[3][4] When created the district contained the three civil parishes of Bisley, Chobham and Windlesham.
[5][6] Bagshot Rural District Council was granted a coat of arms on 20 July 1960.
On the crest, the gold and white background was from the arms of Chertsey Abbey, which owned and is connected with the history of much of the district – Bagshot was included in a grant to the Abbey as early as 933.
The stag's head on the crest refers to Bagshot Park, a royal demesne since Norman times and hunting ground of the Stuart kings, and also to the fact that much of the area was formerly part of Windsor Forest.
The fir cones and mound of heathland refers to Bagshot Heath, and the falcon is derived from the supporters of the Earls of Onslow.