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Armorial Bearings were granted in
1952 to the Bishop’s Stortford Urban District Council
The symbolism of these bearings, which are used as the Town Crest,
is that the Mitre represents the Bishops of London to whom the town
of Stortford was sold c. 1060, the Mural Crown represents Waytemore
Castle, which once dominated and protected the town, whilst the
blue and white navy bands on the shield represent the River Stort
and the ford across it.
The Cross Pomme represents St Michael in allusion to St Michael’s
Church, the Sheaf of Barley commemorates agriculture and the malting
industry which, for many years, were the backbone of the town’s
prosperity and the green of the shield reminds the people of Bishop’s
Stortford that theirs is a town set in and taking its being from
the countryside which surrounds it.
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