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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
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SHOREDITCH
Borough of London
Incorporated into : 1968 Hackney
Official blazon
Arms : Gules, a coward lion bi-corporate Or, crowned azure.
Motto : More light, more power.
Origin/meaning
The arms were not officially granted.
The arms are the arms of John de Northampton, Lord Mayor of London from 1381-1382 and Lord of the Manor of Shoreditch.
 The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1906 |
Literature : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932.