WARWICK DISTRICT
Additions : 1974 Warwick (Borough), Royal Leamington Spa, Kenilworth Urban District Council and Warwick Rural District Council
Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted in 1975.
The shield shows four cross-crosslets dreived from the arms of the Beauchamp
family, Earls of Warwick. These cross-crosslets are also found in the arms
of the Warwickshire County Council, and thus represent four Warwickshire
councils combined. In the centre of the cross quadrate is a distinctive
castle, from the arms of the former Borough of Warwick. Taken together, the
charges on the shield show the new Warwick District, forged from four old
warwickshire councils.
The crest has a circlet of gold fleur-de-lys and mullets, the latter pierced
gules. These featured in the arms or crest of both Leamington and
Kenilworth, and are taken from the Clinton family arms. Rising from the
circlet is a green lion, queue-fourchee. This also featured in the arms of
Kenilworth and Leamington, and is from tha arms of the Dudley Earls of
Warwick. The lion holds a rod of Aesculapius, symbolising the health resort
of Leamington Spa.
The supporters are the familiar bear and ragged staff of Warwickshire, made
distinctive by a collar of oak.
Literature : Information provided by Laurence Jones
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