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Civic Heraldry of the United Kingdom
England

PRESTON

Additions : 1974 Fulwood, Preston RDC (partly)

Origin/meaning:
The arms were recorded at the Visitation of 1613 as a seal device. Confirmed on March 6, 1950.
The Lamb is the Lamb of St. Wilfrid who is the Patron Saint of Preston. The letters ""P.P. " are taken to mean "Princeps Pacis" - Prince of Peace, or as some people would like it to be, "Proud Preston". However, on earlier Coats-of-Arms the Lamb was standing and three letters "P" were depicted on it. The reason for the three letters was to give a general balance to the Coat-of-Arms. The Coat-of-Arms was in later years modernised and one of the letters "P" was left out, again as a method of improving the general design balance.

Literature : Information provided by Giovanni Scotto d'Aniello, Italy


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