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Bishop's Stortford Crest - Did you know?

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Armorial Bearings were granted to the Bishop's Stortford Urban District Council in 1952, and now belong to the Town Council following the reorganisation of local government in 1974.

An accurate description of the Bishop's Stortford Crest reads as follows...

'Vert on a Pale Argent surmounted by a fesse wavy of the last charged with a Barway Azure counterchanged on the Pale a Mitre and a Garb proper. And for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours On a Mount Vert the battlements of a Tower proper issuant therefrom a Cross pomelled Gules.'

The symbolism of these bearings represent as follows...

The Mitre: The Bishop of London, to whom the town of Stortford was sold c. 1060.

The Mural Crown:t;/strong> Waytemore Castle, which once dominated and protected the town. The blue and white navy bands on the shield represent the River Stort and the ford across it.

The Cross Pomme: St. Michael in reference to St. Michael's Church.

The Sheaf of Barley: Agriculture and the malting industry which were the backbone of the town's prosperity for many years.

The Green of the Shield: Reminds the Bishop's Stortford people that theirs is a town set in the countryside which surrounds it.

The Motto: Reads in Latin 'Pro Deo et Populo'. The best translation into English is 'for God and the People'.

 

For more information, please visit the Bishop's Stortford Town Council Website.

 


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