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Coat of arms of the London Borough of Brent

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113: 213: 228: 26: 151:, who granted the Manors of Neasden-cum-Willesden to the Monastery of St. Arkenwold in the 10th century, while the swords represent the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, who were the owners of the Manor of Willesden at the time of Domesday. The crossed seaxes and Saxon crown in the lower field, corresponding to the old arms of Wembley, are derived from the arms of the 79:
On the dexter side a Lion Or supporting a Staff Gules with a Banner Vert charged with a Balance Or on the sinister side a Dragon Azure supporting a Staff Vert with a Banner Gules charged with three Lilies Argent Mantled Gules doubled Argent the whole upon a Grassy Mound divided by Water Argent
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Per chevron Gules and Vert a Chevron wavy Argent between in dexter chief an Orb ensigned with a Cross crosslet Or and in sinister chief two Swords in saltire proper Pommels and Hilts Or points upwards and in base two Seaxes in saltire proper Pommels and Hilts Or enfiled with a Saxon Crown
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was held at Wembley. The Willesden arms were supported by two blue dragons. The remaining one of these holds a red flag with three silver lilies, the emblem of
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are also taken one from each of the arms of the former Boroughs, the lion from Wembley and the dragon from Willesden. The gold lion comes from the arms of
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Within a Saxon Crown Or on a Mount Vert a Lion statant guardant Or charged on the shoulder with a Cinquefoil Gules.
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was combined of those of the two merged Boroughs. The gold lion in the Saxon Crown is the
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and the crossed swords are from the arms of Willesden; the orb represents King
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The red field on the shield is from the arms of the
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Armiger
London Borough of Brent
Crest
Shield
Supporters
Motto
London Borough of Brent

relief
Brent Town Hall
Municipal Borough of Willesden
Municipal Borough of Wembley
chevron
River Brent
orb
Athelstan
Middlesex County Council
crest
lion of England
cinquefoil
All Souls College, Oxford
supporters
John Lyon
Harrow
Edgware Roads
Gore
St. Mary
Coat of Arms of the Municipal Borough of Willesden
Municipal Borough of Willesden

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