Windsor and Maidenhead

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WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD

Additions : 1974 Royal Borough of New Windsor, Borough of Maidenhead, Cookham RDC, Eton RDC (partly), Eton UDC, Windsor RDC

Official blason

Arms: Per pale dovetailed the dexter per fess Argent and Vert a Stag's Head caboshed of the first in chief between the attires an Escutcheon of France Modern and England quarterly the sinister Azure three Pallets wavy Argent issuant from a Bridge of as many arches in fess proper.
Crest: On a Wreath Or and Gules between two Branches of Oak leaved proper and fructed Or a Mount Vert thereon a Castle Wall with three Towers Argent surmounted by a Lion's Face Or.
Supporters: Dexter a Horse Argent gorged with an Ancient Crown Or and charged on the shoulder with a Sprig of Oak leaved proper and fructed Or sinister a Swan roussant Argent gorged with an Ancient Crown Or and charged on the wing with a Sprig of Oak leaved proper and fructed Or.
Motto: 'IN UNITATE FELICITAS'

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ??-??-1977.

The shield combines the arms of the two merged boroughs. On the dexter side are charges from the arms of New Windsor. White and green are the livery colours of the Tudor dynasty. The stag's head is for Windsor Great Forest. Between the stag's antlers are the Royal arms as used between 1405 and 1603.

The sinister side uses charges from the arms of Maidenhead. It shows the town's bridge over the River Thames. The two sides of the shield are dovetailed together to show the two boroughs united.

The crest represents Windsor Castle, with the royal lion's face above it, and the forests and parklands that surround it suggested by the oak branches.

The dexter supporter is a horse, suggesting the race course at Ascot. A horse was also one of the supporters of Berkshire County Council's arms. The sinister supporter is a swan for the River Thames and the parts of Buckinghamshire brought into the borough. Ancient crowns and acorns have been added to difference the supporters.