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'''WATFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL''' | '''WATFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL''' | ||
[[File:watford.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:watford.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms''' : Gules on a Pale wavy Argent between two Escallops Or a Pallet wavy Azure charged with a Fasces erect of the second on a Chief of the third a Hurt charged with a Saltire also of the third between two Harts statant of the first.<br> | '''Arms''' : Gules on a Pale wavy Argent between two Escallops Or a Pallet wavy Azure charged with a Fasces erect of the second on a Chief of the third a Hurt charged with a Saltire also of the third between two Harts statant of the first.<br> | ||
'''Motto''': 'AUDENTIOR' | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'AUDENTIOR' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The motto is AUDENTIOR, meaning "with greater boldness" and is taken from Virgil's Aeniad. | The motto is AUDENTIOR, meaning "with greater boldness" and is taken from Virgil's Aeniad. | ||
Before 1922 the town did not use arms, but already in 1905 arms were shown for Watford on a postcard (see below). These arms already show the Roman fasces, the deer and the river Colne in a different way. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:watford. | |align="center"|[[File:watford.fau.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File: | |align="center"|[[File:watford.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Jaja|JaJa card]] +/- 1905 | ||
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The town nowadays uses a logo based on the arms (different position of the deer, colours and motto) (see below). These changes have not been approved by the College of Arms and thus are not the official arms of the city. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:watfordlogo.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The logo of the council (2017) | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1922]] | [[Category:Granted 1922]] | ||