Belfast: Difference between revisions

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	BELFAST Country : United Kingdom Northern Ireland Additions: 1974 Antrim RDC (partly) Larne RDC Newtownabbey UDC (partly) Status: City and County Borough Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":54.59530000000000171667124959640204906463623046875,"lon":-5.9320000000000003836930773104541003704071044921875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
English	Arms : Party per fesse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper. Crest : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper. Supporters : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper. Motto: Pro tanto quid retribuamus

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890.

The vair-along with the supporting wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport, as do the seahorses, and the bell is canting. The motto means "What return shall we make for so much?", and is a paraphrase of a verse from Psalm 116.

The arms were first used on the city's seal, made circa 1640, but were not granted until 1890.

Image gallery

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 on a Mitchell's cigarette card, 1911
The arms as used on a Faulkner postcard +/- 1905
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms as seen in the city.
The arms on a litter box (image by Francois R. Velde)
The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)
The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde)

Literature: Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971; Vinycomb, J. : The seals and armorial insignia of corporate and other towns of Ulster, The Ulster Journal of Archaeology vol. 1, 1894, provided by Z. W. Eisler.

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+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-'''BELFAST (City and County Borough)'''
+|[[File:belfast.jpg|350 px|center|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+|
-Additions : 1974 Antrim RDC (partly), Larne RDC, [[Newtownabbey]] UDC (partly)
+<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
+'''Country''' :
-[[File:belfast.jpg|500 px|center]]
+* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
+** Northern Ireland<br><br>
+'''Additions''':<br>
+* 1974 Antrim RDC (partly)
+* Larne RDC
+* [[Newtownabbey]] UDC (partly)
+'''Status''':<br>
+* City and County Borough
+<br>
+{{#display_map:54.5953,-5.9320|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
+|}
-===Official blazon===
+{| class="wikitable"
-'''Arms''' : Party per esse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper.<br>
+|+Official blazon
+|-
+|'''English'''
+|
+'''Arms''' : Party per fesse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper.<br>
 '''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
 '''Supporters''' : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br>
 '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''':  Pro tanto quid retribuamus
+|}
 ===Origin/meaning===
 The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890.
-The vair—along with the supporting wolf—is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport, as do the seahorses, and the bell is canting. The motto means "What return shall we make for so much?", and is a paraphrase of a verse from Psalm 116.
+The vair-along with the supporting wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport, as do the seahorses, and the bell is canting. The motto means "What return shall we make for so much?", and is a paraphrase of a verse from Psalm 116.
 The arms were first used on the city's seal, made circa 1640, but were not granted until 1890.
-The arms on collector's items:
+===Image gallery===
-<gallery perrow=0>
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
 File:belfast.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
 File:belfast.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906
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 File:belfast.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905
 File:0948.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
-</gallery>
-The arms in the city:
-<gallery perrow=0>
 File:belfast1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city.
 File:belfast2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a litter box (image by Francois R. Velde)
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 </gallery>
+'''[[Literature]]''': Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932; Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971; Vinycomb, J. : The seals and armorial insignia of corporate and other towns of Ulster, The Ulster Journal of Archaeology vol. 1, 1894, provided by Z. W. Eisler.
+{{uk}}
 {{media}}
-[[Literature]] : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932
-Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971
-Vinycomb, J. : The seals and armorial insignia of corporate and other towns of Ulster, The Ulster Journal of Archaeology vol. 1, 1894, provided by Z. W. Eisler.
 [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]]
-[[File:nireland.jpg|50 px|link=United Kingdom]][[Category:Northern Ireland]]
+[[Category:Northern Ireland]]
 [[Category:Granted 1890]]

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