Pudsey

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PUDSEY (Borough)

Incorporated into : 1974 Leeds

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Official blazon

Argent on a Chevron Vert between two Pairs of Shuttles saltirewise in chief and a Woolpack in base proper three Mullets pierced Or all within a Bordure engrailed Gules charged with eight Roses of the field.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 10, 1901.

The chevron and pierced mullets are from the arms of the Pudsey family. The shuttles and woolpack allude to the chief local industry and the white roses are for Yorkshire.

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


Literature : Image and information from here