Town Coat Of Arms On Victoria Bridge – Stalybridge, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 29.020 W 002° 03.377
30U E 562622 N 5926491
This town coat of arms granted in 1857 was used 10 years later as a decorative feature of this wrought iron bridge.
Waymark Code: WMGF9F
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/25/2013
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The bridge was made by Henry Bayley Son and Co. at the Albion Iron Works in Miles Platting in the 30th year of Queen Victoria’s reign and was named in honour of her. The bridge was widened in 1991 and there is a date below the coat of arms.
The arms were officially granted on June 18, 1857.
The red chevron on silver is from the arms of the Staveley family, who anciently held the manor and from whom the town derives its name. The pointed crosses are from the arms of the Dukinfield family and the spur-rowel from that of Assheton. Both these families held land in Stalybridge and in the eighteenth century the heiress of the Dukinfields married into the Astley family, from whose arms the cinquefoils are taken.
The wolf and wheat sheaf represent the Earldom of Chester, the county town of Cheshire.
The motto "Absque labore nihil" proclaims the philosophy of the modern industrial town 'Nothing without Labour.
At the time the arms were awarded Stalybridge was in the county of Cheshire but since council re-organisation in 1974 it is now part of Greater Manchester.
Bearer of Coat of Arms: Town
Full name of the bearer: Stalybridge
Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?:
On a central pillar of Victoria Bridge over the River Tame. It is underneath a lamp standard and a date marker of 1867.
Material / Design: Cast metal
Blazon (heraldic description):
Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between two crosses pointed voided in chief sable and a mullet in base also sable and pierced of the field, with two flanches azure each charged with a cinquefoil of the field. Crest: On a wreath of the colours, A garb Or, in front thereof a wolf statant argent. Motto: Absque labore nihil.
Address:
Victoria Bridge
Trinity Street
Stalybridge
United Kingdom
Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]
Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): Not listed
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