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'''Arms''' : Or on a Chevron Gules three Escochoens Argent each charged with a Blue Bottle slipped and leaved proper on a Chief of the second a Crown Vallery of the first.<br> | '''Arms''' : Or on a Chevron Gules three Escochoens Argent each charged with a Blue Bottle slipped and leaved proper on a Chief of the second a Crown Vallery of the first.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : Be aware | '''Motto''' : Be aware (until 1988), Beware (since 1988) | ||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
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CHORLEY
Additions : 1974 Adlington UDC, Chorley RDC, Withnell UDC
Official blazon
Arms : Or on a Chevron Gules three Escochoens Argent each charged with a Blue Bottle slipped and leaved proper on a Chief of the second a Crown Vallery of the first.
Motto : Be aware (until 1988), Beware (since 1988)
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on July 3, 1882.
Until 1881 the town was governed by Improvement Commissioners who used the arms of the Chorley family - Argent, a chevron gules between three blue bottles. In 1881 Chorley became a borough and the next year an official grant of arms were made based on the old Commissioners' device. This has a gold shield with a red chevron charged with three white escutcheons or shields. Each of these is in turn charged with a bluebottle or cornflower proper. The arms are completed by a red chief bearing a gold crown vallary.
The motto is BE AWARE.
 The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905 |
Literature : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones