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Part of the chairman's chain of office showing medallion. Presented by Councillor W.E.Moorhouse in 1938, to commemorate the amalgamation of the Rothwell urban, Methley urban and Hunslet rural districts.
The chain consists of 32 gold links with space thereon for engraving of each chairman's name and year of office. Symbolical figures are embossed on the medallion representing historical events and industries of the Rothwell area. On his history of Rothwell, Batty traces derivation of the name 'Rothwell' from Rood a cross and well.The lions are from the de Lacy coat of arms.The micrometer not only signifies the engineering industry but perpetuates the memory of William Gascoigne of Thorpe Hall,inventor of the instrument.Coal-mining is represented by the pitlamp,stone quarrying picks, and agriculture by the wheat sheaf.The base of the medallion is shown as representing the last wild Boar having been shot at Rothwell Haigh by John of Gaunt,Duke of Lancaster.The motto'sic vos von vobis' may be freely translated as 'thus for you but not for you' | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Civic Insignia | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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