BRIGHTON AND HOVE
Additions : Brighton, Hove
Origin/meaning :
The arms were approved by the College of Arms in April 1997 and are based on an amalgamation of the arms of the old Brighton and Hove Borough Councils.
Elements from the Brighton Borough Council arms are :
The two dolphins have a lengthy history in the town of Brighton, the origin of which can not now easily be traced. The Commissioners of Brighton (the Local Government Body during the first half of the l9th Century) used the device of two dolphins in their seal. It is now a matter of speculation whether the dolphins were adopted because of the town's association with the sea or because they had adopted the emblem of one of the leading families in the town. Both the Scrase family (who were associated with the Manor of Brighton and represented amongst the Commissioners), and the Lashmar family (one of whose members was High Constable in 1799) bore dolphins on their Coat of Arms.
Elements from the Hove Borough Council arms are :
The ship that has run ashore on a shingle beach represents a 16th Century French galley and commemorates the French attacks on the coast of Hove in the early 16th Century. The blue border with six Martlets represents the County of Sussex.
Literature : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones.
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