Tour de Yorkshire 2018
Posted: 03 May 2018, 17:08
In the spirit of my heraldic tributes to the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España, here comes the four day "Tour de Yorkshire" (really!).
The race has just started from Beverley whose arms are a mélange of parts from former arms of the area. The motto Haulte Emprise (High Endeavour) refers to Haltemprice, once a separate urban district.
Arms of Beverley:
Former arms of Haltemprice:
The finishing line is at Doncaster.
The eight white roses refer to the former authorities that made up the present Metropolitan Borough. I have not come across heraldic roses "barbed and seeded proper" before.
The race has just started from Beverley whose arms are a mélange of parts from former arms of the area. The motto Haulte Emprise (High Endeavour) refers to Haltemprice, once a separate urban district.
Arms of Beverley:
Blazon:
Arms : Argent three Bars wavy and a chief Azure thereon a Castor Beaver reguardant biting at the fur Or.
Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours issuant from an Ancient Crown of Fleurs-de-Lys Or in front of a representation of Skidby Mill proper two Crosiers in saltine Sable.
Supporters : Dexter: a Lion Azure charged on the shoulder with a Sword erect Argent hilt and pommel Or enflamed proper; sinister: a Stag proper charged on the shoulder with a Cross patonce Argent.
Motto : "HAULTE EMPRISE" (High endeavour).
Former arms of Haltemprice:
Blazon:
Arms: Sable a Cross patonce Argent in the first quarter a Rose of the second barbed and seeded proper.
Crest: On a Wreath of the Colours upon a Mount Vert a Stag at gaze proper gorged with a Mural Crown Or.
Motto: "HAULTE EMPRISE" (High endeavour).
The finishing line is at Doncaster.
Blazon:
Arms: Per pale Sable and Vert issuant from barry wavy of four in base Argent and Azure a Port between two Towers each with a conical cap ensigned by a ball the Portcullis raised between eight Roses three three and two Argent barbed and seeded proper.
Crest: On a Wreath of the Colours upon the Battlements of a Tower an Owl Argent gorged with a collar company Or and Azure between two Branches of Oak issuant each having four leaves and fructed of four Acorns proper.
Supporters: On either side a Lion sejant Or that on the dexter gorged with a representation of the device of British Rail Gules pendent therefrom a Miner's Safety Lamp proper that on the sinister gorged with a Flash of Lightning Azure pendent therefrom by the ring an Anchor Sable.
Motto "BE STEADFAST".
The eight white roses refer to the former authorities that made up the present Metropolitan Borough. I have not come across heraldic roses "barbed and seeded proper" before.