HUMBERSIDE COUNTY COUNCIL |
ARMS: Per fess Sable and Gules on a Fess wavy Argent between in chief a Coronet Or between two Roses Argent barbed and seeded proper and in base two Fleurs de Lis Or a Bar wavy Azure. Motto 'UNITED WE FLOURISH'. The County of Humberside was formed in 1974 from the City of Kingston upon Hull, the northern part of the Parts of Lindsey - Lincolnshire and the majority of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It was abolished in 1996. |
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The white and blue waves represent the River Humber. The two white roses are for Yorkshire and the ducal coronet is from the arms of Kingston-upon-Hull. The two gold fleur-de-lys are for Lincolnshire. |
BEVERLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL |
ARMS: Argent three Bars wavy and a chief Azure thereon a Castor Beaver reguardant biting at the fur Or. Motto 'HAULTE EMPRISE' - High endeavour. The Borough of Beverley was formed by the amalgamation of the former Borough of Beverley, the Haltemprice Urban District and the Beverley Rural District. It was abolished in 1996. |
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The shield is that used by the former Beverley Borough Council, registered as a seal device without colours in 1584. The beaver and waves are an obvious interpretation of the old form of the name 'Beverlac'. |
CLEETHORPES BOROUGH COUNCIL |
ARMS: Argent an Ancient Ship of three Masts proper each flying a forked Pennon of St.George the Mainsail charged with an Escallop Azure and the fore and mizzin sails charged with like Escallops Sable on a Chief engrailed Azure a Beehive between two Garbs Or. Motto 'VIGILANT IN FAITH AND INDUSTRY'. The Borough of Cleethorpes was formed by the amalgamation of the former Borough of Cleethorpes and the Grimsby Rural District. It was abolished in 1996. |
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The main charge is an ancient ship, like that in the arms of the Grimsby RDC, it represents the district's ports, principally Immingham. On the sails are scallop shells, a blue one from the former Borough of Cleethorpes arms, and two black ones from the Grimsby RDC arms. The beehive and two sheaves or garbs, show the combination of industry and agriculture in the district. |
EAST YORKSHIRE BOROUGH COUNCIL |
ARMS: Vert in chief a Rose Argent barbed and seeded [proper] between two Garbs Or in base a Ram's Head caboshed Argent armed Or within a Bordure gobony wavy Azure and Argent overall on a Chief embattled Gold three Crosses flory Azure. Motto 'PRO BONO DEO ET PUBLICO' - For the good of God and the public. The Borough of East Yorkshire (formerly the Borough of North Wolds) was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Bridlington, the Driffield Urban District, part of the Bridlington Rural District, the Driffield Rural District and the Pocklington Rural District. It was abolished in 1996 Images from the Heraldry Society Image Library. |
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The blue and white border represents the sea and the three crosses symbolise the numerous Saxon and Norman churches in the Borough. The sheaves and white rose, like those in the arms of the Pocklington RDC, refer to agriculture and Yorkshire. The ram's head, like that in the arms of the Driffield UDC, refers to the area as a great agricultural centre. The embattled chief is like that of the Borough of Bridlington. |
GLANFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL |
ARMS: Barry Wavy of six Argent and Vert a Pale Ermine over all Two Keys in saltire wards upward and outward Or on a Chief Sable a representation of the Brigg Bridge proper. Motto 'ALWAYS READY'. The Borough of Glanford was formed by the amalgamation of the Barton-upon-Humber Urban District, the Brigg Urban District and the Glanford Brigg Rural District. It was abolished in 1996. |
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The arms are based on those of the Glanford Brigg RDC, duly differenced to represent the whole new area of the Borough of Glanford. The background of the shield is topographical, representing the Rivers Humber, Trent and Ancholme in the green countryside, with the Roman Ermine Street running north through the Borough. The golden crossed keys are those of St. Peter, Patron Saint of Barton-upon-Humber. At the head of the shield is the Brigg Bridge, used as a badge by the Brigg UDC. It is set against a field of black, taken from the arms of the Augustinian or Black Canons, who had a foundation at Thornton Curtis. |
GREAT GRIMSBY BOROUGH COUNCIL |
ARMS: Argent a Chevron between three Boars' Heads couped Sable armed Or. Exemplification by the College of Arms dated 25th November 1974, which quotes them as having been recorded by Herald's Visitations in 1592 and 1694 and elsewhere they are stated to have been recorded by a visitation in 1594. The Exemplification is said by the College of Arms to be "in accordance with their recording to Grimsby by the Visitation of the Heralds in 1592", and restores to the blazon 'armed or' (the gilding of the tusks) which had come to be omitted. The Borough of Great Grimsby was coterminious with the former County Borough of Grimsby. It was abolished in 1996. Picture and additional information courtesy of Robin Foster. |
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It is popularly believed that the boars' heads allude to a right of the Mayor and Aldermen to hunt boar in Bradley Woods but the only evidence to support this is the medieval Mayoral Seal, which appears to depict a boar hunt. Several families connected with Grimsby had similar charges on their arms. A family of de Grymesby bore chevrons on their arms, and a Member of Parliament for Grimsby elected in 1762, William Broxholme of Barrow who was later also Mayor and Recorder of the town, bore a chevron between three brocks' (badgers') heads. |
HOLDERNESS BOROUGH COUNCIL |
ARMS: Per saltire the chief Azure charged with a Sun in splendour Or the base barry wavy Argent and Azure the dexter flaunch per fess Vert and Sable the sinister flaunch per fess Sable and Vert each charged with a rose Argent barbed and seeded proper. Motto 'THINK RIGHT DO RIGHT'. The Borough of Holderness was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Hedon, the Hornsea Urban District, the Withernsea Urban District and the Holderness Rural District. It was abolished in 1996. |
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At the top of the shield upon a blue ground is a representation of the sun shedding its energy form the blue skies of Holderness and is part of the arms of the Hornsea UDC. The wavy blue bars on a white ground represent the North Sea and the River Humber that bound Holderness on its eastern and southern sides. The black and green areas at the sides or flanks of the shield represent both the industrial and the rural character of the Borough and each are charged with the white rose to symbolise that Holderness was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire. |
SCUNTHORPE BOROUGH COUNCIL |
ARMS: Vert a Chain of five links in fesse between in Chief two Shells (Gryphoea incurva) and in base a Garb Or. Motto 'THE HEAVENS REFLECT OUR LABOURS'. The Borough of Scunthorpe was coterminious with the former Borough of Scunthorpe. It was abolished in 1996. |
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The green background and wheatsheaf reflects the town's agricultural heritage and the two shells (Gryphoea incurva) is the fossil most commonly found in the ironstone of the area. The wheatsheaves also allude to the family of Sheffield which held the Manor of Kirton, of which Scunthorpe formed a part, Sir Berkley Sheffield was Charter Mayor. The towns's Charter being one of only four granted during the short reign of King Edward VIII. The five steel links depict the original five parishes of Ashby, Brumby, Crosby, Frodingham and Scunthorpe that formed the town. |
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