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The arms have been composed from those of the various holders of the Manor of Woking. The fret is from the Spencer arms, the fleur de lys from the arms of the Dukes of Somerset and the cross from the attributed arms of Edward the Confessor. | The arms have been composed from those of the various holders of the Manor of Woking. The fret is from the Spencer arms, the fleur de lys from the arms of the Dukes of Somerset and the cross from the attributed arms of Edward the Confessor. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones | [[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones | ||
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
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WOKING
Official blazon
Arms : Quarterly Or and gules, a cross flory between the first and fourth quarters a fleur-de-lid and in the second and third quarters a fret, all counterchanged.
Motto : Fide et diligentia
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 18, 1930.
The arms have been composed from those of the various holders of the Manor of Woking. The fret is from the Spencer arms, the fleur de lys from the arms of the Dukes of Somerset and the cross from the attributed arms of Edward the Confessor.
 The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905 |
Literature : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones