Huddersfield
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HUDDERSFIELD (Borough)
Incorporated into : 1974 Kirklees
Official blazon
Arms : Or, on a chevron between three rams passant sable, as many towers argent.
Crest : On a wreath of the colours, A ram's head couped argent armed Or, gorged with a collar sable, holding in the mouth
a sprig of the cotton-tree, slipped and fructed, proper.
Motto : Juvat impigros Deus - God defends the diligent
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on October 12, 1868.
The arms are based on the arms of the Ramsden family, who held the Manor of Huddersfield since the reign of Queen Elisabeth I and who played a major role in the development of the city.
 The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905 |
 The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1906 |
 The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
 The arms as used on a Thomson & Porteous cigarette card, 1906 |
 The arms as seen on a building in London (source) |
Literature : Image and information from here