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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
'''Arms''' : Or a Fesse wavy with Cottices also wavy Azure between three Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed proper.<br>
'''Arms''': Or a Fesse wavy with Cottices also wavy Azure between three Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed proper.<br>
'''Crest''' : On Wreath of the Coloursin front of a demi Miner habited proper holding over the shoulder a Pick Or a Shuttle fessewise of the last thread pendant proper.<br>
'''Crest''': On Wreath of the Coloursin front of a demi Miner habited proper holding over the shoulder a Pick Or a Shuttle fessewise of the last thread pendant proper.<br>
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'ABSQUE LABORE NIHIL' - Nothing without labour.
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'ABSQUE LABORE NIHIL' - Nothing without labour.


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DARWEN

Incorporated into: 1974 Blackburn with Darwen

Arms (crest) of Darwen

Official blazon

Arms: Or a Fesse wavy with Cottices also wavy Azure between three Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed proper.
Crest: On Wreath of the Coloursin front of a demi Miner habited proper holding over the shoulder a Pick Or a Shuttle fessewise of the last thread pendant proper.
Motto: 'ABSQUE LABORE NIHIL' - Nothing without labour.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 7, 1878.

The wavy bar represents the River Darwen. The cotton, shuttle and miner refer to local industries.

  • Arms (crest) of Darwen

    The arms in 1898

  • Arms (crest) of Darwen

    The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905

  • Arms (crest) of Darwen

    The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1906

Literature: Scott-Giles, 1953 and from here

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