Coat of Arms
The town's Coat of Arms consists of three salt baskets dripping brine in honour of the salt industry, the lion on a castle from the arms of the Verdin family who were great benefactors to the area a century ago, the three wheatsheafs of Cheshire and the three lions of England with a crozier, the emblem of Vale Royal Abbey.
The Latin motto Cassis Tutissima Virtus may be translated as "virtue is the safest defence".
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