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391:. The lion is from the arms of the old local family of Francis, while the cinquefoil stands for the family of Charlton, sometime Lords of the Manor. The lion holds a sledgehammer symbolizing the vigour of Edmonton's industries, to which the cogwheels also refer. The flames allude in particular to the gas industry. The supporting lions are taken to typify courage and determination. One banner alludes to the ancient forests of the neighbourhood, and the other contains the seaxes from the arms of the Middlesex County Council. The saltires repeat that on the shield. 699: 1142: 212: 39: 28: 366:
couped or supporting a staff or flying therefrom a banner the dexter azure charged with an oak tree eradicated and fructed proper and the sinister gules charged with two seaxes in saltire argent pomelled and hilted
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The black and blue background represents the division of the ancient parish of Edmonton, the western portion being the district of Southgate. The saltire (
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per bend sinister sable and or holding in the dexter paw a sledgehammer also proper and resting the sinister paw upon a
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which held the Manor of Edmonton and the book alludes to the borough's literary associations, especially with
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gules gorged with a collar engrailed with the chain reflexed over the back and charged on the shoulder with a
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was separated from the Edmonton local board's district, forming its own local board. Edmonton became an
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The Municipal Borough of Edmonton was granted a coat of arms on 2 October 1937. It was as follows:
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of that year. In 1937 the urban district was granted a charter of incorporation as a
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In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its former area transferred to
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Crest: On a Wreath or and azure issuant from flames of fire proper a
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Local government districts abolished or transferred by the
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Edmonton's old town hall in Fore Street, designed in the
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Districts abolished by the London Government Act 1963
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and completed in 1885, was demolished in the 1980s.
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London Borough of Enfield
Local board
Urban district
Municipal borough
HQ
Motto
The Arms of the Municipal Borough of Edmonton
Middlesex
England
local board
Edmonton All Saints
Southgate
urban district
Local Government Act
municipal borough
Greater London
Municipal Borough of Southgate
Municipal Borough of Enfield
London Borough of Enfield
Gothic style
sable
azure
saltire
or
fess
argent
gules
demi-lion

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