Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington

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Beddington and Wallington
Motto: Per Adua Ad Summa (Through Difficulties to the Heights)
Arms granted in 1937
Geography
Status Urban district (until 1937)
Municipal borough (after 1937)
HQ Wallington
History
Created 1915
Abolished 1965
Succeeded by London Borough of Sutton

Beddington and Wallington was an urban district and then municipal borough in north east Surrey, England.

The urban district was created in 1915 from part of the abolished Croydon Rural District, and comsisted of the civil parishes of Beddington and Wallington. In 1937 the urban district council successfully petitioned for a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough.

The borough was abolished in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963, with its area becoming part of the London Borough of Sutton in Greater London.

The borough council was granted arms by the College of Arms on 3 July 1937.[1] Across the centre of the shield was a "fess embattled", representing the fortified walls of the reputed Roman town of Noviomagus at Woodcote. The Tudor roses stood for Henry VIII and Elizabeth I who visited the seat of the Carew family of Beddington. The small shield or "inescutcheon" in the centre of the arms bore an aeroplane flying over a rising sun. This recorded the presence of Croydon Airport in south Beddington. The blue and gold border denoted that the district formed part of Surrey, and was derived from the arms of the de Warenne family, sometime Earls of Surrey. The crest above the shield was an armoured arm in the act of throwing down a gauntlet. This recalled that the manor of Wallington was anciently held by the Dymock family, who were Hereditary Champions of England.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington (Civic Heraldry) accessed 15 Jan 2008
  2. ^ C W Scott-Giles, Civic Heraldry of England and Wales, 2nd edition, London, 1953
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