Borough Coat of Arms On Central Library - Huddersfield, UK
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These carved stone coat of arms are at the top of the Huddersfield Central Library building.
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Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/31/2016
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The library opened in 1940 and replaced an earlier one.
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The coat of arms are of the Borough of Huddersfield.
"The Coat of arms of Huddersfield was the official symbol of the local government of Huddersfield (the Corporation of Huddersfield). The borough was abolished in 1974, 106 years after its incorporation in 1868, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 whereby control was ceded to Kirklees Metropolitan Council and West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council.
The arms were granted by the College of Arms by letters patent dated October 12, 1868 to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Huddersfield. The design was based on the arms of the family of Ramsden of Byrom, owners of the manors of Almondbury and Huddersfield: Argent on a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Sable, as many rams' heads couped at the neck of the first.
The crest of a ram's head is similar to that granted to the borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the previous year: this also referred to the Ramsden family arms.
The arms feature the motto Juvat Impigros Deus which is Latin for 'God helps the diligent'."
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Although based on the Ramsden arms, in this design the Fleurs De Lys have been replaced by rams heads and the rams heads by towers.