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'''AMPTHILL (Rural District Council)'''
'''AMPTHILL (Rural District Council)'''

Revision as of 12:02, 7 May 2014

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AMPTHILL (Rural District Council)

Incorporated into : 1974 Mid Bedfordshire

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Official blazon

Arms : On a stag's head gules, between the attires an escutcheon azure charched with three bars wavy of the first encircled by a chaplet of oak fructed proper; on a chief sable, a lion passant guardant gold.
Crest : On a wreath of the colours, out of a mural crown, a demi lion gules, gorged with a collar argent charged with three escallops sable, holding between the paws a garb Or.
Motto 'Courage and skill'

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 11, 1957.

I have no information of these arms. Any information is welcome !

Literature : Biggs, 1971