Coat of arms on stain glass window

[pivot]

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   

[giggsycat]

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

[pivot]

The church is in Saddleworth, NW England on the western edge of the pennines.

[Kiltpin]

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

[Kiltpin]

I have found but one blazon that fits - Buckeley or Bulkely.

Regards

Chas

[pivot]

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.