Ludlow

	Country: United Kingdom England County: Shropshire Incorporated into: 1966 Ludlow RDC 1974 South Shropshire 2009 Shropshire Status: until 1966 Borough since 1996 Town council Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":52.37049999999999982946974341757595539093017578125,"lon":-2.715899999999999980815346134477294981479644775390625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The borough was never officially granted arms, but used the arms above.

The arms date to the creation of the parliamentary borough in 1461 and pay homage to Richard, Duke of York. It displays the white lion of the Earls of the Marches and three white roses of the House of York.

The seal and arms as shown in the 19^th century: