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The pike and ring refer to the legends surrounding the founding of the town around 270 BC by a King Peredurus of the Gavrantuici tribe, where he was later buried. There are several versions of the tale, one says he lost his ring while fishing in a nearby river, some years later he caught a pike in the same river, took it home for the table and when it was cut open after being cooked, the ring was found. Another says he lost the ring in the River Costa and wrongly accused a kitched maid of stealing it. When the palace cook found the ring in a pike, the King suffering remorse, sought out the kitchen maid and was so smitten by her beauty that he made her his Queen and named the town "Pike-ring". | The pike and ring refer to the legends surrounding the founding of the town around 270 BC by a King Peredurus of the Gavrantuici tribe, where he was later buried. There are several versions of the tale, one says he lost his ring while fishing in a nearby river, some years later he caught a pike in the same river, took it home for the table and when it was cut open after being cooked, the ring was found. Another says he lost the ring in the River Costa and wrongly accused a kitched maid of stealing it. When the palace cook found the ring in a pike, the King suffering remorse, sought out the kitchen maid and was so smitten by her beauty that he made her his Queen and named the town "Pike-ring". | ||
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PICKERING
Incorporated into : 1974 Ryedale
Official blazon
Arms : Per fess wavy Argent and barry wavy Azure and Argent above a Castle an Ancient Crown Gules on a chief of the last three Roses Argent barbed and seeded proper.
Crest : On a Wreath Argent and Gules a Pike fessewise Argent in the mouth an Annulet Or.
Motto : 'EVER LOYAL'.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on September 15, 1961 to Pickering Urban District Council transferred to Pickering Town Council on April 11, 2001.
The blue and white waves refer to Pickering Beck and the red castle, to that constructed in the 11th century on the order of William the Conqueror, and later replaced by the present stone structure and a royal hunting lodge. The red crown alludes to the Duchy of Lancaster, which was granted the Castle and Manor of Pickering in 1267. The three white roses are those of Yorkshire.
The pike and ring refer to the legends surrounding the founding of the town around 270 BC by a King Peredurus of the Gavrantuici tribe, where he was later buried. There are several versions of the tale, one says he lost his ring while fishing in a nearby river, some years later he caught a pike in the same river, took it home for the table and when it was cut open after being cooked, the ring was found. Another says he lost the ring in the River Costa and wrongly accused a kitched maid of stealing it. When the palace cook found the ring in a pike, the King suffering remorse, sought out the kitchen maid and was so smitten by her beauty that he made her his Queen and named the town "Pike-ring".
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