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Civic Heraldry of the United Kingdom
England
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British Civic Heraldry
STALYBRIDGE
Incorporated into : 1974 Tameside
Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on June 18, 1857.
The red chevron on silver is from the arms of the Staveley family, who anciently held the manor and from whom the town derives its name. The pointed crosses are from the arms of the Dukinfield family and the spur-rowel from that of Assheton. Both these families held land in Stalybridge and in the eighteenth century the heiress of the Dukinfields married into the Astley family, from whose arms the cinquefoils are taken.
The wolf and wheatsheaf represent the Earldom of Chester.
Literature : Scott-Giles, 1953 and image from here.
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