Bungay
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BUNGAY
Incorporated into: 1974 Waveney] (2019 East Suffolk)
Official blazon
Arms : Barry wavy of six Vert and Argent a Norfolk Wherry in full sail proper pennon flying Gules a Chief Or thereon a Port between two Towers Sable the port ensigned with an Escutcheon Gold charged with a Cross also Gules.
Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours a representation of the Black Dog of Bungay courant proper upon a Ray of Lightning fesswise Gules.
Motto: 'MORIBUS ANTIQUIS PAREAMUS' - Let us ever hold fast to the old virtues.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on July 6, 1953.
The green and white waves represent the River Waveney and floating on the river is a wherry as a reminder of the water-borne trade which used to be carried on by these Norfolk craft upstream as far as Bungay, a town then well known as a boat-repairing centre. On the chief is a pictorial representation of Bungay Castle, above the gateway is the shield of Hugh Bigod, Norman builder of the castle in about 1164.
The crest shows the Black Dog of Bungay running along a flash of lightning, as seen in the great storm of August 4th, 1577, when the Devil was said to have appeared in this form in the Priory Church of St. Mary.
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