Ashton-under-Lyne
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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 |
Literature : Information from Scott-Giles, 1953