Swadlincote

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SWADLINCOTE

Incorporated into : 1974 South Derbyshire

Official blazon

Arms : Quarterly Ermine and Gules a Cross quarterly counterchanged between in the first and fourth quarters a Tudor Rose barbed and seeded proper and in the second and third quarters a Fleur-de-Lys Argent the whole within a Bordure vairy of the first and second.
Crest : On a Wreath Argent and Gules upon a Mount Sable inflamed a Cubit Arm holding in the hand proper a Billet fessewise Or.
Motto: 'E TERRA DIVITIÆ' - From the earch, riches.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 14, 1947.

The arms reflect the union of three civil parishes to create the district in 1871 - Church Gresley, Sutton and Newhall and Swadlincote. The red and ermine vairy border is from the arms of the Gresley family, who took their name from the parish of Church Gresley. The red cross and the fleurs-de-lys refer to the dedication of the parish church to St. George and St. Mary. The quartered ermine and red field of the shield was taken from the arms of the Stanhope family, Earls of Harrington and the Tudor roses were taken from the arms of Derbyshire County Council.

The arm and hand holding the gold billet or yellow brick recalls the local brick making industry. The black mound and flames indicate the mining of fireclay and coal.

The motto refers to the mineral industries of Swadlincote.