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Calderdale Civic Heraldry
Calderdale Badge
The Civic Badge.

A Rose of nine petals Argent barbed proper and charged with a Roundel Vert thereon a Bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure. 

The badge is presented usually to visitors of the Town Hall, dignitaries and special visitors to the town and also taken by groups when visiting other towns/cities/countries.








Old Coat Of Arms at Parish Church
Old Coat Of Arms at Parish Church
CALDERDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL Coat of Arms

ARMS: Vert a Paschal Lamb proper supporting over tne shoulder a Cross Staff Or flying therefrom a forked Pennon of St. George between in chief a Bar wavy Argent charged with a Barruret wavy Azure and in base a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper.
CREST: On a Wreath Argent and Vert out of a Mural Crown a Rose Tree of nine branches proper each terminating in a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper.
SUPPORTERS: On either side a Lion Or gorged with a collar wavy Azure and holding aloft in the interior forepaw a Crescent Sable.
BADGE: A Rose of nine petals Argent barbed proper and charged with a Roundel Vert thereon a Bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure.

Motto 'INDUSTRIA ARTE PRUDENTIA'-By industry skill and foresight.
Granted ?.

The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale was formed by the amalgamation of the County Borough of Halifax, the Borough of Brighouse, the Borough of Todmorden, the Elland Urban District, the Hebden Royd Urban District, the Ripponden Urban District, the Sowerby Bridge Urban District and part of the Queensbury and Shelf Urban District.
 
Calderdale Coat Of Arms
Calderdale Coat Of Arms
The green shield with its blue wave represents the River Calder and its valley. The Paschal Lamb, derived from the crest of the County Borough of Halifax, is the emblem of St. John the Baptist and of the wool industry. The white rose represents Yorkshire.
The mural crown is a familiar emblem for a civic authority, made of the characteristic local stone, from which rise nine white roses joined on a single stem, representing the union of the nine former Yorkshire areas in one authority.
The gold lions were the supporters of Halifax, and one was the main charge in the arms of the Borough of Brighouse, from which are also taken the black crescents held in the lion's paws. Each lion is collared with a wave of blue like that in the arms of the Borough of Todmorden shield, where it alluded to the Calder.
The motto refers to the special aptitudes of Calderdale, not only in woollen manufacture, but in all kinds of other trades and activities carried on in the area, including the pursuit of the arts.
 

Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 March 2005 )
 

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