Earlier railway companies frequently employed circular pictorial seals which occasionally included shields, crests or other elements from civic arms.
Motto: Velociter Et Securiter Blazon: Issuant from a crown composed of a rose a thistle a leek and an oak leaf Or a demi lion Gules holding between the paws a railway wheel Argent.
Crest: In front of a demi-sun Or a wheel Azure winged Argent struck through with a lightning bolt bendwise sinister Gules.
Supporters: Two unicorns Argent royally crowned Proper armed crined and unguled Or each gorged with a coronet of the second composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lis a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also of the second.
Motto: In Defens, Nemo me impune lacessit, Caledonian Railway Company The arms of the Duchy of Cornwall - Sable fifteen bezants five four three two and one Or.
[8] The arms of Maldon - Party per pale Azure and Argent on the dexter side three lions passant guardant in pale Or and on the sinister on waves of the sea in base Proper a ship of one mast Sable the mast surmounted by a fleur-de-lis Gold and from the masthead a pennon flotant Gules the sail furled Argent and from a turret at the stern a flagstaff erect surmounted by a fleur-de-lis of the sixth and therefrom a banner of the first charged with three lions passant guardant of the third.
[9] The arms of Ipswich - Party per pale gules and azure, on the dexter side, a lion rampant guardant or, and on the sinister three demi-hulks of ships of the same conjoined to the impalement line.
[18] The arms of Barnsley - Argent on a chevron Gules between two shuttles fessewise in chief and in base as many pickaxes in saltire Proper a falcon wings elevated and holding in the dexter claw a padlock Or between two boar's heads couped of the last each holding in the mouth a cross patee fitchee in pale of the first a chief Sable thereon a cross patee between two covered cups all within a bordure embattled Or.
[19] Dexter the shield of the City of Lancaster 1907-1974 (Per fess Azure and Gules in chief a Fleur-de-Lis and in base a Lion passant guardant Or.)
In chief St Edward's Crown Proper and in base two roses dexter Gules sinister Argent their leaves and slips conjoined Vert.
[35] Escutcheon: 1st Birmingham (quarterly first and fourth Azure a bend of five lozenges Or second and third per pale indented of the last and Gules over all a fess Ermine thereon a mural crown of the second) 2nd Derby (Argent on a mount Vert a stag lodged all within park-pales and a gate all Proper) 3rd Bristol (Gules on the sinister side a castle with two towers domed all Argent on each dome a banner charged with the cross of St George the castle on a mount Vert the dexter base water Proper thereon a ship of three masts Or sailing from a port in the dexter tower her fore and main masts being visible Sable the rigging of the last and on each a round top of the fifth on the foremast a sail set and on the main-mast a sail furled of the second) 4th Leicester (Gules a cinquefoil pierced Ermine) 5th Lincoln (Argent on a cross Gules a fleur-de-lis Or) 6th Leeds (Azure a fleece Or on a chief Sable three mullets Argent)[36] Crest: The wyvern of Mercia.
Motto: Periculum Privatum Utilitas Publica (At Private Risk For Public Service)[42] The arms of Llywelyn the Great - Quarterly Or and Gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged.
[44] The arms of Berwick - Argent on a mount a bear standing against a tree all Proper the bear collared and chained Or in fess two escutcheons on each the arms of France and England quarterly on a chief Argent a king crowned and habited Or holding in his dexter hand a mount and in the sinister a sceptre Gold.
[45] Escutcheon: Gules two swords in saltire Argent hilted and pommelled Gold the points downwards between in chief a sun in splendour in base a fleur-de-lis Or and in fess two Wolves' Heads erased of the second.
Supporters: On either side a lion that to the dexter Gules the sinister Or each charged on the shoulder with an annulet enclosing two bars wavy counter-changed and resting the interior hind paw on a rock Proper.
Motto: Non Est Vivere Sed Valere Vita [48] Escutcheon: Gules between two garbs Or three bezants in bend each charged with a horse passant Sable.
Supporters: Dexter a Russian Brown Bear Proper sinister a greyhound Argent gorged with a collar checky of the last and Azure.
Motto: Murus Aeneus Conscientia Sana (A Sound Conscience Is A Wall Of Brass)[50] Escutcheon: Ermine on a cross raguly Gules an eastern crown Or on a chief Azure two swords in saltire Proper pommels and hilts Gold between as many leopards’ faces Argent.
Supporters: Dexter, an officer of the Guide Cavalry (Irregulars) of the Pathan tribe in the province of Peshawar habited and accoutred Proper.