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The Coat of Arms of the Oldham County Borough Council, as found at Oldham Police Station. The station predates the merging of Oldham Borough Police into Lancashire Constabulary in 1969, and thus still displays the redundant arms. Prior to 1894, the town council made use of the arms of the Oldham family. The arms were blazoned as:
County Council, became Unitary in 2009. Cumberland Council: 1951 [a] County Council abolished in 1974, revived Unitary in 2023. Dorset Council: Transferred 2019 [4] County Council, became Unitary in 2019. Crest (granted in 2009) not shown. Durham County Council: 1974 County Council, became Unitary in 2009. East Riding of Yorkshire Council: 1996 ...
Oldham council's coat of arms, seen here at the Civic Centre. Following the 1974 reorganisation, a new coat of arms was granted to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, based closely on that of the predecessor Oldham County Borough Council. Like the county borough's arms, which dated from 1894, the new coat is derived from the arms of the Oldham ...
The council styles itself Oldham Council rather than its full formal name of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ...
The coat of arms of the former County Borough of Oldham council, granted 7 November 1894, based upon those of an ancient local family surnamed Oldham. The owls suggest that the family, like the town, called itself 'Owdham', and adopted the birds in allusion to its name. The motto "Sapere aude" ("Dare to be wise") refers to the owls. [11] [43]
Pages in category "Coats of arms of county councils in England" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The school's motto is Sapere Aude ("Dare to be Wise"), which was also the motto of the council of the former County Borough of Oldham (now, with the same coat of arms, the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham), [5] granted on 7 November 1894. Sapere aude is a quotation from Horace, famously used by Immanuel Kant and also the motto of the ...
Coat of Arms images for the various county and municipal authorities in England. Media in category "Coat of arms images for Subdivisions of England" The following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total.