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The arms were officially granted onn April 9, 1954. | The arms were officially granted onn April 9, 1954. | ||
The | The arms are derived from the crests of the Brighouse and Rastrick families who lived in the district in the seventeen<sup>th</sup> century. The gold lion and the black crescents come from the Brighouse family arms and the red roses are from the crest of the Rastrick family. It is unusual to see the inclusion of red roses on the arms of a Yorkshire Borough. | ||
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