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{{uk}} | {{uk}}'''ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE''' | ||
Incorporated into: 1974 [[Tameside]] | |||
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Tameside]] | |||
[[File:ashtonl.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:ashtonl.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Argent, a mullet (or spur-rowel) sable, and in the dexter chief a crescent gules.<br> | '''Arms''': Argent, a mullet (or spur-rowel) sable, and in the dexter chief a crescent gules.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a wreath atgent and sable, the battlements of a tower proper and thereon a griffin's head erased, gules, charged on the neck with a crescent Or.<br> | '''Crest''': On a wreath atgent and sable, the battlements of a tower proper and thereon a griffin's head erased, gules, charged on the neck with a crescent Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : Labor omnia vincit - Labour overcomes all | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Labor omnia vincit - Labour overcomes all | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on July 7, 1926. | The arms were officially granted on July 7, 1926. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:ashton.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:ashton.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:ashton.wb3.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms III|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |align="center"|[[File:ashton.wb3.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms III|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:ashton.dex.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:ashton.dex.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | ||
|} | |}'''[[Literature]]''': | ||
{{media}} Information from Scott-Giles, 1953 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1926]] | [[Category:Granted 1926]] | ||
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ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Incorporated into: 1974 Tameside
Official blazon
Arms: Argent, a mullet (or spur-rowel) sable, and in the dexter chief a crescent gules.
Crest: On a wreath atgent and sable, the battlements of a tower proper and thereon a griffin's head erased, gules, charged on the neck with a crescent Or.
Motto: Labor omnia vincit - Labour overcomes all
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on July 7, 1926.
The arms are based on the arms of the old local family of Assheton, which town already used previously. The Assheton spur-rowel also appears in the arms of Clitheroe, Stalybridge, and Middleton.
 The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905 |
 The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1906 |
 The arms on a Dexters cigarette card, 1905 |
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