City Coat of Arms – Liverpool, UK
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This coat of arms is on the tabard of a female figure that is being used to represent the City of Liverpool on top of a memorial.
Waymark Code: WMDA4X
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/12/2011
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The memorial is dedicated to Sir Alfred Lewis Jones (1845 - 13 December 1909) who started his career as an apprentice in The African Steamship Company at Liverpool.
The business expanded and helped to develop trade links with West Africa, the West Indes and the Canary Islands. During this time he introduced bananas into the UK, his boats becoming known as ‘the banana boats’. In the early 1900s Alfred Jones also had a monopoly on the Congo-Antwerp mail traffic.
He also founded the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. This school went on to discover that it was the anophiles mosquito that transmits Malaria.
The memorial has a total of three female figures to represent his achievements and links with Liverpool...
‘The Fruits of Industry’, ‘Research’ and ‘Liverpool’.
Not only did Sir Alfred Lewis Jones have maritime connections, but Liverpool always has done. It was founded in 1207 by King John specifically to provide a new port to give sea access to Ireland.
The coat of arms has a very nautical theme reflecting Liverpool’s history.
There is a central shield on which there is a cormorant, a local sea bird, with a piece of seaweed in its beak.
The left hand supporter is Neptune, the Roman God of the sea and his banner has another cormorant on it.
The right hand supporter is Triton, a Merman who was the son of the Greek God Poseidon and his banner shows a sailing ship.
The crest is another cormorant with a piece of seaweed.
The motto in Latin is ‘Deus nobis haec otia fecit’ which can be translated as "God has bestowed these blessings on us", and is taken from Virgil.
There is an interesting conundrum around the cormorants, which come to be knows as ‘Liver’ birds.
The coat of arms were not granted until 1797, but the original seal of the town of Liverpool was based on King John’s seal and showed an eagle with a sprig of broom in its beak. (Broom is a shrub with yellow flowers).
In 1644 the original seal was lost and a new one made. No one knows why the eagle was changed to a cormorant, but locally it took on a mythological status. The building behind this statue has two ‘Liver’ birds on top, one looking out to sea to protect the city’s prosperity and one looking over the City to protect the people of Liverpool.
Bearer of Coat of Arms: Town
Full name of the bearer: City of Liverpool
Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?:
On a female figure representing the City of Liverpool on top of a memorial to Sir Alfred Lewis Jones.
The memorial is in front of the Liver Building on the Pier Head at the waterfront.
Material / Design: Cast metal
Address:
Canada Boulevard
Pier Head
Liverpool
Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link]
Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]
Blazon (heraldic description): Not listed
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