page_title: County Borough of Rochdale
section_title: Coat of arms
hierarchical_section_title: County Borough of Rochdale / Coat of arms
caption_attribution_description: County Borough of Rochdale coat of arms on the bridge that carries Albert Royds Street over the River Roch. Monday 7th July 2008
context_page_description: Rochdale was, from 1856 to 1974, a local government district coterminate with the town of Rochdale in the northwest of England.
context_section_description: The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Rochdale were granted armorial bearings by letters patent dated 20 February 1857 sealed by Sir Charles George Young, Garter Principal King of Arms; James Pulman, Clarenceux King of Arms; and Robert Laurie, Norroy King of Arms.
  The blazon was as follows:
  Argent a wool-pack encircled by two branches of the cotton-tree flowered and conjoined proper, a bordure sable, charged with eight martlets of the field. And for the Crest: Upon a wreath of the colours, a mill-rind sable, and above a fleece argent banded or.
  The emblems in the centre of the shield represented the industries of the borough: a fleece for the woollen industry; the cotton branches for the cotton industry; and the millrind for the iron industry. The black border bore six martlets or heraldic swallows. The martlets and  black and silver colouring were derived from the arms of the Rashdale and Dearden families. James Dearden purchased the manor of Rochdale from Lord Byron in 1823.
  The crest, placed on a helm above the shield, represented the wool and iron industries with a fleece and millrind.
  The Latin motto adopted was Crede Signo or "Trust in this sign". It was based on that of Baron Byron of Rochdale: Crede Byron.
  The coat of arms continue to appear on the crest of Rochdale A.F.C., the town's football club.
caption: The coat of arms of the former Rochdale County Borough Council.
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