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WARMINSTER (borough council)

Incorporated into : 1974 West Wiltshire (2009 Wiltshire)

Official blazon

Or a mounted Figure [riding] to the sinister in Armour brandishing a Sword in bend sinister proper his surcoat and shield Szure lined Gules the Horse Sable with bardings of the third lined with the second.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 29, 1948.

The arms are based on an ancient seal in which the mounted figure was thought to repre­sent Mordaunt, first Lord of Warminster.

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