EAST SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL |
ARMS: Sable a Cross engrailed Or on a Chief Ermine between two Leopard's Faces of the second a pale Azure thereon upon Waves of the Sea proper an ancient Galley to the sinister sail set and issuant from the sinister chief the Sun in Splendour also of the second. Motto 'OPUS NOSTRUM DIRIGE' - Direct our work. |
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The cross is from the arms of the Uffords, ancient Earls of Suffolk, and the leopards' faces are from the arms of the de la Pole Earls and Dukes of Suffolk. The galley represents a Viking ship in token that the County is peopled largely by descendants of the Norsemen, and the rising sun denotes its easterly situation. |
WEST SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL |
ARMS: Azure a Cross fleury between five Martlets Or on a Chief Sable between two Mitres Argent two Arrows in saltire also Argent enfiled with an ancient Crown Gold. Motto 'FOR KING LAW AND PEOPLE'. |
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The gold cross and five martlets on blue are the arms of Edward the Confessor, who in the 11th century granted to the Abbey of St Edmund the lands which later became the Liberty of St Edmund. The area of which corresponds to the area of the administrative county, and these were used by the Council before the arms were granted. The crossed arrows and crown is like that in the arms of the Borough of Bury St Edmunds and the mitres show a further connection to the Abbey. |
ALDEBURGH BOROUGH COUNCIL See Aldeburgh Town Council. |
BECCLES BOROUGH COUNCIL See Beccles Town Council. |
BURY ST EDMUNDS BOROUGH COUNCIL See Bury St Edmunds Town Council. |
DEBEN RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL |
ARMS: Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure a Lymphad Or flying Flags and Pennon of St. George on a Chief Sable a Saxon Crown between two Garbs Or. Motto 'DEBENTUR OMNIA DEO' - We owe everything to God. |
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The white and blue waves on the shield represent the rivers and seaboard, especially the River Deben, which gives the district its name. The gold ship alludes to the shipping of the Deben and the coast. Its flags of St. George refer to local ships sent to augment the fleet which met the Spanish Armada in 1588. The black "chief" represents the Augustinian order of "black canons" at Butley Abbey. It can also be taken to represent the burial chamber in which was discovered the Saxon ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, the Saxon crown alluding to the belief that the burial was of the East Anglian king Aethelhere. The gold wheatsheaves symbolise a rural district. |
GIPPING RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL |
ARMS: Azure semée of Fleurs-de-Lys a Bend wavy Argent between two Ears of Wheat slipped and leaved Or. Motto 'DOMINI EST DIRIGERE' - It is for the Lord to direct. |
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The blue background and fleurs-de-lys refer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and indicate the great preponderance of parishes dedicated to her in the district. The ears of wheat allude to the two former rural districts combined into the Gipping Rural District - Bosmere and Claydon, and East Stow. The wavy bend represents the River Gipping. |
LOWESTOFT BOROUGH COUNCIL |
ARMS: Argent on a Chevron Sable between in chief an Antique Crown between two Roses Gules each Rose charged with another Rose Argent all barbed and seeded proper and in base a Sun issuant Or three Lowestoft China Plates all proper. Motto 'POINT DU JOUR' - Daybreak. |
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The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret; hence the representation of the saint, who is identifiable by the pearl, margarita. A seal of the Corporation shows St Margaret holding a shield charged with a crown and a Tudor rose, emblems which have been preserved in the arms. The antique crown tells that Lowestoft was anciently part of a royal manor, and the plates represent an old local industry. The rising sun stands for the town's modern note as a health resort and, with the motto, indicates its easterly situation. |
SUDBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL See Sudbury Town Council. |
THINGOE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL |
ARMS: Ermine on a Chevron Vert between in chief two Garbs of Barley and in base the Sails of a Windmill saltirewise Or a Mitre Argent between two Ancient Crowns each enfiling as many Arrows points downward in saltire Gold. Motto 'ATTINGO RURA' - I manage the countryside. |
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The green chevron represents the "Thing-hoe" or "assembly-mound" from which the ancient hundred and Rural District took their names. The white abbot's mitre and two of the gold crowns and arrows of St. Edmund, represent the ecclesiastical history of the district in its close association with Bury Abbey and Ixworth Priory. The two sheaves of barley are for the chief industry of the district, agriculture; this is further represented by the windmill sails in the base, alluding to familiar landmarks of this part of Suffolk, especially that at Pakenham. The ermine background is an allusion to the district's royal connections, including many royal visits during the Tudor and Stuart periods and in more recent times. |
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