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![[Flag of Tamworth, England]](../images/g/gb-e-tam.jpg)
image located by Valentin Poposki,
9 December 2011The crest of Tamworth Football Club
retains the original arms of the town. The Borough Council now uses a stylised
logo depicting the outline of a white swan on the Rive Tame in front of
Tamworth Castle on a green background.
The following description is taken from
www.civicheraldry.co.uk.
ARMS: Per fess Azure and Gules a Fess Vair between in chief a Saltire and in
base a Fleur-de-Lis Or.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Mount Vert thereon a
representation of Tamworth Castle proper two Swords in saltire Or.
SUPPORTERS: On the dexter side a Bear Argent muzzled Gules collared and
chained Or and on the sinister side a Lion Gules crowned Or.
BADGE: A Saltire Or surmounted by a Fleur-de-Lys Azure.
Granted 1st May 1965.
The gold saltire on blue is from the arms of the Kingdom of
Mercia. When Offa
came to the throne of Mercia in 757 AD, he made Tamworth his chief residence
and built a palace there. Shortly after the Norman Conquest, William gave the
royal Anglo-Saxon castle of Tamworth and its lands to his Royal Steward,
Robert de Marmion. It was the Marmion family, who built the stone castle and
the vair is from their arms. The fleur-de-lys is from the Borough Seal and
probably derives from the arms of Elizabeth I, by whom the town was
incorporated. The crossed sword in front of a representation of Tamworth
Castle, represent the office of Champion of England, held by the Marmion
family. The crowned lion, is like one of the supporters of the arms of
Staffordshire County Council and the chained bear, is like that in the arms of
Warwickshire County Council. Tamworth was previously situated in both
counties; the boundary ran through the centre of the town along the main
streets, until 1889 when the town was transferred wholly to Staffordshire.
Andrew Milner, 4 September 2002
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