Axminster, Devon, England

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Blazon

    per saltire gu and az
an orb or much smaller
a pole axe or reversed in dexter flank very much bigger
 very much bigger slightly to the dexter
a pole axe or in sinister flank very much bigger very
 much bigger slightly to the sinister
a shuttle or in base smaller lower slightly lower
achievement an esquires helmet iron
torse or and gu
mantling or and gu
crest a demi church or charged with a sod vert very
 much lower very much lower much lower very much to
 the sinister
motto "   STEAFAST AND FAITHFUL   " lower

(Previously entry no. 6081)

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Notes

Officially granted on November 10, 1945. The field and orb are from the arms attributed to King Athelstan, and the battle-axes refer to the Battle of Brunanburgh in 938, after which Athelstan endowed the Church at Axminster with lands so that prayers might be offered up for the souls of his earls who had been slain. The axes are also a play on the name. The shuttle refers to the carpets which take their name from the town where they have been made since 1755. The crest symbolises the ancient minster round which the town grew up. The arms are now used by the town council. https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Axminster

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