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HOUNSLOW
Additions : 1965 Brentford and Chiswick, Feltham, Heston and Isleworth
Official blazon
Arms : Per fesse Azure and Gules on a Fesse wavy between in chief two Wings conjoined in base Argent surmounted of a Sword erect Or and in base a Lion rampant guardant per fesse Or and Argent a barrulet wavy Azure.
Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours upon Ferns proper a Talbot passant Sable supporting over the dexter shoulder a Post Horn Or.
Supporters : On either side a Griffin Or gorged with a Collar gemel wavy Azure and charged on the wings with a Seax, the cutting edge inwards proper pomel and hilt Gules.
Motto: 'IUNCTI PROGREDIAMUR' - Let us go forward together.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on September 3, 1964.
The waves across the centre of the shield represent the River Thames, the River Brent, The Duke of Northumberland's river and the Longford River. At the top of the shield are a pair of wings for London Heathrow Airport and the aerospace industries of the borough. The sword is for the ancient sword mill at Feltham and the modern Royal Army Ordnance Corps depot there. The lion at the base of the shield comes from the arms of Hounslow Priory.
The crest is a punning reference to Hounslow Heath.
The griffins previously supported the arms of Brentford and Chiswick. They are seen as protectors of treasure, symbolising the borough council's role in relation to the community. They are differenced by waves taken from the shield. The wings of the griffins are charged with seaxes from the arms of Middlesex County Council, as the area of Hounslow lay in that county until 1965.
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