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The coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council was granted by the College of Arms in 1974. ==Arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council== The field of the arms consists of alternating gold and black lozenges or diamond shapes. Black lozenges are extensively used in British civic heraldry to symbolise coal mining, while each gold lozenge bears a red rose of Lancaster to represent the union of several Lancashire communities in the metropolitan borough. The ''chief'' or top section of the shield displays a ''couchant'' lion from the crest of the county borough.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Civic Heraldry )〕 On top of the helm is the crest which consists of a crowned castle and mountain ash tree. The castle and crown were in the county borough arms. The tree is included as a reference to the borough's name: the local name for the mountain ash being "Wiggin Tree". The supporters are a gold crowned lion from the county borough arms, and a sparrowhawk from the arms of the Atherton family, and found in the devices of Atherton Urban District council and the Borough of Leigh. The motto is ''Progress With Unity''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coat of arms of Wigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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