List of mottos

This list contains the mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.

Organizations

National mottos

List of national mottos

Cultural, philanthropic and scientific

Amsterdam Zoo: Natura Artis Magistra (Nature is the teacher of art)
International Expositions: Semper Verum (Always true)
Monarchist League of Canada: Fidelitate Coniuncti (United by fealty)
Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy): Spanish: Limpia, fija y da Esplendor (Cleans, fixes and gives shine)
Royal Society: Nullius in verba (On the word of no one)
South African Museum: Semper aliquid novi Africa affert (Africa is always producing some novelty)
Swedish Academy: Swedish: Snille och smak (Talent and taste)

Public service and youth service

4-H: "To make the best better."
Air Training Corps: Venture, Adventure
Army Cadet Force: To Inspire and achieve.
Boy Scouts: Be Prepared
Boys' Brigade: Sure and Stedfast (Old spelling)
Brownies: Lend A Hand
Civil Air Patrol: Semper Vigilans (Always vigilant)
Cub Scouting Do Your Best
Girlguiding UK: Be Prepared
Girls' Brigade: Seek, serve and follow Christ
Guides: Be Prepared
National FFA Organization: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve
New Zealand Air Training Corps: We Train to Serve
St. John Ambulance: For the Faith and For the Service of Mankind

Police and public safety

Carabineros de Chile: Order and Fatherland
Chicago Police Department: We Serve and Protect
Detroit Police Department: Making Detroit a Safer Place to Live, Work, and Visit
Houston Police Department: Order through law, justice with mercy.
Icelandic Police: Icelandic: Með lögum skal land byggja (With laws shall lands be built)
Indonesian National Police: Sanskrit: Rastra Sewakottama (Serving the Nation)
Los Angeles Airport Police: Serving the Aviation Community
Los Angeles Police Department: To Protect and to Serve
Maine State Police: Semper Aequus (Always just)
Metropolitan Police Service: Working together for a safer London
Milwaukee Police Department: Be A Force^{[citation needed]}
Minneapolis Police Department: To Protect with Courage, To Serve with Compassion
Korean National Police Agency: Korean: 국민과 함께하는 따뜻하고 믿음직한 경찰 (A Friendly and Reliable Police Force for the People )
New South Wales Police Force: Culpam Poena Premit Comes (Punishment Follows Closely On Guilt)
New York Police Department: Fidelis ad Mortem (Faithful unto death)
Royal Malaysian Police: Malay: Tegas, Adil dan Berhemah (Firm, Fair & Prudent)
Sacramento County Sheriff: Service with Concern^{[citation needed]}
Singapore Police Force: Malay: Setia dan Bakti (Loyalty and Service)
New Zealand Police: Safer communities together
Thames Valley Police: Sit pax in valle tamesis (Let there be peace in the Thames Valley)
Trinity House: Trinitas in unitate (Trinity in unity)
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police: Protecting Those Who Serve
Victoria Police: Uphold the Right
Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Maintiens le Droit (Uphold the right)

Sport and competition

International organisations

Fédération Internationale des Échecs: Gens una sumus (We are one people)
International Practical Shooting Confederation: Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (Accuracy, power, speed)
Olympic Games: Citius, Altius, Fortius - Communiter (Faster, higher, stronger - Together)
Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion

Africa and Asia

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya: Arabic: الخلق، الأيمان، القوة (Character, Faith, Force)
Asante Kotoko S.C.: Ashanti Twi: Kum apem a, apem beba (Kill a thousand, and a thousand more will come)
Kolkata Knight Riders: Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo re (Will do, will fight, will win)

Americas

Carolina Panthers: Keep Pounding
Chicago Fire SC: Tradition. Honor. Passion.
Colo-Colo: Spanish: El equipo que ha sabido ser campeón (The team that has known to become champion)
CR Flamengo: Uma vez Flamengo, sempre Flamengo (Once Flamengo, always Flamengo)
Tabor Academy: Vincit Semper Veritas (Truth always conquers)

Australia

Adelaide Football Club: Natus ad magna gerenda (Born to great things)
Carlton Football Club: Mens sana in corpore sano (Sound Mind in a Healthy Body)
Collingwood Football Club: Floreat pica (May the Magpie flourish)
Essendon Football Club: Suaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re (Gently in manner, resolutely in execution)
Footscray Football Club: Cede Nullius (Yield to none)
Hawthorn Football Club: Spectemur agendo (Judged by our actions)
North Melbourne Football Club: Victoria amat curam (Victory demands dedication)
Port Adelaide Football Club: We Are Port Adelaide
St Kilda Football Club: Fortius quo fidelius (Strength through Loyalty)

Europe

FC Barcelona: Catalan: Més que un club (More than a club) and Catalan: Tots units fem força (All together we are strong)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica: E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)
Feyenoord Rotterdam: Dutch: Geen woorden maar daden (No words but deeds)
ADO Den Haag: Dutch Football Club: Alles Door Oefening (Everything Through Practice)
SS Lazio: Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt (In harmony small things grew)
Olympique de Marseille: Droit au but (Straight to the Goal)
FC Porto: A Vencer desde 1893 (Conquering since 1893)
Sporting Clube de Portugal: Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção, Glória (Effort, dedication, devotion, glory)
Real Madrid CF: Spanish: Hala Madrid y nada mas (Hail Madrid and nothing more)

United Kingdom

Arsenal F.C.: Victoria Concordia Crescit (Victory through harmony)
Aston Villa F.C.: Prepared
Blackburn Rovers F.C.: Arte et Labore (By skill and by hard work)
Chelsea Football Club: Keep The Blue Flag Flying High
Everton Football Club: Nil satis nisi optimum (Nothing but the best is good enough)
Leeds United F.C.: Marching on Together
Leicester City F.C.: Foxes Never Quit and #Fearless
Llanelli Wanderers RFC: Welsh: Cyfeillach trwy Grwydro (Friendship through wandering)
Liverpool Football Club: You'll Never Walk Alone
Manchester City F.C.: Superbia in Proelio (Pride in battle)
Norwich City F.C: On the Ball, City
Queen's Park F.C.: Ludere Causa Ludendi (To play for the sake of playing)
Rangers F.C.: Ready
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.: Consilio et Animis (by Wisdom and Courage)
Shrewsbury Town F.C: Floreat Salopia (May Shropshire flourish / Let Salop flourish)
Stoke City: Vis Unita Fortior (United Strength is Stronger)
Sunderland A.F.C.: Consectatio Excellentiae (In pursuit of excellence)
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.: Audere est Facere (To dare is to do)

Politics

Chechen Resistance: Ojal ya Marsho (Chechen: Freedom or death)
Christian Democracy (Italy): Libertas
Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Cuba): ¡En cada barrio, Revolución! (Spanish: In every neighborhood, Revolution!)
ETA: Bietan jarrai (Basque: Keep up on both)
Industrial Workers of the World: An injury to one is an injury to all
La Francophonie: égalité, complémentarité, solidarité (equality, complementarity, and solidarity).
Liberal Party of the Philippines: Noon at Ngayon, Liberal Marangal (Past and present, honorable Liberal)
Muslim Brotherhood: Allah Akbar, Wa Lellah Al Hamd (God is greater, thanks to God)
Nacionalista Party: Ang Bayan Higit sa Lahat (The nation above all)
Socialistisk Folkeparti: Det ku' være så godt (Danish: It could be so good)
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League: One God! One Aim! One Destiny!
Women's Institute: For Home and Country
Women's Social and Political Union: Deeds not words
Zapatista Army of National Liberation: Ya Basta! (Spanish: Enough already!)

Heritage and historical

Daughters of the American Revolution: God, Home, and Country
Sons of the American Revolution: Libertas et patria (Liberty and country)
United Daughters of the Confederacy: Love, Live, Pray, Think, Dare

Religion

Ahmadiyya Community: Love for All Hatred for None
Benedictine Order: ora et labora (pray and work)
Carmelite Order: zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum (I am aflame with zeal for the Lord God of Hosts)
Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen: In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (In need unity, in doubt liberty, in everything charity)
Dominican Order: Veritas (Truth), Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare (Praise, bless, preach)
K.A.V. Lovania Leuven: Semper Excelsius (Always do your best); German: Der Geist lebt in uns allen (The Spirit lives in us all)
Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya: A Nation cannot be reformed without the reformation of its youth
Knights Hospitaller: Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum (Support the faithful and serve the poor)
Knights Templar: Non nobis Domine, non nobis; sed Nomini tuo da gloriam (Not to us, Lord, not to us; but your name give glory)
Lajna Imaillah: No nation can progress without educating their women
Philippine Independent Church: Pro Deo Et Patria (For God and country)
Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: opus iustitiae pax (peace is the fruit of justice)
Pontificate of Pope Francis: Miserando Atque Eligendo (by having mercy and by choosing)
Salvation Army: Blood and Fire
Society of Jesus: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God)
United Church of Christ: That they may all be one.
United Methodist Church: Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors

Business

ABUS Crane Systems: Moving On Up
Audi: Vorsprung durch Technik (Literally: Advantage through technology, Figuratively: The technical edge)
BBC: Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
Harrods: Omnia Omnibus Ubique (All Things, For All People, Everywhere)
IdentLogic Systems: Ille qui meritus est praemium habeat (Let him who has earned it bear the reward)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Ars Gratia Artis (Art for art's sake)
Royal Mail Lines: Per mare ubique (Everywhere by sea)

Medieval nobility

Famous mottos, usually deliberately cryptic, adopted during the age of chivalry and courtly love by great noblemen and ladies include:

À Mon Seul Désir, appearing on The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry made in Paris circa 1500;
Me Sovent Sovant, Lady Margaret Beaufort (1441/3-1509) (Souvent me souviens, "Often I remember") which was adopted by St John's College, Cambridge, founded by her;
A Vous Entier John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389–1435);
Le Temps Venra Jean de Berry (1340–1416)
Le Bon Temps Viendra, ("the right time will come") Bourchier family;
Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, King Edward III (ruled 1327–1377) of England, motto of the Order of the Garter (1348);
J'en Garde un Leal, Anne Malet de Graville ((1490?–1540?))

Dynasties

Belgian monarchy: French: L'Union Fait La Force (Union makes strength)
British monarchy (Plantagenet): French: Dieu Et Mon Droit (God and my right / God and my right shall me defend)
Dutch monarchy: French: Je Maintiendrai (I will maintain)
Greek royal family : Greek: Ἰσχύς μου ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ λαοῦ (People's love, my strength)
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, House of Romania : Nihil Sine Deo (Nothing without God)
Pahlavi dynasty : Persian: مرا داد فرمود و خود داور است (Justice He [God] bids me do, as He will judge me)
Rothschild family: Concordia, Integritas, Industria (Unity, integrity, diligence)
House of Savoy: FERT
Spanish monarchy : Plus Ultra (Further beyond)
Royal mottos of Danish monarchs
List of Norwegian monarchs' mottos
Royal mottos of Swedish monarchs

Families

Medical

American Board of Ophthalmology: Ex Obscuris Lux (From darkness, light)
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: In somno securitas (In sleep there is safety)
Association of Veterinary Surgeons in Bulgaria: Culter in manu sapienti vitam dat (A scalpel in a wise hand gives life)
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland: omnes ab omnibus discamus (Let us learn all things from everybody)
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Corpus curare spiritumque (To care for the body and its breath of life)
Australian College of Pharmacy: Education for Practice and Management
Canadian Association of General Surgeons: Sapientia Manaque Apta (Wisdom and a skillful hand)
Canadian Orthopaedic Association: Pietate, Arte et Scientia Corrigere (With compassion, skill and knowledge we correct, straighten or set right)
Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India. Mens sana in corpora sano (Healthy mind in a healthy body)
Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons: Vincat Scientia Morbos (Let knowledge conquer disease)
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Excellence in women's health
Royal College of Anaesthetists: Divinum sedare dolorem (It is divine to alleviate pain / Divine is the effort to conquer pain)
Royal College of General Practitioners: Cum Scientia Caritas (Scientific knowledge applied with compassion)
Royal College of Midwives: Vita donum Dei (Life is the gift of God)
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Super Ardua (Let us overcome our difficulties)
Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Ut Omnes Videant (So that all may see)
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: Hereditas Domini filii (Children are a heritage from the Lord)
Royal College of Psychiatrists: Let Wisdom Guide
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: Consilio Manuque (Scholarship and dexterity)
Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Habenda ratio valetudinis (We must pay attention to our health)
Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course: Safiri Salama (Swahili: Travel safely)
ZAKA: Hessed Shel Emet (True kindness)

Other

Association of Trust Schools: Ad Susceptum Perficiendum (In order to achieve what has been undertaken)
Glasgow Filmmakers Alliance: Whatever the weather, we stand together
International Thespian Society: Act well your part. There all the honor lies
Linux Foundation: Open your source, Open your mind
The Boondock Saints: Aequitas et Veritas, alternately Veritas et Aequitas (Truth and justice / Honesty and equality)
The Red Green Show: Quando omni flunkus moritati (Pseudo-Latin When all else fails, play dead)

Military and governmental

Canadian Security Intelligence Service: A safe, secure and prosperous Canada, through trusted intelligence and advice.
Canadian Army: Vigilamus pro te (We stand on guard for thee)
Royal Canadian Air Force: Sic Itur ad Astra (Such is the pathway to the stars)
Royal Canadian Navy: Parati vero parati (Ready aye ready)
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command: Facta, non verba (Actions, not words)
Irish Army Cavalry Corps: Through the mud and blood to the green fields beyond
Apollo 13: Ex luna, scientia (From the Moon, knowledge)
British Special Air Service: Who Dares Wins
Indian Army: Naam, Namak, Nishan (Be honourable, true to your salt, and uphold the flag)
Indian Army Medical Corps: Sarve Santu Niramaya (Everyone should remain healthy, good health for all)
National Security Agency (NSA): Defending Our Nation, Securing The Future
Ontario Regiment of Canada: Canadian Armed Forces Armoured Reserve Regiment: Fidelus Paradus (Faithful and prepared)
Pakistan Army: Iman, Taqwa, Jihad Fi Sabil-illah, Men at their Best. (Faith, piety, struggle in the way of Almighty Allah, men at their best)
Philippine National Police: We Serve and Protect
Royal Air Force (United Kingdom): Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through adversity to the stars)
Royal Marines (United Kingdom): Per Mare, Per Terram (By sea, by land)
Household Division (United Kingdom): Septem Juncta in Uno (Seven joined in one)
United States Air Force Academy: Integrity First, Service before self, Excellence in All we Do
United States Coast Guard (USCG): Semper Paratus (Always ready)
United States Coast Guard Life-Saving Service (USCG LSS): You have to go out, but you don't have to come back
United States Marine Corps (USMC): Semper Fidelis (Always faithful)
United States Military Academy: Duty, Honor, Country
US Air Force Pararescue: That Others May Live
United States Army: This We'll Defend
Spanish Light Armoured Cavalry Regiment Santiago No 1 : Pes meus stetit in directo (My foot has stood in the right way/direction (or in uprightness; in integrity )
United States Secret Service: Worthy of Trust and Confidence

Orders and decorations

Canada

Order of Canada: Desiderantes Melioram Patriam (They desired a better land)
Order of Military Merit (Canada): Officio ante Commodum (Service before self)

Europe

Legion of Honour (France): French: Honneur et Patrie (Honour and Fatherland)
Order of Charles III (Spain): Virtuti et Merito (By virtue and merit)
Order of the Crown (Belgium): French: Travail et Progrès (Work and Progress)
Order of the Cross of Liberty (Finland): Finnish: Isänmaan Puolesta (For the Fatherland)
Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark): Danish: Gud og Kongen (God and the King)
Order of the Elephant (Denmark): Magnanimi Pretium (The prize of greatness)
Order of the Golden Fleece (Spanish version): Ante ferit quam flamma micet (Strike before they see the flame)
Order of the House of Orange (Netherlands): French: Je Maintiendrai (I will maintain)
Order of Leopold (Belgium): French: L'Union Fait La Force (Union makes strength)
Order of Leopold II (Belgium): French: L'Union Fait La Force (Union makes strength)
Order of Merit for the Fatherland (Russia): Polza, chest i slava (Benefit, honour and glory)
Order of the Netherlands Lion: Virtus Nobilitat (Power ennobles)
Order of Orange-Nassau: French: Je Maintiendrai (I will maintain)
Order of the Polar Star (Sweden): Nescit Occasum (It knows no decline)
Order of Saint Andrew (Russia): Za Veru i Vernost (For faith and loyalty)
Order of St. George (Russia): Za Sluzhbu i Khrabrost (For service and bravery)
Order of St. Olav (Norway): Norwegian: Ret og Sandhed (Justice and truth)
Order of the Seraphim (Sweden): Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus, saviour of men)
Order of the Star of Romania: In Fide Salus (In Faith is the Salvation)
Order of the Sword (Sweden): Pro Patria (For Fatherland)
Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal): Valor, Lealdade e Mérito (Valour, Loyalty and Merit)
Order of the White Eagle (Poland): Polish: Za Ojczyznę i Naród (For Fatherland and Nation)
Order of the White Lion (Czech Republic): Czech: Pravda Vítězí (Truth Prevails)
Order of the White Rose of Finland: Finnish: Isänmaan hyväksi (For the Well-Being of the Fatherland)

Holy See

Order of Pius IX: Virtuti et Merito (By virtue and merit)
Order of St. Gregory the Great: Pro Deo et Principe (For God and Prince)
Order of St. Sylvester: Multum in Parvo (Much in a small space)

United Kingdom

George Cross: For Gallantry
Order of the Bath: Tria Juncta In Uno (Three joined in one)
Order of the British Empire: For God and the Empire
Order of the Garter: French: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Shame be to him who thinks evil of it)
Order of Merit: For Merit
Order of St Michael and St George: Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Hope of a better age)
Order of the Thistle: Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No-one injures me with impunity)
Royal Victorian Order: Victoria
Victoria Cross: For Valour

Municipalities

Australia

New South Wales

Blacktown: Progress
Sydney: I take but I surrender

Northern Territory

Darwin, Northern Territory: Progrediamur (Let us go forward)

Queensland

Brisbane: Meliora sequimur (We aim for better things)

South Australia

Adelaide: Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti (United for the common good)

Tasmania

Hobart: Sic Fortis Hobartia Crevit (Thus, in force, Hobart grew)

Victoria

Melbourne: Vires Acquirit Eundo (She acquires strength as she goes)

Western Australia

City of Perth: Floreat (Prosper & Protect)

Canada

British Columbia

Kamloops Salus et Opes (Health and abundance)

Manitoba

Brandon: Vires Acquirit Eundo (She acquires strength through progress)
Headingley: Progredi Prospere (To go forward prosperously)
Macdonald: Preserverate et Florete (To preserve and flourish)
Portage la Prairie: English: Progress
St. Andrews: English: In Union Is Strength
West St. Paul: English: Onward
Winnipeg: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One with the strength of many)

New Brunswick

Saint John: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (O fortunate ones whose walls are now rising / O happy they, whose promised walls already rise)

Nova Scotia

Halifax: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the sea)

Alberta

Calgary: Onward

Ontario

Hamilton: Together Aspire, Together Achieve
Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
Toronto: Diversity Our Strength
Sarnia: Sarnia Semper (Sarnia Always)

Quebec

Montreal: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony)
Province of Quebec: French: Je me souviens (I remember)
Quebec City, Quebec: French: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put God's gift to good use)

Saskatchewan

Regina: Floreat Regina (Let Regina flourish)

Europe

Amsterdam: Dutch: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)
Bordeaux: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem (The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion)
Brescia: Brixia fidelis (Brescia faithful)
Bruges: S.P.Q.B.
Bucharest: Romanian: Patria și Dreptul Meu (The Homeland and my right)
Douglas: Manx: Kiannoortys cheusthie jeh Kiannoortys (Government within a government)
Frankfurt: German: Stark im Recht (Strong in justice)
Gdańsk: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly)
Gdynia: Polish: Gdynia—miasto z morza i marzeń (Gdynia—a city built of sea and dreams)
Genoa: Libertas (Liberty)
Kaunas: Diligite justitiam qui judicatis terram (Love justice, landlords)
Łódź: Ex navicula navis (Big boat out of a small one)
Madrid: Spanish: Fui sobre agua edificada, mis muros de fuego son. Esta es mi insignia y blasón (On water I was built, My walls are made of fire, this is my ensign and escutcheon)
Marseille: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
Nancy, France: Non inultus premor (I'm not touched with impunity)
Nantes: Favet Neptunus Eunti (Neptune favours the traveller)
Nice: Nicaea Civitas (City of Nice)
Oporto, Portugal: Antiga, mui nobre e sempre leal, Invicta cidade do Porto (Antique, highly noble, always faithful, unvanquished Oporto City)
Paris: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
Prague: Praga caput rei publicae (Prague, head of the republic). Formerly: Praga caput regnum (Prague, head of the kingdom)
Rotterdam: Dutch: Sterker door strijd (Stronger by struggle)
Seville: Spanish: No me ha dejado (written NO8DO) (It [Seville] has not abandoned me)
Sofia: Raste, no ne staree (Bulgarian: Grows, but does not age)
The Hague: Dutch: Vrede en recht (Peace and Justice)
Toulon: Concordia parva crescunt (Small things increase by concord)
Toulouse: Occitan: Per Tolosa totjorn mai (For Toulouse, always more)
Valletta: Italian: Città Umilissima (The most humble city)
Vilnius: Unitas, Justitia, Spes (Unity, justice, hope)
Warsaw: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms), Semper invicta (Always invincible)
Żebbuġ, Malta: Semper Virens (Evergreen)

Indonesia

Jakarta: Jaya Raya (Victory and glorious)
Bandung: Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti (rich soil, prosperous people)
Rarasing Rasa Wiwaraning Praja, a Javanese sengkala, (referring to the year of 1966), people's harmonious feeling for entering a gate of prosperity
Karawang: Pangkal Perjuangan (Struggle starting point)
Bali: Bali Dwipa Jaya (Glorious Bali Island)
Aceh : Pancacita (Five purposes)

India

Kolkata (Calcutta): Purosree Bibardhan (Bengali: Progress of the city)
Mumbai: Yato Dharmastato Jaya (यतो धर्मस्ततो जय) (Sanskrit: Where there is righteousness, there shall be victory). Pre-independence motto: Urbs Primis in Indis (India's first city)
Kerala: Ever To Be The Best (Tolins World School)
Tamil Nadu வாய்மையே வெல்லும் (Tamil) (Truth alone triumphs)

Republic of Ireland

Cork: Statio Bene Fida Carinis (A safe harbour for ships)
Dublin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Happy the city where citizens obey)
Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the harbour to the mountain)
Limerick: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (An ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
Waterford: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Waterford remains the untaken city)

Latin America

Nuevo León, Mexico: Semper Ascendens (Always ascending)
São Paulo: Non ducor, duco (I am not led, I lead)

New Zealand

Auckland: Advance
Christchurch: Fide Condita, Fructu Beata, Spe Fortis (Founded in Faith, Rich in the Fulfillment thereof, Strong in Hope for the Future).
Dunedin: Maiorum Institutis Utendo (By following in the footsteps of our forefathers)
Nelson, New Zealand: Palmam qui meruit ferat (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
Wellington: Suprema a Situ (Supreme by position)

United Kingdom

England

Berkshire

Reading: A Deo et Regina (From God and the Queen)
Slough: Serve with honour
West Berkshire: Forward together
Windsor and Maidenhead: In Unitate, Felicitas (In unity, happiness)
Wokingham: Unum e Pluribus (One out of many)

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury Vale: Concordia prorsum (Forward in harmony)
Chiltern: Freely we serve
High Wycombe: Industria ditat (Industry enriches)
Milton Keynes: By knowledge, design, and understanding
South Buckinghamshire: Consillo et animis (By counsel and courage)

Cambridgeshire

Huntingdonshire:Labore omnia florent (By labour everything prospers)
Peterborough: Upon this rock
South Cambridgeshire: Dutch: Niet zonder arbyt (Not without work)

Cheshire

Chester: Antiqiui Colant Antiquum Dierum (Let the ancients worship the ancient of days)
Borough of Halton: Industria Navem Implet (Industry fills the ship)
Runcorn: Navem Mercibus Implere (Fill the ship with goods)
Widnes: Industria Ditat (Industry enriches)

City of London

Domine dirige nos (Lord direct us)

Devon

Exeter: Semper Fidelis (Always faithful)
Plymouth: Turris Fortissima est Nomen Jehova (The strongest tower is the name of Jehovah)
Torquay: Salus et Felicitas (Health and happiness)

Essex

Benfleet: Societas florebit (Fellowship will blossom)
Braintree: By wisdom and foresight
Brentwood: Ardens Fide (burning with faith)
Canvey Island: Ex Mare Dei Gratia (From the sea by the grace of God)
Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart
Colchester: No Cross, no Crown
Great Dunmow: May Dunmow prosper
Halstead: Consilio et Prudentia (By wisdom and foresight)
Harwich: Omnia Bona Bonis (To the good all things are good)
Harlow: In Common Endeavour
Leigh-on-Sea: Lux Salubritas Felicitas (Light, health, happiness)
Maldon: Vision, courage, integrity
Rayleigh: In Reliquom Laboramus (We work for the future)
Rochford: Our heritage, our future
Southend-on-Sea: Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (By the sea and by the church)
Thurrock: Secundum Tamesim Quovis Gentium (By the Thames to all peoples of the world)
Waltham Abbey: Sanctae Nomine Crucis (By the name of the Holy Cross)

Gloucestershire

Cheltenham: Salubritas et eruditio (Health and education)
Cirencester: Corinium floreat (May Corinium (Cirencester) flourish)
Cotswold District: United we serve
Gloucester: Fides invicta triumphat (Unconquered faith triumphs)
Gloucestershire: Prorsum semper (Ever forwards)
Tewkesbury Borough: In consilio sapientia (There is wisdom in counsel)

Greater London

Barking and Dagenham: Dei Gratia Probemur Rebus (By the grace of God, let us be judged by our acts)
Barnet: Unitas Efficit Ministerium (Unity makes service)
Bexley: Boldly and Rightly
Brent: Forward Together
Bromley: Servire Populo (To serve the people)
Camden: Non Sibi sed Toti (Not for oneself, but for all)
Croydon: Ad Summa Nitamur (Let us strive after perfection)
Ealing: Progress With Unity
Enfield: By Industry Ever Stronger
Greenwich: We Govern by Serving
Hammersmith and Fulham: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
Haringey: Progress With Humanity
Harrow: Salus Populi Suprema Lex (The health of the people is the supreme law)
Havering: Liberty
Hillingdon: Forward
Hounslow: Iuncti Progrediamur (Let us progress together)
Islington: We Serve
Kensington and Chelsea: Quam Bonum In Unum Habitare (What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)
Lambeth: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
Lewisham: Salus Populi Suprema Lex (The health of the people is the supreme law)
Merton: Stand Fast In Honour And Strength
Newham: Progress with the People
Redbridge: In Unity Progress
Southwark: United to Serve
Sutton: Per ardua in fide servite Deo (through difficulties serve God in faith)
Tower Hamlets: From Great Things to Greater
Waltham Forest: Fellowship Is Life
Wandsworth: We Serve
Westminster: Custodi Civitatem Domine (Guard the city, O Lord)

Greater Manchester

Bolton: Supera moras (Overcome difficulties)
Bury: Forward in unity
Manchester: Concilio et Labore (By counsel and labour)
Oldham: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
Stockport: Animo et fide (With courage and faith)
Tameside: Industry and integrity
Trafford: Hold fast that which is good
Wigan: Ancient and Loyal

Hampshire

New Forest: Old Yet Ever New
Portsmouth: Heaven's Light Our Guide
Romsey: Quae Recta Tene
Rushmoor: Strength in Unity
Test Valley: Deo Teste Valeamus (With God as our witness, let us be strong)

Hertfordshire

Broxbourne: Cor Unum, Via Una (One heart, one way)
Dacorum: The Borough of Dacorum
Hertsmere: Do Well And Fear Not
North Hertfordshire: Memores Acti, Prudentes Futuri
Stevenage: The Heart of a Town Lies in its People
Watford: Audentior (Bolder)
Welwyn Hatfield: By Wisdom And Design

Kent

Ashford: With Stronger Faith
Canterbury: Ave Mater Angliae (Hail, Mother England)
Dartford: Floreat Dartford (Let Dartford Flourish)
Folkestone and Hythe: Amoenitas et Salubritas (Delightfulness and healthiness)
Maidstone: Agriculture and Commerce
Medway: Forward Together
Swale: Known by their Fruits
Tonbridge and Malling: Forward in Unison
Tunbridge Wells: Do Well Doubt Not

Lancashire

Blackburn: Arte et Labore (By art and labour)
Blackpool: Progress
Burnley: Hold to the truth
Chorley: Be aware
Fylde: Gaudeat ager (Let the field rejoice)
Hyndburn: By industry and prudence
Lancashire: In consilio consilium (In council is wisdom)
Lancaster: Luck to loyne
Pendle: In unitate florescemus (In unity we increasingly flourish)
Rossendale: Prosperity through endeavour
South Ribble: Progress with humanity
West Lancashire: Salus populi suprema lex The well-being of the people is the supreme law)
Wyre: Utraque parte fluminis (On either side of the river)

Leicestershire

Leicester: Semper Eadem (Always the same)

Lincolnshire

Mablethorpe: Amoeniora Litora Nostra (Our shores are more delightful) [1]

Merseyside

Liverpool: Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit (God hath granted us this ease)

Norfolk

Norwich: Do different

Northumbria

Newcastle upon Tyne: Fortiter Defendit Triumphans (Triumph by brave defence) [5]

Suffolk

Felixstowe: Felix sto we (Happy we stand)

Surrey

Elmbridge: Dum Defluant Amnes (Until the rivers cease to flow)
Epsom and Ewell: None Such
Guildford: Fortiter et Fideliter (Bravely and faithfully)
Mole Valley: Ministrando Vigilans (Vigilant in our serving)
Spelthorne: Ad Solem Prospicimus (We look towards the Sun)
Surrey Heath: Festina Diligenter (Make haste carefully)
Tandridge: Concordia (Harmony)
Reigate and Banstead: Never Wonne Ne Never Shall
Runnymede: In Freedom We Serve
Waverley: Oppida Rusque Una (Town and countryside in unity)
Woking: Fide et Diligentia (In faith and diligence)

Sussex

Brighton and Hove: Inter Undas et Colles Floremus (Between sea and downs we flourish)
Crawley: I Grow and I Rejoice
Eastbourne: Meliora Sequimur (We follow the better things)
Horsham: Proudly We Serve
Mid Sussex: Salus Populi Suprema Lex (The good of the people comes first)
Wealden: Interiora Ruris (Rural interior)
Worthing: Ex Terra Copiam e Mari Salutem (From the land, fullness; from the sea, health)

West Midlands

Birmingham: Forward

Yorkshire

Bradford: Progress, Industry, Humanity
Calderdale: Industria Arte Prudentia (Industry, Skill, Foresight)
Leeds: Pro Rege et Lege (For the king and the law)
Rotherham: By Industry and Honour
Sheffield: Deo Adjuvante, Labor Proficit (With God's help, our work is successful)
Wakefield: Persevere and Prosper
Yorkshireman's Motto: 'Ear all, see all, say nowt;Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt;And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt –Allus do it fer thissen.[11]

Scotland

Aberdeen: French: Bon Accord (Good agreement)
Arbroath: Propter libertatem (Latin: For Freedom)
Braemar: Scots: Mak Siccar (Make sure)
Clydebank: Labore et Scientia (By work and by knowledge)
Dingwall: Salve corona
Duns: Scots: Duns Dings Aw (Duns beats all)
East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus frustra (Except the Lord [keep the city, the watchman waketh] in vain. Psalm 127)
Falkirk: Scots: Touch Ane, Touch Aw – Better meddle wi the Deil than the bairns o Fawkirk (Strike one, strike all – easier fight with the devil than the children of Falkirk)
Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
Galashiels: Scots: Soor Ploums (Sour Plums)
Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
Irvine: Tandem bona causa triumphat (The good cause triumphs in the end)
Jedburgh: Strenue et Prospere (With vigour and success)
Kelso: Scots: Dae Richt – Fear Nocht (Do right — fear nought)
Kinross: Scots: Siccar (Sure)
Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
Orkney Islands: Boreas domus mare amicus (Latin: The North our home, the sea our friend)
Perth: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the King, the Law and the People)
Port Glasgow: Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
Rosehearty: Scots: Tyauve awa Rosehearty (Strive always, Rosehearty)
St Andrews: Dum spiro spero (While I breathe I hope)
Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
Shetland Islands: Norn: Með lögum skal land byggja (By law shall the land be built up)
Thurso: Scots: Wark tae God (Walk towards God)

Northern Ireland

County Antrim

Antrim: Per Angusta ad Augusta
Ballyclare: Industria et Probitate (By work and integrity)
Ballymoney: Goodwill to all People
Belfast: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (What shall we give in return for so much)
Carrickfergus: Gloria Prisca Novatur (The glory of the Old made New)
Larne: Falce Marique Potens (Powerful With the Sickle and on the Sea)
Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (I will arise from the fire)
Newtownabbey: Multi in uno resurgent (Multi in uno resurgent)

County Armagh

Armagh: In Concilio Consilium
Craigavon: Together we progress
Lurgan: Be just and fear not
Portadown: ???

County Down

Ards: Fidelis atque Fortis (Faithful and Brave)
Bangor: Beannchor
Banbridge: Per Deum et Industriam (By God and Industry)
East Down: Ever looking forward
Newtownards: Fidelis atque Fortis

County Fermanagh

Enniskillen: Ut proavi in Deo confidemus
Fermanagh: Feor Magh Eanagh

County Londonderry

Coleraine: Cuil Rathain
Limavady: Absit Invidia (Let there be no ill-will)
Derry: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Life, truth, victory)
Magherafelt: Fide et Opera (With Faithfulness and Service)
Moyle:

County Tyrone

Cookstown: Forward
Dungannon:
Omagh: Oigh Magh

Wales

Cardiff: Y Ddraig Goch Ddyry Cychwyn (Welsh: The red dragon leads the way)
Merthyr Tydfil: Nid Cadern Ond Brodyrdde (Welsh: No strength but in fellowship)
Llandudno: Hardd Hafan Hedd (Welsh: Beautiful haven of peace)
Newport: Terra Marique (By land and sea)

United States

California

Adelanto: Progress through unity
Alameda: Prosperitas terra mari que (Prosperity from the land and sea)
Banning: Proud History, Prosperous Tomorrow
Berkeley: Westward the course of empire takes its way; / The first four Acts already past, / A fifth shall close the Drama with the day; / Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Carson: Future Unlimited
Ceres: Together We Achieve
Del Mar: Multum in parvis (Much in little)
Downey: Future Unlimited
Eastvale: Family, Community, Diversity
El Centro: Shining with Opportunity
Eureka: Eureka (I have found it)
Garden Grove: Absit invidia (Let envy be absent)Gardena: Freeway City
Half Moon Bay: Vivir, trabajar, jugar (Live, work, play)
Hanford: Planning Tomorrows
Kerman: Community Comes First
Lanare: Building from the Ground Up
Manhattan Beach: Sun, Sand, Sea
Millbrae: A Place in the Sun
Monterey: Anda (Onward)
Ontario: Balanced Community
Orange Cove: Honoring Our Past, Embracing Our Future, Come Grow With Us; In God We Trust
Paradise: In Harmony with Nature
Redwood City: Climate Best by Government Test
Rialto: Bridge to Progress
San Diego: Semper vigilans (Always vigilant)
San Francisco: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Gold in peace, iron in war)
Santa Fe Springs: Salus populi suprema lex exto (Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law)
Upland: Madonna of the Trail

Florida

Palm Bay: A Perfect Place to Grow

Illinois

Chicago: Urbs In Horto (City in a garden)

Indiana

East Chicago: Progredemur (We progress)
Fort Wayne: Ke-ki-on-ga
Hammond: Land of Calumet
South Bend: Peace
Valparaiso: Vale of Paradise

Iowa

State of Iowa: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

Kentucky

Campbellsville: Urbs progrediens media in civitate (City in the middle of the commonwealth)

Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
Boston: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (God be with us as He was with our fathers)
Somerville: Municipal Freedom Gives National Strength

Maryland

Baltimore: Believe

Michigan

Detroit: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes)
Grand Rapids: Motu Viget (strength in activity)

Minnesota

Minneapolis: En Avant (Forward)

North Carolina

North Carolina State Motto: Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem)

Ohio

Centerville: Progress, Stability
Chillicothe: Primum capitolium Ohioensis (Ohio's first capital)
Cincinnati: Juncta juvant (Unity assists)
Cleveland: Progress & Prosperity
Coldwater: The family is our most important product
Dublin: where yesterday meets tomorrow
Fairborn: Tradition, Innovation
Obetz: For Work, For Play, For Everyone
Parma: Progress Through Partnerships
Reading: Wir Tun Unser Bestes (We Try Our Best)
St. Marys: Where Living is a Pleasure; Urbs inter agros (City amid fields)
Streetsboro: Gateway to Progress
Toledo: Laborare est orare (To work is to pray)
Union: Sheets Rifle

Oregon

Oregon State Motto: She flies with her own wings
Portland, Oregon: The City that Works

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue)

Texas

Austin, Texas: Friendship

Virginia

Virginia State Motto: Sic semper tyrannus (Thus always to tyrants)
Richmond, Virginia: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Such is the way to the Stars)

British counties

England

Traditional

Bedfordshire: Constant Be
Buckinghamshire: Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum (No stepping back)
Cambridgeshire: Per undas, per agros (Through waves, through fields)
Cheshire: Jure et dignitate gladii (By the right and dignity of the sword)
Cornwall: Cornish: Onen Hag Oll (One and all)
Cumberland: Perfero (I carry through)
Derbyshire: Bene consulendo (By good counsel)
Devon: Auxilio Divino (By divine aid)
Durham: Faith, foresight and industry
Dorset: Who's Afear'd
Essex: Many minds, one heart
Gloucestershire: Prorsum Semper (Ever forward)
Hampshire:
Herefordshire: Pulchra Terra Dei Donum (This fair land is the gift of God)
Hertfordshire: Trust and fear not
Huntingdonshire: Labore Omnia Florent (By work everything flourishes)
Kent: Invicta (Unconquered)
Lancashire: In Concilio Consilium (In counsel is wisdom)
Leicestershire: For'ard For'ard
Lincolnshire: Perseverance vincit (Perseverance conquers)
Middlesex:
Norfolk:
Northamptonshire: Rosa Concordiae Signum (The Rose—Emblem of Harmony)
Northumberland: Northumberland
Nottinghamshire: Sapienter proficiens (Progress with wisdom)
Oxfordshire: Sapere Aude (Dare to be wise)
Rutland: Multum in Parvo (Much in little)
Shropshire: Floreat Salopia (Let Salop flourish)
Somerset: Old English: Sumorsaete ealle (All the people of Somerset)
Staffordshire: The knot unites
Suffolk: Opus Nostrum Dirige (Direct our work)
Surrey:
Sussex: We wunt be druv (Sussaxon dialect: We won't be driven)
Warwickshire: United to serve
Westmorland:
Yorkshire, East Riding: Tradition and Progress
Yorkshire, North Riding:
Yorkshire, West Riding: Audi Consilium (Heed counsel)
Wiltshire:
Worcestershire:

Ceremonial

Bristol: Virtue et Industria (Virtue and hard work)
Cumbria: Ad montes oculos levavi (I shall lift up mine eyes unto the mountains)
East Sussex:
Greater London:
Greater Manchester: Ever Vigilant
Isle of Wight: All this beauty is of God
Merseyside: Unity in the Service of All
North Yorkshire: Unitate Fortior (Stronger by union)
South Yorkshire: Each shall strive for the Welfare of All
Tyne and Wear:
West Midlands: Forward in Unity
West Sussex:
West Yorkshire: By Effort Achieve

Former

Avon:
Cleveland: Endeavour
Hereford and Worcester:
Humberside: United we Flourish

Scotland

Aberdeen: Bon Accord
Angus: Scots: Lippen on Angus (Trust in Angus)
Ayr: God Shaw the Right
Banff: Spe et Spiritu (With hope and courage)
Caithness: Commit thy Wark to God
Clackmannan: Leuk aboot ye
Dumfries:
Dunbarton: Scottish Gaelic: Levenax (Land of the elm trees)
East Lothian:
Fife: Virtute et opera (By virtue and by industry)
Inverness: Scottish Gaelic: Air son Math na Siorrachd (For the good of the county)
Kincardine: Laus Deo (Praise to God)
Kinross: For all Time
Kirkcudbright:
Lanark:
Midlothian:
Moray: In Spe (In hope)
Nairn: Unite and be Mindful
Orkney: Boreas Domus Mare Amicus (Home to the winds, friend of the sea)
Peebles: Contra Nando Incrementum (There is increase by swimming against the stream)
Perth: Pro Lege et Libertate (For law and liberty)
Renfrew:
Ross and Cromarty: Dread God and Do Well
Roxburgh: Ne Cede Malis Sed Contra Audentior Ito (Yield not to misfortunes [evil things] but go on more boldly against them)
Selkirk:
Stirling:
Sutherland: Scottish Gaelic: Dluth Lean Do Dhuthchas Le Durachd (Cling to thy heritage with diligence)
West Lothian: Aye for the Common Weal
Wigtown:
Zetland: Icelandic: Með Lögum Skal Land Byggja (With laws shall this land be built)

Wales

Traditional

Anglesey: Welsh: Môn Mam Cymru (Anglesey mother of Wales)
Brecknock: Welsh: Undeb Hedd Llwyddiant (Unity, peace, prosperity)
Caernarfon: Welsh: Cadernid Gwynedd (The strength of Gwynedd)
Carmarthen: Welsh: Rhyddid gwerin ffyniant gwlad (A free people a prosperous country)
Cardigan or Ceredigion: Welsh: Golud Gwlad Rhyddid (A nation's wealth is freedom)
Denbigh: Welsh: Duw â digon (God is sufficient)
Flint: Welsh: Gorau tarian, cyfiawnder (The best shield is justice)
Glamorgan: Welsh: A ddioddefws a orfu (He that endureth, overcometh)
Merioneth or Merionydd: Welsh: Tra Mor Tra Meirion (While the sea lasts, so shall Merionethshire)
Monmouth: Utrique fidelis (Faithful to both)
Montgomery: Welsh: Powys paradwys Cymru (Powys paradise of Wales)
Pembroke: Ex unitate vires (Out of unity is strength)
Radnor: Welsh: Ewch yn Uwch (Higher and higher)

Ceremonial

Clwyd: Welsh: Tarian cyfiawnder Duw (The shield of justice is God)
Dyfed: Welsh: Rhyddid Gwerin Ffyniant Gwlad (A free people, a prosperous country) – as Carmarthenshire
Gwent: Utrique fidelis (Faithful to both) – as Monmouthshire
Gwynedd: Welsh: Cadernid Gwynedd (The strength of Gwynedd) – as Caernarfonshire
Mid Glamorgan: Welsh: A Ddioddefws a Orfu (He who suffers, conquers) – as Glamorgan
Powys: Welsh: Undeb A Rhyddid (Unity and freedom)
South Glamorgan: Welsh: Y Ddinas a'r Fro (The city and the vale)
West Glamorgan: Welsh: Cardarn pob Cyfiawn (The just are strong)

Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London

Educational institutions

References

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Cumbria and the Palatine Counties". Civic Heraldry. Robert Young. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Weald and Downs". Civic Heraldry. Robert Young. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
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External links

Mottos in heraldry (over 2000)

[1] "Sagan". 5 January 2015.

[2] "What is the United Church of Christ?". Retrieved 30 September 2018.

[3] "Coast Guard History". United States Coast Guard. 2016-12-21.

[4] "Pes meus stetit in directo – Heraldic motto". www.heraldry-wiki.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.

[heraldry-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mackinnon of Dunakin, Charles (1968). Observer's Book of Heraldry. Frederick Warne & Co. retrieved 10 November 2013.

[6] "Our City". www.calgary.ca.

[7] David Thorns and Ben Schrader, 'City history and people – Towns to cities', Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/23508/civic-coats-of-arms (accessed 21 January 2019)

[CHTV-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Thames Valley and Chiltern Area". CivicHeraldry.co.uk. Robert Young. Retrieved 2016-11-10.

[9] "Mayor of Wycombe". History of Wycombe's Swan. Mayor of Wycombe. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2016-11-10.

[CHEA-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "East Anglia Essex". Civic Heraldry. Robert Young. Archived from the original on 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2016-11-10.

[11] "Chester – Coat of arms (crest) of Chester". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

[12] "Halton (England)". Heraldry of the World. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[13] "Runcorn – Coat of arms (crest) of Runcorn". Heraldry of the World. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[14] "Widnes – Coat of arms". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[CHGL-15] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "Greater London". Civic Heraldry. Robert Young. Retrieved 2016-12-28.

[CHCW-16] 1 2 3 "Cornwall and Wessex". Civic Heraldry. Robert Young. Archived from the original on 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-12-10.

[CHCP-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Cumbria and the Palatine Counties". Civic Heraldry. Robert Young. Retrieved 2016-11-10.

[CHWD-18] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Weald and Downs". Civic Heraldry. Robert Young. Retrieved 2016-12-28.

[19] "Liverpool (England)". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[20] "Governance and Locality in the Age of Reform: Birmingham, 1769-1852, p.203" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-22.

[21] "Bradford". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[22] "Calderdale's coat of arms". www.calderdale.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

[23] "Leeds". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[24] "Rotherham". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[25] "Sheffield". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[26] "Wakefield". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[27] "Aberdeen". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[28] "Arbroath". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[29] "Braemar". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[30] "Clydebank". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[31] "Dingwall". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[32] "Orkney". www.ngw.nl. Retrieved 2017-01-26.

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