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{{uk}}'''BELFAST (City and County Borough)'''


'''BELFAST (City and County Borough)'''
Additions: 1974 Antrim RDC (partly), Larne RDC, [[Newtownabbey]] UDC (partly)
 
Additions : 1974 Antrim RDC (partly), Larne RDC, [[Newtownabbey]] UDC (partly)


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'''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
'''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
'''Supporters''' : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
'''Supporters''' : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
'''Motto''' : Pro tanto quid retribuamus
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Pro tanto quid retribuamus


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890.
The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890.


I have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms.
The vair-along with the supporting wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport, as do the seahorses, and the bell is canting. The motto means "What return shall we make for so much?", and is a paraphrase of a verse from Psalm 116.
The arms were first used on the city's seal, made circa 1640, but were not granted until 1890.
 
The arms on collector's items:
<gallery perrow=0>
File:belfast.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
File:belfast.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906
File:belfast.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
File:belfast.mit.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911
File:belfast.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905
File:0948.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums


{|align="center"
</gallery>
|align="center"|[[File:belfast.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
|align="center"|[[File:belfast.wb1.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906
|-
|align="center"|[[File:belfast.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
|align="center"|[[File:belfast.mit.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911
|-
|align="center"|[[File:belfast.fau.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905
|align="center"|[[File:belfast1.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as seen in the city.
|}


{{media}}
The arms in the city:
<gallery perrow=0>
File:belfast1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city.
File:belfast2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a litter box (image by Francois R. Velde)
File:belfast3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
File:belfast4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
File:belfast5.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
</gallery>'''[[Literature]]''':


[[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971.
{{media}} Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932
Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971
Vinycomb, J. : The seals and armorial insignia of corporate and other towns of Ulster, The Ulster Journal of Archaeology vol. 1, 1894, provided by Z. W. Eisler.


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]]
[[Category:Northern Ireland]]
[[File:nireland.jpg|50 px|link=United Kingdom]][[Category:Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Granted 1890]]
[[Category:Granted 1890]]

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BELFAST (City and County Borough)

Additions: 1974 Antrim RDC (partly), Larne RDC, Newtownabbey UDC (partly)

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Official blazon

Arms : Party per esse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper.
Crest : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.
Supporters : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.
Motto: Pro tanto quid retribuamus

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890.

The vair-along with the supporting wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport, as do the seahorses, and the bell is canting. The motto means "What return shall we make for so much?", and is a paraphrase of a verse from Psalm 116. The arms were first used on the city's seal, made circa 1640, but were not granted until 1890.

The arms on collector's items:

The arms in the city:

  • Arms (crest) of Belfast

    The arms as seen in the city.

  • Arms (crest) of Belfast

    The arms on a litter box (image by Francois R. Velde)

  • Arms (crest) of Belfast

    The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)

  • Arms (crest) of Belfast

    The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)

  • Arms (crest) of Belfast

    The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)

Literature:

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