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Harpenden’s Coat of Arms and Crest was granted to the former
Urban District Council in 1949 and subsequently transferred to Harpenden
Town Council by order of Her Majesty in Council; recorded in the
College of Arms on 30th May 1978.
The designation is: - Bendy of six Gules and argent three Garbs
or a chief Azure. Thereon on pale between two Saltires throughout
of the third a Fesse dancette Sable and for the Crest on Wreath
of the Colours. Within Wattled palings proper a Mount Vert thereon
a Hart lodged also proper.
The crest showing a hart at rest over traditional mountings of a
helmet and wreath alludes to the County of Hertfordshire; the two
gold diagonal crosses represent the Diocese of St Albans, with the
black W between them taken from the Wittewronge arms, as are the
diagonal stripes in the bottom part of the shield. The three gold
sheaves symbolise Harpenden’s connections with wheat growing,
including in the past with the straw-plaiting industry.
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