Editing Chesterfield, Derbyshire (section)

=== Coat of arms ===
The borough council uses [[coat of arms|armorial bearings]] originally granted to the previous borough corporation by [[letters patent]] dated 10 November 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/derbys.html |title=Derbyshire |access-date=9 February 2009 |work=Civic Heraldry of England and Wales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016063051/http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/derbys.html |archive-date=16 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[blazon]] of the arms is as follows:

<blockquote>Gules a Device representing a Pomegranate Tree as depicted on the ancient Common Seal of the Borough the tree leaved and eradicated proper flowered and fructed Or ''and for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours'' Issuant from a Mural Crown Gules Masoned Or a Mount Vert thereon a Derby Ram passant guardant proper.
''Supporters'': On the dexter side a Cock and on the sinister side a Pynot or Magpie proper each Ducally gorged Or<ref name=history>{{Cite web |url=http://youandyesterday.com/articles/Chesterfield_Borough_Council_-_Its_Coat_of_Arms_Explained |title=Chesterfield Borough Council – Its Coat of Arms Explained – Bygone Derbyshire |publisher=Bygone Derbyshire |last=Seddon |first=Peter |date=November 2010 |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref></blockquote>

The shield is based on the borough's ancient common seal, believed to date from the earlier 16th century. The seal depicts a stylised [[pomegranate]] tree. When the arms were formally granted, the [[College of Arms]] expressed the view that the plant had been adopted by the town as a symbol of loyalty to the crown, as it had been a royal badge used by [[Katherine of Aragon]], [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Mary I of England|Mary Tudor]].<ref name=history/> The crest depicts a [[The Derby Ram (song)|Derby Ram]], representing the county of Derbyshire, and a [[mural crown]], suggestive of a town wall and thus borough status.<ref name=history/> The [[supporters]] represent the ''Cock and Pynot Inn'', [[Old Whittington]]. The now ''Cock and Magpie Inn'' (53°16'13.1"N 1°25'34.3"W) is next to ''Revolution House'', which was the site of a meeting between conspirators against [[James II of England|James II]] in 1688. Among those meeting there were the [[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds|Earl of Danby]] and [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire|Devonshire]], marked by ducal crowns round the supporters' necks. The two birds stand on a [[compartment (heraldry)|compartment]] of rocks and moorland.<ref name=history/> The motto is "Aspire", a punning reference to the crooked spire of the parish church.<ref name=history/>