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'''HUNTINGDON AND GODMANCHESTER ''' | '''HUNTINGDON AND GODMANCHESTER ''' | ||
Additions : 1961 Godmanchester, [[Huntingdon]] | Additions: 1961 Godmanchester, [[Huntingdon (England)|Huntingdon]]<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Huntingdonshire (District)|Huntingdonshire]] | Incorporated into : 1974 [[Huntingdonshire (District)|Huntingdonshire]] | ||
[[File:huntingdon.jpg|center]] | [[File:huntingdon.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Per fess dovetailed Or and Vert in chief two Hunting Horns Sable stringed Gules and in base a Fleur-de-Lys Argent.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per fess dovetailed Or and Vert in chief two Hunting Horns Sable stringed Gules and in base a Fleur-de-Lys Argent.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : Out of an Ancient Crown Or upon a Mount Vert in front of a Port between two Towers proper Pennons flying Gules a Stag's Head and Neck couped proper; Mantled Vert doubled Or.<br> | '''Crest''' : Out of an Ancient Crown Or upon a Mount Vert in front of a Port between two Towers proper Pennons flying Gules a Stag's Head and Neck couped proper; Mantled Vert doubled Or.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Man habited as a Medieval Huntsman proper his Bow and Quiver Or the Arrows Gules flighted Or and on the sinister side a Man habited as a Medieval Oxherd the Goad in his external hand proper tipped Or both standing upon a representation of the Old Bridge at Huntingdon also proper.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Man habited as a Medieval Huntsman proper his Bow and Quiver Or the Arrows Gules flighted Or and on the sinister side a Man habited as a Medieval Oxherd the Goad in his external hand proper tipped Or both standing upon a representation of the Old Bridge at Huntingdon also proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'UNITED WE ADVANCE' | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'UNITED WE ADVANCE' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on June 5, 1963. | The arms were officially granted on June 5, 1963. | ||
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The huntsman with bow, quiver containing arrows, and hunting horn, is for Huntingdon, and is adapted from the 17th century seals. The oxherd with his goad, represents Godmanchester. They both stand, appropriately, at either end of Huntingdon bridge. | The huntsman with bow, quiver containing arrows, and hunting horn, is for Huntingdon, and is adapted from the 17th century seals. The oxherd with his goad, represents Godmanchester. They both stand, appropriately, at either end of Huntingdon bridge. | ||
[[Literature]] : Information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities H]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities H]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1963]] | [[Category:Granted 1963]] | ||