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The Borough of
Hanley
Hanley used
the following device as its arms although it never received a grant to use
them - of the six towns only Burslem (as the 'Mother' town) had official
authority to use arms.
In 1857 the
townships of Hanley and Shelton, forming a portion of the parish of
Stoke-upon-Trent were incorporated to constitute the municipal borough of
Hanley.
In December of that year a design for a corporate seal was produced by a
Mr Robinson of Leamington.
Motto:
Hanley has no town motto.
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Description of the
Hanley Arms:
The three 'quarterings' of
the shield represent the three wards of the new borough, namely Hanley,
Shelton and Etruria.
The first division
represents Hanley and has six alternate bands of gold and ermine,
surmounted by three ewers. The background for this division was from the
arms of the Bagnall family who in late medieval times were the Lords of
Hanley.
In the Bagnall arms a rampant lion was placed over the bands, however on
the Hanley arms the three ewers were substituted to represent the
pottery industry.
The second division
represents Shelton and is taken from the arms of the poet, Elijah
Fenton, who was born at Shelton Old Manor. The arms of the Fentons
included a cross of ermine between four fleur-de-lys. In the new arms of
Hanley these were replaced by four flaming furnaces, representing the
blast furnaces of Shelton Iron Works.
In the third division
(the chevron) relates to Etruria and the four stars are from the arms of
Wedgwood - the founder of Etruria.
Above the shield is
crest of the Ridgway family - a rising camel charged with the cross of
St. George - in honour of
John Ridgway,
the first mayor of the newly created borough of Hanley.
Around the whole is a cord
tied in four places with Stafford knots.
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Hanley County
Borough Arms
The helm on the Hanley County
Borough Arms is the Dromedary camel, this was
from the Crest of the Ridgway Family.
Around the whole is a cord tied in four places with Stafford knots.
The Wedgwood family arms
The Wedgwood arms
contributed the four stars - to represent Etruria, the village that he
founded.
the arms of the Bagnall
family
The first quarter of the
Hanley arms consists of six alternate bands of gold and ermine,
surmounted by three ewers.
The background for this division was from the arms of the Bagnall family who in late medieval times were the Lords of
Hanley.
In the Bagnall arms a rampant lion was placed over the bands, however on
the Hanley arms the three ewers were substituted to represent the
pottery industry.
Contribution to the City Arms:
In 1912
arms were granted to the new county borough of Stoke-on-Trent. It was
made up of devices previously used in the arms of the constituent six
towns.
The
dromedary camel from the Ridgway family was incorporated in the second
quarter of the city arms.
  
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