DAVENTRY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL |
ARMS: Vert on a Pale Or another Gules charged with a Roman Sword erect proper hilt and pommel Gold on a Chief Argent three Pellets the centre one charged with a Fetterlock of the second the others with a Rose also Argent barbed and seeded proper. Motto 'POWER IN TRUST'. |
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The green field represents the largely rural nature of the district. The Roman sword and mural crown refer to Bannaventa, a Romano-British fortified town, which was situated on the Roman road of Watling Street, which today is the A5 trunk road. The white roses and fetterlock are derived from those on the Northamptonshire CC arms. |
KETTERING BOROUGH COUNCIL (former) |
ARMS: Sable a Pelt Or in chief a Cross Crosslet fitchy of the last between two Fountains each charged with a Martlet of the first. Motto 'PROGRESSIO ET CONCORDIA' - Progress and concord. |
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The pelt represents Kettering's chief industry, the manufacture of boots and shoes. The heraldic fountains refer to the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society at the Mission House at Lower Street in 1792. The martlets are from the arms of the Watson family of Rockingham, who with the Montagus are Lords of the Manor of Kettering.The cross is from the arms of the See of Peterborough. |
NORTHAMPTON RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL |
ARMS: Or a Bend wavy Azure between in chief a Roller-Bearing proper and in base a Rose Gules barbed and seeded also proper on a Chief of the second three Garbs Gold. Granted 28th January 1952. |
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The wavy blue band represents the districts waterways and the wheatsheaves are for agriculture. The roller-bearing refers to an important local industry and the rose links with the arms of the County Council. |
WELLINGBOROUGH RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL |
ARMS: Gules a Chevron Vair between in chief two Garbs and in base a Bull's Head caboshed Or three Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper. Motto 'TAM CRAS QUAM HODIE' - As much for tomorrow as for today. |
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The wheat sheaves indicate the general agricultural background, as well as to the ancillary industries of flour milling and food production. The bull's head refers to one of Northamptonshire's principal activities — the leather industry, represented in this district by tanning and boot and shoe making. The red background of the shield is common to the arms of some of the principal manorial families, the Ishams (Isham), Isteds (Ecton), and Wilmers (Sywell). The blue and white vair chevron is also taken from the Isted and Wilmer arms and on it lie the three golden roses which also appear on a chevron in the arms of the Vaux of Harrowden. |
WELLINGBOROUGH URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL |
ARMS: Sable on a Chevron between in chief two Leopard's Faces and in base a Garb Or five Fountains. Motto 'ASPICE RESPICE' - Look forward, look backward. |
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The black field is a reference to the industrial background of Wellingborough's life. The leopard's faces are from the lions of England and commemorate the frequent associations of the town with the Royal House — the confirmation of the Church to Croyland by William I: the devolution of the Wellingborough lands to the Crown at the dissolution of the monasteries; and the patronage of Wellingborough in 1628 by Charles I for the benefits of the chalybeate springs. The chevron is taken from the Hatton Arms, together with the sheaf, which also represents agriculture. The five heraldic fountains represent the five chief springs of the area, the Red, White, Stan, Bury Moor and Rising Sun Wells or springs. |
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