Hyde

Heraldry of the World
Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom

HYDE

Incorporated into : 1974 Tameside

Official blazon

Arms : Azure a Chevron nebuly Argent between three Lozenges Or on a Chief of the second a Flake erect surmounted by a Hatter's Bow in bend sinister between a Cog-wheel and two Miner's Picks in saltire therefrom suspended a Davy Lamp all proper.
Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours upon a Pack of Cotton Prints Azure banded and semée of Mascles Or a Sprig of the Cotton-tree slipped and fructed in bend sinister surmounted of a Shuttle furnished in bend proper.
Motto : 'ONWARD'

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 18, 1882.

The lower part of the shield is derived from the arms of the local manorial family of Hyde, suitably difference by change of tincture and nebuly treatment of the chevron. The other emblems (a flake surmounted by a Hatter's Bow between a cogwheel and two miner's picks and a Davy lamp) and the crest (a cotton branch and spindle) refer to local industries.