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See also:The Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council is a civic parish within the City of
Birmingham. It has had separate town council since May 2016. The Former Borough
Council was dissolved with the Local Government reform in 1974.
https://suttoncoldfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/RoyalSuttonColdfieldTownCouncil/photos_by
https://suttoncoldfieldcivicsociety.com/
https://sclhrg.org.uk/
Valentin Poposki, 18 November 2022
image located by Valentin Poposki, 18 November 2022
ARMS: Argent on a Cross Sable a Stag's Head couped between four Doves of the
field in the first quarter a Mitre proper on a Chief Vert two Stags courant Or.
CREST: Issuant from a Mural Crown Or a demi Stag proper supporting between the
legs two Keys wards upwards and outwards in saltire Gold and a Sword erect
proper banded with a Riband Gules; Mantled Gules doubled Or.
SUPPORTERS: On
the dexter side a Greyhound Or gorged with a Mural Crown Gules and on the
sinister side a Dragon Gules gorged with a like Crown Or pendent from each by a
Chain Gold an Escutcheon Argent thereon a Rose Gules charged with another Argent
barbed and seeded proper.
Granted 15th May 1935.
The arms are
based on those of Bishop Vesey, a benefactor to the town. The shield also
contains his mitre and the stags refer to Sutton Park.
The mural crown
represents civic authority and the keys and sword, for SS Peter and Paul, as
from the See of Exeter.
The greyhound and dragon are the supporters of the
Tudors, duly differenced, in allusion to the town's charter from Henry VIII.
http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/warwicks_ob.html#sutton%20coldfield%20bc
Valentin Poposki, 18 November 2022
image located by Valentin Poposki, 18 November 2022
The Town also has an emblem in the form of Tudor rose.
https://sclhrg.org.uk/images/stories/research/sutton_coldfield_borough_council.pdf
http://members.iinet.net.au/~oseagram/sutton.html
Valentin Poposki, 18 November 2022