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Coat of arms of Barrow-in-Furness

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The chief of the arms incorporates a steam ship, emblematic of Barrow's shipping and port related industries. Below diagonally intercepting the arms is a band containing a bee and arrow to reflect the town's name (B-arrow). The stag and serpent either side are taken from the crests of the
209:. The arms were officially granted on 13 December 1867 to the County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. Upon the amalgamation of the County Borough and adjacent Dalton-in-Furness Urban District on 16 April 1975 the arms were adopted by the Barrow Borough Council. 180:
Gules on a Bend between a Serpent nowed in chief and a Stag trippant in base Or, an Arrow pointing upwards to a Bee volant proper upon a Chief Argent on Waves of the Sea a Paddle-Wheel Steamship under steam and canvas also
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respectively, who were the principal landowners at the time of Barrow's early growth. The ram's head a top of the arms symbolises
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On a Wreath of the Colours out of the Battlements of a Tower a Ram's Head proper armed and collared Or.
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The 'bee and arrow' element of the arms has been incorporated within the crest of
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was the official symbol of Barrow Borough Council, the governing body of the
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