WALLSEND UPON TYNE
Incorporated into : 1974 North Tyneside
Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted in 1902.
The arms show the Roman eagle, standing on the Hadrian's Wall, the border of the Roman Empire in the second century AD. The motto tells that Wallsend arose on the site of the (Roman) Segedunum.
The black field and the golden drops stand for the coal and copper-smelting industries.
Literature : Scott-Giles, 1933.