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I have no information on the origin or meaning of these arms. Any information is welcome ! | I have no information on the origin or meaning of these arms. Any information is welcome ! | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:stratford2.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 (wrong colours) | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:stratford.thp.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a Thomson and Porteous cigarette card, 1905 | |||
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[[Literature]] : Biggs, 1971 | [[Literature]] : Biggs, 1971 |
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Incorporated into : 1974 Stratford-on-Avon
Official blazon
Or, a chevron azure between three leopard's faces gules.
Origin/meaning
The arms were recorded at the Visitations of 1619 and 1682, and officially certified on June 4, 1958.
I have no information on the origin or meaning of these arms. Any information is welcome !
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905 (wrong colours) |
The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
The arms on a Thomson and Porteous cigarette card, 1905 |
Literature : Biggs, 1971