Somerset Coat of Arms

The arms were granted in 1911. The arms show a dragon from the attributed arms of the Kingdom of Wessex. The Wessex dragon also features in the arms of the neighbouring Counties of Dorset, Avon and Wiltshire. To make the design distinctive, the dragon supports a civic mace. Thus the arms show that this is a local council in Wessex. The Motto is Sumorsaete Ealle meaning All the people of Somerset.

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