts and pomels Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''': 'LABORARE EST ORARE' - To work is to pray. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'LABORARE EST ORARE' - To work is to pray. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted in 1933. | The arms were granted in 1933. | ||
| Line 25: | Line 22: | ||
The Saxon crowns and the seaxes on the dragons derive from the arms of the [[Middlesex]] CC, and represent the ancient Kingdom of the Middle Saxons. | The Saxon crowns and the seaxes on the dragons derive from the arms of the [[Middlesex]] CC, and represent the ancient Kingdom of the Middle Saxons. | ||
{|align="center" | |||
|align="center"|[[File:willesden.ukpc.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a pre 1910 postcard | |||
|} | |||
{{media}} | |||
[[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, 1953 | [[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, 1953 | ||