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'''Arms''' : Ermine, three bends azure, and thereon a three-masted ship in full sail proper with flags gules; on a chief wavy gules two wings argent and between them a silver pale charged with a castellated gateway on a mound proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Ermine, three bends azure, and thereon a three-masted ship in full sail proper with flags gules; on a chief wavy gules two wings argent and between them a silver pale charged with a castellated gateway on a mound proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a wreath argent and azure, a rock, and thereon a gull proper supporting an anchor sable with a gold cable.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a wreath argent and azure, a rock, and thereon a gull proper supporting an anchor sable with a gold cable.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'SALUS ET FELICITAS' - Health and happiness | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'SALUS ET FELICITAS' - Health and happiness | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted in 1893. | The arms were officially granted in 1893. | ||
The wings appear to be derived from the arms of the Ridgeway family, Earls of Londonderry, who held the Manor of Tor Mohun on which the sea-side resort was largely built. In 1876 the Local Board of Health obtained the sanction of Government to alter the name of the district from Tormoham to Torquay. The gateway refers to that of Torre Abbey and the other emblems represent the town's historic naval and maritime associations. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:Torquay3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Torquay|The arms in 1895 | ||
File:torquay.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Torquay|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
| | File:Torquay3.crc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Torquay|The arms as used on [[Crested china]] | ||
| | File:torquay.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Torquay|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
File:Torquay.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Torquay|The arms on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|postcard]] +/- 1910 | |||
File:torquay2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Torquay|The arms in the local pavilion ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/browniebear/6188561319/ source]) | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Information provided by Laurence Jones | |||
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[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1893]] | [[Category:Granted 1893]] | ||
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TORQUAY
Incorporated into : 1968 Torbay
Official blazon
Arms : Ermine, three bends azure, and thereon a three-masted ship in full sail proper with flags gules; on a chief wavy gules two wings argent and between them a silver pale charged with a castellated gateway on a mound proper.
Crest : On a wreath argent and azure, a rock, and thereon a gull proper supporting an anchor sable with a gold cable.
Motto: 'SALUS ET FELICITAS' - Health and happiness
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted in 1893.
The wings appear to be derived from the arms of the Ridgeway family, Earls of Londonderry, who held the Manor of Tor Mohun on which the sea-side resort was largely built. In 1876 the Local Board of Health obtained the sanction of Government to alter the name of the district from Tormoham to Torquay. The gateway refers to that of Torre Abbey and the other emblems represent the town's historic naval and maritime associations.
Image gallery
The arms in 1895
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
The arms as used on Crested china
The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1935
The arms on a postcard +/- 1910
The arms in the local pavilion (source)
Literature: Information provided by Laurence Jones
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