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'''Arms''' : Gules, upon a base barry wavy of eight argent and azure, a gateway between two towers of the second, in the open port also gules three ropemakers' spinning hooks palewise in fesse Or, in chief a lion passant guardant ducally crowned between two fleur-de-lys of the last. | '''Arms''' : Gules, upon a base barry wavy of eight argent and azure, a gateway between two towers of the second, in the open port also gules three ropemakers' spinning hooks palewise in fesse Or, in chief a lion passant guardant ducally crowned between two fleur-de-lys of the last. | ||
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BRIDPORT
Incorporated into : 1974 West Dorset
Official blazon
Arms : Gules, upon a base barry wavy of eight argent and azure, a gateway between two towers of the second, in the open port also gules three ropemakers' spinning hooks palewise in fesse Or, in chief a lion passant guardant ducally crowned between two fleur-de-lys of the last.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially recorded at the Visitation on September 9, 1623. An earlier version was already recorded in 1565.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
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