approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,705,920
edits
Isle of Ely: Difference between revisions
m
Text replacement - "Literature : " to "'''Literature''': "
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replace - "|width="15%"|50 px|right |}" to "|width="15%"|50 px|right |}<seo title="Crest, Arms, Coat of Arms, Heraldry />") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "Literature : " to "'''Literature''': ") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{ | {{uk}} | ||
'''ISLE OF ELY''' | '''ISLE OF ELY''' | ||
| Line 9: | Line 5: | ||
Incorporated into : 1965 [[Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely ]] (1974 [[Cambridgeshire]]) | Incorporated into : 1965 [[Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely ]] (1974 [[Cambridgeshire]]) | ||
[[File:iely.jpg|center]] | [[File:iely.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Argent three Bars wavy Azure a Pile Gules charged with three open Crowns Or.<br> | '''Arms''' : Argent three Bars wavy Azure a Pile Gules charged with three open Crowns Or.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Argent and Azure a dexter cubit Arm the wrist charged with the Wake Knot proper the hand grasping a Trident Or entwined by an Eel also proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath Argent and Azure a dexter cubit Arm the wrist charged with the Wake Knot proper the hand grasping a Trident Or entwined by an Eel also proper.<br> | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on May 1, 1931. | The arms were officially granted on May 1, 1931. | ||
| Line 22: | Line 18: | ||
The crest is derived from the device of the City of Ely. The Arm holds a trident around which is wrapped an eel. The name Ely is derived from the word eel. The arm is charged on the wrist with a Wake knot. This commemorates King Herward the Wake, who held out against Norman invaders for many years in the Ely area. | The crest is derived from the device of the City of Ely. The Arm holds a trident around which is wrapped an eel. The name Ely is derived from the word eel. The arm is charged on the wrist with a Wake knot. This commemorates King Herward the Wake, who held out against Norman invaders for many years in the Ely area. | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | |||
[[Category:British County Councils]] | [[Category:British County Councils]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1931]] | [[Category:Granted 1931]] | ||