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'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1974 [[Scarborough]] | |||
** 2023 [[North Yorkshire]] | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* Urban District Council | |||
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'''Arms''' : Barry wavy of ten argent and azure, three serpents coiled proper. <br> | '''Arms''' : Barry wavy of ten argent and azure, three serpents coiled proper. <br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, in front of an anchor sable, three roses, two and one, argent, barbed and seeded proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, in front of an anchor sable, three roses, two and one, argent, barbed and seeded proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : Fuimus et sumus | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Fuimus et sumus | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on July 3, 1935. | The arms were officially granted on July 3, 1935. | ||
The arms show three curled snakes ( | The arms show three curled snakes (previously shown as ammonites). According to legend Abbess Hilda of Whitby Abbey rounded up the serpents that swarmed around the abbey. She hurled them from the cliffs, where they lost their heads and turned into stones. The ammonites actually are 190 million year old fossils, which can be found in the area. | ||
The motto means We have been and we are. | The motto means We have been and we are. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:whitby.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Whitby|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:whitby2.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Whitby|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:whitby.rppc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Whitby|The arms as used on a postcard +/- 1905 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Information from postcards from Whitby. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1935]] | [[Category:Granted 1935]] | ||
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Arms : Barry wavy of ten argent and azure, three serpents coiled proper. |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on July 3, 1935.
The arms show three curled snakes (previously shown as ammonites). According to legend Abbess Hilda of Whitby Abbey rounded up the serpents that swarmed around the abbey. She hurled them from the cliffs, where they lost their heads and turned into stones. The ammonites actually are 190 million year old fossils, which can be found in the area.
The motto means We have been and we are.
Image gallery
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
The arms as used on a postcard +/- 1905
Literature: Information from postcards from Whitby.
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