Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucester

Institutional Heraldry of the World : United Kingdom England

Per pale gules and quarterly azure and Or; dexter on a chevron between three castles argent a pair of compasses extended gold; sinister a cross quarterly of the fourth and vert between, in the first quarter a lion rampant of the third, in the second an ox passant sable, in the third a man with hands elevated proper vested of the· fifth the robe crimson lined with ermine, and in the fourth an eagle displayed also of the third; the whole within a bordure of the fifth charged with eight horseshoes of the fourth. |}

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 5, 1963. The Shield is that of the United Grand Lodge of England with a brodure charged with Horseshoes taken from the Arms of the Gloucestershire County Council.

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