Coat_of_arms_of_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png


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English: The Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council , the local government authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. The blazon is:
ARMS: Lozengy Or and Sable each Lozenge Or charged with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper on a Chief Sable a Lion couchant guardant Or.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Mountain Ash (Wiggin Tree) fructed proper a Castle triple towered Argent the centre tower ensigned by an Ancient Crown Or.
SUPPORTERS: On the dexter side a Lion crowned with an Ancient Crown Or and on the sinister side a Sparrowhawk close proper belled Or the whole upon a Compartment representing a Grassy Mount proper.
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