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Non-metropolitan county councils (1974) edit

Council Grant or Transfer date Notes
Avon County Council 15 December 1976 Arms, crest, supporters and badge.[1] [2]
Bedfordshire County Council (12 April 1951)[3] 1975[4] Arms, crest and supporters[5] [6]
Berkshire County Council 1974[7] Arms, crest and supporters[8]
Buckinghamshire County Council (23 March 1948)[9] 1974[10] Arms, crest and supporters[11] [12] [13]
Cambridgeshire County Council 1 November 1976 Arms, supporters and badge.[14]
Cheshire County Council (3 May 1938, badge 23 December 1958)[15] 1976[16] Arms, crest, supporters and badge.[17] [18] [19]
Cleveland County Council 10 December 1974 Arms, crest, supporters and badge.[20] [21]
Cornwall County Council (5 April 1939)[22]1975[4] Arms, crest and supporters.[23] [24]
Cumbria County Council 10 October 1974 Arms, crest supporters and badge.[25] [26]
Derbyshire County Council (17 December 1937)[27]1974[10] Crest and supporters 1976.[28] Arms, crest and supporters.[29]
Devon County Council (11 October 1926, crest and supporters 6 March 1962) 1975[4] Arms, crest and supporters.[30]
Dorset County Council (21 February 1951)[31] Arms ensigned by a mural crown and supporters.[32] [33]
Durham County Council 10 May 1974 Arms ensigned by a mural crown and badge.[34]
East Sussex County Council 29 August 1975 Arms.[35]
Essex County Council (15 July 1932)[36]1974[10] Arms.[37]
Gloucestershire County Council (10 December 1935)[38] 1976[16] [39]
Hampshire County Council 13 July 1992[40][41] Arms, crest and supporters.[41]
Hereford and Worcester County Council 26 June 1978 Arms, crest and supporters.[42]
Hertfordshire County Council (3 June 1925)[43] 1974[10] Arms ensigned by a mural crown and supporters.[44] [45]
Humberside County Council 28 July 1976 Arms, crest and supporters.[46] [47] [48]
Isle of Wight County Council [49]
Kent County Council [50]
Lancashire County Council 1974[10] [51]
Leicestershire County Council (25 January 1930)[52] 1974[10] Arms, crest and supporters.[53] [54]
Lincolnshire County Council 8 April 1977[55] Arms, crest and supporters.[56]
Norfolk County Council (Royal Warrant dated 11 May 1904, exemplified 3 July 1904)[57] 1974[10], supporters granted 22 December 1982.[58]
Northamptonshire County Council (1 August 1939)[59] 1975[4] Arms, crest and supporters.[60] [61]
Northumberland County Council (4 December 1951)[62] 1974[10] Arms, crest and supporters.[63] [64]
North Yorkshire County Council 29 April 1980 Arms, crest, supporters and badge.[65]
Nottinghamshire County Council [66]
Oxfordshire County Council 25 May 1976 Arms, crest and supporters[67] [68]
Salop County Council renamed 1974[10] [69]
Somerset County Council 1974[10]
Staffordshire County Council [70]
Suffolk County Council 1978 Arms and crest.[71]
Surrey County Council 1974 Arms and crest.[72]
Warwickshire County Council [73]
West Sussex County Council 14 January 1975 Arms and crest.[74]
Wiltshire County Council [75]



Council Grant or Transfer date Notes
Greater Manchester County Council Unknown Council abolished 31 March 1986[76]
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Unknown ACSB[77]

"The Armorial Bearings were designed by H Ellis Tomlinson, M.A., F.H.S. in consultation with Michael Cresswell, LL.B. Bolton's Assistant Council Solicitor for 1974"[78] "Mr Cresswell, from Bradshaw, said the town is allowed the standard, because it has a shield, a crest, a badge and a motto."[79]

Horwich Town Council 1 September 1975[80] AC[80] [77] Successor parish. "It replaced the unregistered Coat of Arms which had been used for many years by the former Horwich Urban District Council."[80]
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council ACS[77]
Manchester City Council 21 May 1974[81] ACSB[77] Arms and crest granted to borough of Manchester 1 March 1842, supporters on 2 March 1842; badge to city and county borough 20 December 1957
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council ACSB[77] "The Mayoralty of Oldham is the only office approved to use the Borough’s Coat of Arms. The Coat of Arms is based on the crest of the former Oldham County Borough and includes within it symbols to identify the other six districts that make up the Borough. "[82]
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council ACSB[77]
Salford City Council 10 June 1974 ACSB[77] "The arms, designed by H. Ellis Tomlinson, combine elements of the five local authorities that formed the new city of Salford in 1974." [2]
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Ex Stockport CB. No authority for transfer? ACS[77] Arms and crest granted 5th December 1932. Supporters granted 1st December 1959.
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council ACS[77]
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 3 December 1975 ACSB[77]
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council date ACS[77] [83] [84]

Town and parish councils edit

Council District Grant or Transfer date Notes
Morpeth Town Council Northumberland 2010[85]
Newark Town Council Newark and Sherwood 2010[85]
Barnard Castle Town Council Durham 2010[85]
Blyth Town Council Northumberland (24 January 1923) 2010[86] Arms and crest.
Salisbury City Council Wiltshire (Recorded 1566) 2010[87] Arms and supporters.
Canvey Island Town Council Castle Point (5 January 1971) 2008[88] Arms and crest.
Folkestone Town Council Shepway (25 July 1958) 2007[89] Arms, crest and supporters.

References edit

  • Briggs, Geoffrey (1971). Civic and Corporate Heraldry: A Dictionary of Impersonal Arms of England, Wales and N. Ireland. London: Heraldry Today. ISBN 0900455217.
  • Fox-Davies, A C (1915). The Book of Public Arms, 2nd edition. London: T C & E C Jack.
  • Scott-Giles, C Wilfrid (1953). Civic Heraldry of England and Wales, 2nd edition. London: J M Dent & Sons.


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  2. ^ "Avon County Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  3. ^ Briggs (1971) p.52
  4. ^ a b c d The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/621)
  5. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) p.48
  6. ^ "Coat of Arms". Bedfordshire Official Guide. Retrieved 26 May 2002.
  7. ^ "Coat of arms of Berkshire (England)". International Civic Heraldry. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  8. ^ "BERKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (later)". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  9. ^ Briggs (1971) p.84
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1974 (S.I.1974/869)
  11. ^ "Buckinghamshire Coat of Arms". My Buckinghamshire. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  12. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) pp.58-59
  13. ^ "Buckinghamshire County Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  14. ^ ""With One Heart Let Us be Men & Women of Understanding"". Cambridgeshire Association for Local History. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  15. ^ Briggs (1971) p.104
  16. ^ a b The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/767)
  17. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) p.72
  18. ^ "The Cheshire Coat of Arms". Cheshire County Council. 6 December 2004. Archived from the original on 7 February 2005. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  19. ^ "The Cheshire Coat of Arms" (PDF). Cheshire Heraldry. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  20. ^ "Cleveland County Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  21. ^ Hallowes, Donald M (1996). "Yorkshire Civic Arms after 1974. Part 6". Aspects of Heraldry. 10. Goole: Yorkshire Heraldry Society: 1–2. ISBN 0952412829.
  22. ^ Briggs (1971) p.122
  23. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) p.85
  24. ^ "Cornwall (county Council)". International Civic Heraldry. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  25. ^ "Coat of Arms". Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
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  27. ^ Briggs (1971) p.134
  28. ^ "Deryshire County Council Flag" (PDF). Derbyshire County Council. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  29. ^ "History". Derbyshire County Council. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  30. ^ "Brief histories of the County Council and its Coat of Arms". Devon County Council. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  31. ^ Briggs (1971) p.134
  32. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) p.112
  33. ^ "Coat of Arms of Dorset County Council". International Civic Arms. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  34. ^ "County Durham Council (UA)". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  35. ^ "History of East Sussex County Council". East Sussex County Council. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  36. ^ "Essex County Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  37. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) p.124
  38. ^ "Gloucestershire County Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  39. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) p.147
  40. ^ "The Hampshire County Council Coat of Arms". Hampshire County Council. 29 June 1999. Archived from the original on 10 January 2001. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  41. ^ a b "Coat of arms of Hampshire County Council (England)". International Civic Heraldry. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  42. ^ "Hereford and Worcester County Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  43. ^ Briggs (1971) p.200
  44. ^ "Coat of arms of Hertfordshire (England)". International Civic Arms. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  45. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) p.163
  46. ^ Humberside, The Times, 15 July 1976.
  47. ^ "Humberside County Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
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  53. ^ "The Arms of Leicestershire" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
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  64. ^ Scott-Giles (1953) p.298
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  67. ^ "Coat of arms". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
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  86. ^ The Queen has been graciously pleased by Warrant under Her Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing date 15 September 2010 to give and grant unto Blyth Town Council Her Royal Licence and Authority that it may bear and use the Arms and Crest granted and assigned unto The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Blyth on 24 January 1923 "No. 59558". The London Gazette. 27 September 2010.
  87. ^ The Queen has been graciously pleased by Warrant under Her Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing date 23 March 2010 to give and grant unto Salisbury City Council Her Majesty’s Royal Licence and Authority that it may bear and use the Arms and Supporters recorded for the corporation of the City of New Sarum at the Heralds’ Visitations of the County of Wiltshire held in 1565 and 1623 "No. 59398". The London Gazette. 21 April 2010.
  88. ^ Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased by Warrant under Her Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing date 2 April 2008 to give and grant unto Canvey Island Town Council Her Royal Licence and Authority that it may bear and use the Arms and Crest granted and assigned unto its predecessor Canvey Island Urban District Council on 5 January 1971 "No. 58718". The London Gazette. 4 June 2008.
  89. ^ Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased by Warrant under Her Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing the date 15 October 2007 to give and grant unto Folkestone Town Council Her Royal Licence and Authority that it may bear and use the Arms, Crest and Supporters granted and assigned unto The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Folkestone on 25 July 1958 "No. 58507". The London Gazette. 9 November 2007.
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