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Incorporated into : 1974 [[Windsor and Maidenhead]] | Incorporated into : 1974 [[Windsor and Maidenhead]] | ||
[[File:newwindsor.jpg|center| | [[File:newwindsor.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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The castle is, of course, a reference to Windsor's famous royal fortress, and the stag's head recalls that the Windsor Great Park around the town formed a hunting ground for the Norman kings. The shield depicts the old 1405-1603 Royal Arms and is appropriate as New Windsor is a Royal Borough. | The castle is, of course, a reference to Windsor's famous royal fortress, and the stag's head recalls that the Windsor Great Park around the town formed a hunting ground for the Norman kings. The shield depicts the old 1405-1603 Royal Arms and is appropriate as New Windsor is a Royal Borough. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:newwindsor3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of New Windsor|The arms in 1900 | |||
File:windsor.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of New Windsor|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:windsor.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of New Windsor|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:newwindsor.w2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of New Windsor|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's cigarette card]], 1906 | |||
File:windsor.tho.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of New Windsor|The arms on a [[Thomson & Porteous - Coats of arms of British Towns|Thomson and Porteous]] cigarette card, 1905 | |||
File:windsor.ukpc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of New Windsor|The arms on a postcard +/- 1905 | |||
File:windsor.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of New Windsor|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
| | </gallery> | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Information provided by Denis Towner and Lawrence Jones and http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/ | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] |
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