Lytham St.Annes Coat of Arms

 
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Lytham St.Annes, Lancashire, England
 

 

 LYTHAM ST ANNES BOROUGH COUNCIL 1922-1974

Crest of the Borough of Lytham St.Annes 1922-1974.

LYTHAM ST ANNES BOROUGH COUNCIL ARMS:
Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure a Lymphad Or the sail Sable thereon a Bend of the first charged with three Mullets Gules on a Chief wavy of the second a Cross flory between two Lions rampant Argent.

Motto 'SALIS POPULI SUPREMA LEX' - The welfare of the people is the highest law.
Granted 9th November 1922.

The cross and the lions are from the arms of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, the See having owned the Benedictine Priory founded at Lytham by Roger FitzRoger in the reign of Richard I.
The waves represent the sea and the ship is from the device of the former St Annes-on-Sea UDC. The arms on the sail are those of the Clifton family of Lytham Hall.