File:Rochdale Coat of Arms.jpg

Arms of the County Borough of Rochdale Council. File taken from civicheraldry.co.uk, with permission (see about the civic heraldry images...).

This is the coat of arms of the former Rochdale County Borough Council. It was granted by the College of Arms 20 February 1857.

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The icon is of a defunct (since 1974) organisation (the Rochdale County Borough Council - a former public corporation), but commonly used as a symbol of a local division of land.

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