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'''DORSET''' | '''DORSET''' | ||
County and from April 1, 2019 Unitary Authority | |||
Additions: 2019 '''[[East Dorset]]''' (1974 [[Ringwood and Fordingbridge]] RDC (partly), Wimborne Minster (Borough), [[Wimborne and Cranborne]] RDC), '''[[North Dorset]]''' (1974 Blandford RDC, Blandford Forum, [[Shaftesbury]], Shaftesbury RDC, [[Sturminster]] RDC), '''Purbeck''' (1974 Swanage, [[Wareham]], Wareham and Purbeck RDC), '''[[West Dorset]]''' (1974 Beaminster, [[Bridport]] (borough), Bridport RDC, [[Dorchester]] (borough), Dorchester RDC, [[Lyme Regis]], Sherborne RDC, Sherborne UDC), '''[[Weymouth and Portland]]''' (1974 [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]], Portland) | |||
[[File:dorset.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Argent three Lions passant guardant in pale and in base a Fleur-de-Lys Gules; the Shield ensigned with a Mural Crown towered Or.<br> | '''Arms''' : Argent three Lions passant guardant in pale and in base a Fleur-de-Lys Gules; the Shield ensigned with a Mural Crown towered Or.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On either side a Dragon wings elevated and addorsed Or gorged with a Saxon Crown Gules.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On either side a Dragon wings elevated and addorsed Or gorged with a Saxon Crown Gules.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'WHO'S AFEAR'D' | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'WHO'S AFEAR'D' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on February 21, 1950. | The arms were officially granted on February 21, 1950. | ||
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The motto of 'Who's afear'd' was one of four originally suggested, including Lord Shaftesbury's suggestion; 'Excellence where Beauty Reigns'. 'Who's afear'd' was adopted by the Society of Dorset Men in 1905 at the suggestion of Thomas Hardy. It was converted to Dorset dialect by them in 1908, and was suggested to the County Council by a Colonel C.D.Drew, then curator of the Dorset County Museum. | The motto of 'Who's afear'd' was one of four originally suggested, including Lord Shaftesbury's suggestion; 'Excellence where Beauty Reigns'. 'Who's afear'd' was adopted by the Society of Dorset Men in 1905 at the suggestion of Thomas Hardy. It was converted to Dorset dialect by them in 1908, and was suggested to the County Council by a Colonel C.D.Drew, then curator of the Dorset County Museum. | ||
[[Literature]] : Information provided by the [http://www.dorset-cc.gov.uk Dorset County Council] | {{media}} | ||
'''[[Literature]]''': Information provided by the [http://www.dorset-cc.gov.uk Dorset County Council] | |||
[[Category:British County Councils]] | [[Category:British County Councils]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1950]] | [[Category:Granted 1950]] | ||