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The elephant and castle are based on the former crest of the County Borough of Bolton (see below) with a red rose on gold trappings for Lancashire. The crown palisade as in the shield has eight points (three are hidden) to represent the eight constituent areas. | The elephant and castle are based on the former crest of the County Borough of Bolton (see below) with a red rose on gold trappings for Lancashire. The crown palisade as in the shield has eight points (three are hidden) to represent the eight constituent areas. | ||
The black lion is also taken from the former Bolton arms. Differenced by having round its neck a wreath of gold and red, the colours of the former Bolton arms. The red lion, derived from that of the Borough of Farnworth , represents the Hulton family of Farnworth but was changed to blue to match the rest of Farnworth's arms and is here returned to its true colour. About its neck is a wreath of gold and blue, the colours of Farnworth's arms. The pennon bearing the spindle and shuttle represents the textile industry and the other bears a hornet for the paper industry. | The black lion is also taken from the former Bolton arms. Differenced by having round its neck a wreath of gold and red, the colours of the former Bolton arms. The red lion, derived from that of the Borough of Farnworth , represents the Hulton family of Farnworth but was changed to blue to match the rest of Farnworth's arms and is here returned to its true colour. About its neck is a wreath of gold and blue, the colours of Farnworth's arms. The pennon bearing the spindle and shuttle represents the textile industry and the other bears a hornet for the paper industry. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:bolton3.jpg|center|400 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on the mayoral chain<br>([http://www.boltonsmayors.org.uk/images/fs-1975-chain.jpg source]) | |||
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==Bolton County Borough== | ==Bolton County Borough== | ||