Editing London Borough of Tower Hamlets (section)

==Coat of arms==
The coat of arms of the Borough of Tower Hamlets was granted by the [[College of Arms]] in 1965<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Tower_Hamlets|title=Tower Hamlets|website=Heraldry of the World|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> and is composed of elements representing the maritime trades and heritage of the area. The strong links to the former [[Stepney#Manor and Ancient Parish|manor and ancient parish of Stepney]] and to [[St Dunstan's, Stepney|St Dunstan's church]] in Stepney known as the ''Church of the High Seas'' are represented. The manor and parish did not have a coat of arms but the (smaller) subsequent [[Metropolitan Borough of Stepney]] did, and elements from that have been incorporated into the current design.

The shield features:
* A ship, representing the maritime trades.
* A sprig of [[morus nigra|mulberry]] and a weaver's shuttle, representing the silk and other weaving activities once so important to the borough. The use of mulberry also honours the [[Huguenots|Huguenot]] refugees who first brought silk weaving to Tower Hamlets, and to England generally.<ref>{{Cite news |last=White |first=Anna |date=2018-03-19 |title=How London's newest developments are harnessing the history they were built on |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/londons-newest-developments-harnessing-history-built/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Many council staff wear mulberry coloured (claret\maroon) uniforms.
* Blacksmith's fire tongs, the emblem of [[St Dunstan]], the patron saint of Stepney, who had close ties to the area. Dunstan famously grabbed the devil by the nose with his tongs when he tried to tempt Dunstan.
The crest features:
* A silver representation of the (originally whitewashed) [[White Tower (Tower of London)|White Tower]] of the [[Tower of London]], to which the original [[Tower division|Tower Hamlets (or Tower division)]] was intimately linked.
* Crossed gold anchors, again representing the area's position in the Port of London.
Supporters:
* A [[Hippocampus (mythology)|seahorse]], representing the maritime trades.
* A [[Talbot (dog)|talbot dog]], representing the [[Isle of Dogs]].
Motto: ''From great things to greater'', an anglicised version of the Latin motto on the arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

The council's logo is used as an alternative to the coat of arms. It features a simplified White Tower, above a stylised representation of the Thames. This was a development of the previous logo of the White Tower, in mulberry and presented in a three-tower form, as if seen from certain quarters which obscured the furthest corner tower—and a geographically accurate representation of the local part of the Thames. This older version is still seen on many street signs.