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The city of Manchester in North West England is represented by various symbols. Many of these symbols are derived from coat of arms granted to the Corporation of Manchester when the borough of Manchester was granted city status in 1842. Notably, the motif of the worker bee has been widely used to represent the city as a symbol of industry. [1]
Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894.
English: The coat of arms granted to the Manchester City Council are described as the following: Shield: Arms : Gules three Bendlets enhanced Or a Chief Argent thereon on Waves of the Sea a Ship under sail proper.
Manchester City's home is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and then reconfigured as a football ground in 2003. Manchester United, despite originating in Manchester, have been based in the neighbouring borough of Trafford since 1910.
The days of ‘you’ll never beat Kyle Walker’ chants have passed and City’s long-serving right-back is now on the brink of leaving the club as a symbol of all that has gone wrong
English heraldry is the form of coats of arms and other heraldic bearings and insignia used in England. It lies within the so-called Gallo-British tradition . Coats of arms in England are regulated and granted to individuals by the English kings of arms of the College of Arms .
Their hue hints at the city's place in the United Kingdom's waterways. The golden zigzag line that borders them forms an abstract vertical letter M. Symbolizing the Roman symbol for one thousand, this recalls Birmingham's sobriquet, the 'city of a thousand trades'. Closed lock gates on a canal are represented by the colour blue next to it.
The case of Manchester Corporation v Manchester Palace of Varieties Ltd; [39] was the first sitting of the Court of Chivalry for two hundred years, and it has not sat since. [40] In April 2013, Manchester City Council threatened to take legal action against The Manchester Gazette, for its use of the city's coat of arms on their website. The ...