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The arms were officially granted on November 6, 1857. | The arms were officially granted on November 6, 1857. | ||
One crozier represents Valle Crucis Abbey and the other signifies the grazing land around Wrexham, a crozier being derived from a shepherd's crook. It is said that, Thomas Rowland, who was Mayor in 1868, had much to do with this design, and that the wool sales were then one of the principal industries of Wrexham. The lions are from the arms of Wales. | |||
The dragon is the Welsh national emblem and the symbol for Mars indicates that Wrexham is a mining centre. | |||
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