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'''WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS''' | '''WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS''' | ||
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Weymouth and Portland]] | Incorporated into : 1974 [[Weymouth and Portland]] (2019 [[Dorset]]) | ||
[[File:weymouth.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:weymouth.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Azure on Waves of the Sea in base proper a Ship of three masts tackled and rigged all Or on the fore and mizzen masts two Square Banners that on the first per pale Gules and Vert three Lions passant guardant in pale Or that on the latter quarterly one and four Argent a Lion rampant Purpure two and three Gules a Tower triple-towered Or on the Hulk of the Ship an Escutcheon per fesse Or and Gules, in chief three Chevronels also Gules in base three Lions passant guardant in pale also Or. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted in 1592. | The arms were granted in 1592 and are based on the old seal of the borough of Melcombe Regis. | ||
The two boroughs, Melcombe on the north shore and Weymouth on the south, were joined as a double borough in 1571, after which time the name Weymouth came to serve for them both. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:weymouth.jj.jpg|350 px|center| | |align="center"|[[File:weymouth.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:weymouth.haguk.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:weymouth.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:melcomberegisz1.jpg|center|Seal of Melcombe Regis]] <br/>The seal of Melcombe Regis, around 1300 (Ewe, 1972) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:melcomberegisz2.jpg|center|Seal of Melcombe Regis]] <br/>The 16th century seal of Melcombe Regis (Ewe, 1972) | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities W]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1592]] | [[Category:Granted 1592]] |
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