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Coat of arms of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Coat of arms of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Armiger	City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Adopted	2 January 1976
Crest	Upon a mural crown per pale Gules and Azure a boar's head sans tongue erased Or.
Shield	Per pale Gules and Azure on a chevron engrailed between in chief two buglehorns stringed and in base a fleece Or a Fountain the whole within a bordure gobony of the first and Argent charged on the Gules with eleven roses of the last barbed and seeded Proper.
Supporters	On the dexter side a stag Or gorged with a collar Azure thereon three roses Argent barbed and seeded Proper and on the sinister side an Angora Goat Argent horned Or gorged with a collar Gules charged with three like roses.
Motto	Progress, Industry, Humanity

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The coat of arms of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council was granted in 1976.^[2] The council is the local authority for the district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The coat of arms is based on those of Bradford Corporation, the local authority for the County Borough of Bradford, both of which were abolished in 1974.

Symbolism

The red and blue "per pale" division of the shield, gold engrailed chevron and bugles were taken directly from the county borough's arms. The buglehorns refer to the service by which the manor of Bradford was granted by John of Gaunt to John Northrop of Manningham: upon the blowing of a horn on St Martin's day Manningham was to wait on John and his heirs and conduct them safely to Pontefract Castle. In the county borough's arms there were three horns: one has been replaced by a golden fleece. This is an emblem of the woollen industry and was found in the arms or devices of five urban districts included in the metropolitan borough in 1974. On the chevron is an heraldic fountain from the arms of borough of Keighley and Ilkley urban district. A bordure or border has been added to the shield, on which are placed eleven white roses, representing the eleven Yorkshire councils combined in 1974.

The crest features a boar's head without a tongue. This illustrates the legend of the boar of Cliffe Wood.

The supporters are a gold stag from the arms of the Cavendish family, associated with Keighley; and an angora goat, another emblem of the woollen industry.

The motto is Progress, Industry, Humanity.

Sources

Aspects of Heraldry - Journal of the Yorkshire Heraldry Society, No.16, 2002
G. Briggs, Civic and Corporate Heraldry, London 1971
W. C. Scott-Giles, Civic Heraldry of England and Wales, 2nd edition, London, 1953
W. H. Fox-Talbot, The Book of Public Arms, London 1915

References

^ "Armorial Bearings". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
^ Letters Patent dated 2 January 1976

[1] "Armorial Bearings". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

[2] Letters Patent dated 2 January 1976

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-[[File:Coat of arms of Bradford City Council.png|thumb|right|300px|The coat of arms of Bradford City Council]]
+{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
-The '''Coat of arms of Bradford City Council''' was granted in 1976.<ref>Letters Patent dated January 2, 1976</ref> The present City of Bradford was created in 1974 by the [[Local Government Act 1972]] and is one of five [[metropolitan borough]]s of [[West Yorkshire]]. The 1976 arms are based on those of its predecessor, the [[county borough]] of Bradford.
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+|name=Coat of arms of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
+|image=Coat of Arms of Bradford City Council.svg
+|armiger=City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
+|year_adopted=2 January 1976<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/armorial_bearings_32#incoming-2756916 |publisher=WhatDoTheyKnow |accessdate=6 October 2024 |title=Armorial Bearings}}</ref>
+|caption=
+|shield=Per pale Gules and Azure on a chevron engrailed between in chief two buglehorns stringed and in base a fleece Or a Fountain the whole within a bordure gobony of the first and Argent charged on the Gules with eleven roses of the last barbed and seeded Proper.
+|supporters=On the dexter side a stag Or gorged with a collar Azure thereon three roses Argent barbed and seeded Proper and on the sinister side an Angora Goat Argent horned Or gorged with a collar Gules charged with three like roses.
+|motto=Progress, Industry, Humanity
+|crest=Upon a mural crown per pale Gules and Azure a boar's head sans tongue erased Or.}}
+The [[coat of arms]] of the [[City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]] was granted in 1976.<ref>Letters Patent dated 2 January 1976</ref> The council is the local authority for the [[City of Bradford|district of Bradford]], [[West Yorkshire]], England. The coat of arms is based on those of Bradford Corporation, the local authority for the [[County Borough of Bradford]], both of which were abolished in 1974.
 ==Symbolism==
-The red and blue ''"per pale"'' division of the shield, gold engrailed chevron and buglehorns were taken directly from the county borough's arms. The buglehorns refer to the service by which the manor of Bradford was granted by [[John of Gaunt]] to John Northrop of Manningham: upon the blowing of a horn on St Martin's day Manningham was to wait on John and his heirs and conduct them safely to [[Pontefract]] Castle. In the county borough's arms there were three horns: one has been replaced by a golden fleece. This is an emblem of the woollen industry and was found in the arms or devices of five [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]s included in the metropolitan borough in 1974. On the chevron is an [[fountain (heraldry)|heraldic fountain]] from the arms of borough of [[Keighley]] and [[Ilkley]] urban district.
+The red and blue ''"per pale"'' division of the shield, gold engrailed chevron and [[bugles]] were taken directly from the county borough's arms. The buglehorns refer to the service by which the manor of Bradford was granted by [[John of Gaunt]] to John Northrop of Manningham: upon the blowing of a horn on St Martin's day Manningham was to wait on John and his heirs and conduct them safely to [[Pontefract]] Castle. In the county borough's arms there were three horns: one has been replaced by a golden fleece. This is an emblem of the woollen industry and was found in the arms or devices of five [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]s included in the metropolitan borough in 1974. On the chevron is an [[fountain (heraldry)|heraldic fountain]] from the arms of borough of [[Keighley]] and [[Ilkley]] urban district.
 A ''bordure'' or border has been added to the shield, on which are placed eleven white roses, representing the eleven [[Yorkshire]] councils combined in 1974.
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 The motto is ''Progress, Industry, Humanity''.
-==Blazon==
-The formal description of the arms, or [[blazon]], is:
-''For the arms: Per [[pale (heraldry)|pale]] [[gules]] and [[azure (heraldry)|azure]] on a chevron engrailed between in chief two [[hunting horn]]s and in base a fleece Or a fountain all within a bordure gobony gules and [[argent]] in the gules eleven roses argent barbed and seeded proper; and for the crest: A [[mural crown]] per pale gules and azure thereon a boar's head couped at the neck sans tongue [[erasure (heraldry)|erased]] [[or (heraldry)|Or]]; and for the supporters: To the dexter a stag Or gorged with acollar azure charged with roses argent barbed and seeded proper and to the sinister an angora goat argent armed Or gorged with a collar gules charged with roses argent barbed and seeded proper, the whole upon a Compartment of rocky moorland proper. Badge: A mural crown per pale gules and azure thereon a rose argent barbed and seeded proper on the crown a boar's head couped at the neck sans tongue erased Or.''
 ==Sources==
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-[[Category:Bradford District]]
+[[Category:City of Bradford]]
 [[Category:Municipal coats of arms in West Yorkshire|Bradford]]
-[[Category:Coats of arms of metropolitan district councils|Bradford]]
+[[Category:Coats of arms of metropolitan district councils of England|Bradford]]
+[[Category:Coats of arms with the Golden Fleece|Bradford]]
+[[Category:Coats of arms with deer|Bradford]]
+[[Category:Coats of arms with horns (instrument)|Bradford]]
+[[Category:Coats of arms with roses|Bradford]]
+[[Category:Coats of arms with boars|Bradford]]
+[[Category:Coats of arms with sheep|Bradford]]