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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1974 Basingstoke (Borough) | |||
* 1974 Basingstoke RDC | |||
* 1974 Kingsclere & Whitchurch RDC | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* District Council | |||
<br> | |||
{{#display_map:51.2584,-1.1064|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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'''Arms''' : Per chevron wavy Or and Argent a Chevronel wavy Azure between in chief two Beech Trees couped and in base a representation of St. Michael habited in Armour proper, a Skirt paly Gules and Argent hemmed Argent, and a Cloak Gules, nimbed and winged Or, brandishing in the dexter hand a Sword proper and standing upon and vulning with a Long Cross pommy Gules held in the sinister hand a Dragon on its back Vert.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per chevron wavy Or and Argent a Chevronel wavy Azure between in chief two Beech Trees couped and in base a representation of St. Michael habited in Armour proper, a Skirt paly Gules and Argent hemmed Argent, and a Cloak Gules, nimbed and winged Or, brandishing in the dexter hand a Sword proper and standing upon and vulning with a Long Cross pommy Gules held in the sinister hand a Dragon on its back Vert.<br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'STEADFAST IN SERVICE'. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'STEADFAST IN SERVICE'. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The motto 'Steadfast in Service' is derived from the mottoes of Lord Porchester and the Earls of Carnarvon (Ung Je Serviray) and Lord Portal (Constanter). | The motto 'Steadfast in Service' is derived from the mottoes of Lord Porchester and the Earls of Carnarvon (Ung Je Serviray) and Lord Portal (Constanter). | ||
The | ===Image gallery=== | ||
[[File:basingstoke.jj.jpg| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Euskirchenpc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Basingstoke and Deane|The arms in [[Euskirchen]] | |||
File:basingstoke.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Basingstoke and Deane|Non official arms of Basingstoke on a postcard from 1906 | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''[[Literature]]''': Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) | |||
{{media}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{media}} | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] |
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