Hanley Arms

Hanley has no town motto.

On the Hanley County Borough Arms is the Dromedary camel (see example below) this was from the Crest of the Ridgway Family - this was contributed to the city coat of arms. 

The jugs (upper left) and the bottle kilns (upper right) represent the pottery industry.

Hanley County Borough Arms

The present Town Hall in Albion Street was built as the Queens Hotel in 1869, designed by Robert Scrivener. It became the Town Hall in the 1880's.

John Ridgway became the first Mayor and from his family crest the kneeling dromedary was used in the Seal of the Borough of Hanley.

on the Ridgway Family
on the Town Hall
on Albion Street