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The arms were officially granted on April 4, 1949. | The arms were officially granted on April 4, 1949. | ||
The lion standing against an oak-tree is taken from the device on a former seal of the Borough dating from at | The lion standing against an oak-tree is taken from the device on a former seal of the Borough dating from at least 1648. This is supposed to have been adopted because there was a royal hunting-lodge, at the place now called Woodhouse.<br> | ||
The deer alludes to the forest and surrounding Andover, and the fleur-de-lis is for St Mary, the patron saint. | The deer alludes to the forest and surrounding Andover, and the fleur-de-lis is for St Mary, the patron saint. | ||