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Civic Heraldry of the United Kingdom
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HOLBORN
Borough of London
Incorporated into : 1965 Camden
Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on May 23, 1906.
The red cross stands for the churches of St. Gerorge the Martyr and St. George Bloomsbury; the figure of St. Andrew for the parish so dedicated; and the wounded hind for St. Giles in the Fields, in allusion to the legend that Giles received the injury which crippled him while saving a hind from the hunters.. The scallop shells are from the arms of the Russells, Dukes of Bedford, who palyed a mojor role in the history of the borough. The supporters denote the two inns of court in the borough, the lion derived from the Lincoln's Inn, the griffin from the Gray's Inn. The motto also refers to the Inns.
Literature : Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932.
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