Spenborough District Council - Cleckheaton, UK
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dtrebilc
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These coat of arms are on the metal sign for Spenborough and District Athletic Club. It is at the side of Bradford Road, near the entrance to the club.
Waymark Code: WMQFG1
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/21/2016
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Spenborough Coat of Arms
Spenborough was a local government district of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1915 to 1974. It was created as an urban district in 1915 by the merger of Cleckheaton, Gomersal and Liversedge urban districts, in an attempt to resist plans by the County Borough of Bradford to annex the area. Cleckheaton UDC proposed the name "Spenborough" after the River Spen which flows through the area. In 1937 the district was expanded by encompassing the abolished Hunsworth and Birkenshaw urban districts and by absorbing the Clifton and Hartshead areas of Halifax Rural District. Heckmondwike, also in the Spen Valley, was never part of Spenborough.
Spenborough was abolished in 1974, becoming part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. Together with Heckmondwike, Kirklees Council now recognise the old Spenborough area as the Spen Valley Locality.
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The arms were officially granted on September 5, 1949.
The lamb refers to the district's woollen industry and allied trades, and the roses refer to Yorkshire.
The purple lion is from the arms of the De Lacy family, Lords of the Honour of Pontefract. The smaller shield depicts the arms of the Nevilles of Liversedge