Summer quiz – crest answers

Last Friday I left you with a number of crests belonging to the coats of arms of various towns, cities and counties in the UK. The crest sits above the shield, the torse (not a horse as the spell check keeps trying to tell me) and the helm. How did you do? And of course, there were some notable exceptions – the owl on Leeds crest, Hereford’s white lion and Lancaster’s sailing boat to name but a few. The next instalment will follow today.

Plymouth
Carlisle
3) Halifax – the pascal lamb standing on a Saxon crown.
Derbyshire
West Yorkshire
Edinburgh
Manchester
York
Birmingham
Belfast
Cardiff
Coventry
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