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Incorporated into : 1974 [[Blackburn with Darwen]] | Incorporated into: 1974 [[Blackburn with Darwen]] | ||
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DARWEN
Incorporated into: 1974 Blackburn with Darwen
Official blazon
Arms : Or a Fesse wavy with Cottices also wavy Azure between three Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed proper.
Crest : On Wreath of the Coloursin front of a demi Miner habited proper holding over the shoulder a Pick Or a Shuttle fessewise of the last thread pendant proper.
Motto: 'ABSQUE LABORE NIHIL' - Nothing without labour.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on August 7, 1878.
The wavy bar represents the River Darwen. The cotton, shuttle and miner refer to local industries.
The arms in 1898
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1906
Literature: Scott-Giles, 1953 and from here
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