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Coat of arms of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

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Per pale Gules and Azure on a chevron engrailed between in chief two buglehorns stringed and in base a fleece Or a Fountain the whole within a bordure gobony of the first and Argent charged on the Gules with eleven roses of the last barbed and seeded
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On the dexter side a stag Or gorged with a collar Azure thereon three roses Argent barbed and seeded Proper and on the sinister side an Angora Goat Argent horned Or gorged with a collar Gules charged with three like
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On the dexter side a stag Or gorged with a collar Azure thereon three roses Argent barbed and seeded Proper and on the sinister side an Angora Goat Argent horned Or gorged with a collar Gules charged with three like
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Castle. In the county borough's arms there were three horns: one has been replaced by a golden fleece. This is an emblem of the woollen industry and was found in the arms or devices of five
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The supporters are a gold stag from the arms of the Cavendish family, associated with Keighley; and an angora goat, another emblem of the woollen industry.
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on a chevron engrailed between in chief two buglehorns stringed and in base a fleece Or a Fountain the whole within a bordure gobony of the first and
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to John Northrop of Manningham: upon the blowing of a horn on St Martin's day Manningham was to wait on John and his heirs and conduct them safely to
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were taken directly from the county borough's arms. The buglehorns refer to the service by which the manor of Bradford was granted by
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The crest features a boar's head without a tongue. This illustrates the legend of the boar of Cliffe Wood.
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or border has been added to the shield, on which are placed eleven white roses, representing the eleven
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Upon a mural crown per pale Gules and Azure a boar's head sans tongue erased Or.
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charged on the Gules with eleven roses of the last barbed and seeded Proper.
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included in the metropolitan borough in 1974. On the chevron is an
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Coat of arms of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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was granted in 1976. The council is the local authority for the
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Coats of arms of metropolitan district councils of England
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Coat of arms of Bradford

Armiger
Crest
Shield
Supporters
Motto
coat of arms
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
district of Bradford
West Yorkshire
County Borough of Bradford
bugles
John of Gaunt
Pontefract
urban districts
heraldic fountain
Keighley
Ilkley
Yorkshire
blazon
pale
Gules
Azure
Argent
mural crown
erased
Or
Categories
City of Bradford

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