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The arms were officially granted on 1st September 1975. | The arms were officially granted on 1st September 1975. | ||
Horwich UDC | Horwich UDC never had official arms, but the Horwich Town Council adopted arms after the merger with Bolton. | ||
The arms show a deer and huntsman - reminders of Horwich as a Royal hunting forest in the middle ages, two red Lancashire roses separated by a pair of black railway lines depicting the railway industry of Horwich and the Cross of the Pilkington family. Bishop Pilkington was a founder of the nearby Rivington Grammar School. | The arms show a deer and huntsman - reminders of Horwich as a Royal hunting forest in the middle ages, two red Lancashire roses separated by a pair of black railway lines depicting the railway industry of Horwich and the Cross of the Pilkington family. Bishop Pilkington was a founder of the nearby Rivington Grammar School. | ||