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[[File:Newportwight.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Newportwight.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, on water barry wavy in base proper, an ancient ship Or, the sail argent, at the tip of the bowsprit an at right angles thereto a cross formy fitchy of the last. | Azure, on water barry wavy in base proper, an ancient ship Or, the sail argent, at the tip of the bowsprit an at right angles thereto a cross formy fitchy of the last. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were not officially granted, but recorded at the visitation of 1622. | The arms were not officially granted, but recorded at the visitation of 1622. | ||
The arms are based on the medieval seal of the town, see below. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:newport-wight.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The 15th century seal (Ewe, 1972) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:newport.haguk.jpg|center]] <br/>The | |- | ||
|align="center"|[[File:newport-wight.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:newport.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
|} | |} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Biggs, 1971 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Biggs, 1971 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] |
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