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Some Special Interests => Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms => Topic started by: pivot on Friday 28 April 17 18:01 BST (UK)
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Hello everyone
Can anyone help me to identify what might be a coat of arms on a church stain glass window?
I attached a photo of it to this thread, I don't know if it is a coat of arms or not but it's a strange picture all the same, weird even. Questions that spring to my mind : are those bulls heads, what does the upside down 'v' signify, why is it black and why is it contained by serpents below and birds above - and why are they yellow?
Thank you :)
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Welcome to our merry gang Pivot!
Would you like to tell us which church this is from, and where the church is please?
Regards
Giggsy
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The church is in Saddleworth, NW England on the western edge of the pennines.
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Hello pivot,
The blazon of the arms is Sable a chevron between three bull's heads erased Argent.
That is to say a black field. On that field, a white chevron between three bull's heads torn off (not cut) also white.
The arms might have a punning meaning - Oxen....., Bull....., Bullen....., Calf...., something like that. Or it might have no meaning at all. Most shields (over 95%) have no meaning at all.
All the rest, outside of the shield, is artistic licence and for visual impact and has no meaning at all.
Regards
Chas
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I have found but one blazon that fits - Buckeley or Bulkely.
Regards
Chas
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Thank you for your time Kiltpin - the Buckeley angle is certainly very interesting ...
Apparently, a chap called Bernard Shaw did the windows circa 1850 ish.