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{{uk}} | {{uk}}'''DARWEN''' | ||
Incorporated into: 1974 [[Blackburn with Darwen]] | |||
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Blackburn with Darwen]] | |||
[[File:darwen.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:darwen.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Or a Fesse wavy with Cottices also wavy Azure between three Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Or a Fesse wavy with Cottices also wavy Azure between three Sprigs of the Cotton Tree slipped and fructed proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On Wreath of the Coloursin front of a demi Miner habited proper holding over the shoulder a Pick Or a Shuttle fessewise of the last thread pendant proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On Wreath of the Coloursin front of a demi Miner habited proper holding over the shoulder a Pick Or a Shuttle fessewise of the last thread pendant proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'ABSQUE LABORE NIHIL' - Nothing without labour. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on August 7, 1878. | The arms were officially granted on August 7, 1878. | ||
The wavy bar represents the River Darwen. The cotton, shuttle and miner refer to local industries. | The wavy bar represents the River Darwen. The cotton, shuttle and miner refer to local industries. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
| | File:Darwen3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Darwen|The arms in 1898 | ||
File:darwen.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Darwen|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:darwen.wb4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Darwen|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms IV|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
</gallery>'''[[Literature]]''': Scott-Giles, 1953 and from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities D]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities D]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1878]] | [[Category:Granted 1878]] |
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