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The Town Crest contains the
story of the town. You can see the barrel used in the brewing industry with the old Joules
Brewery, the bradawl and awl are to do with shoemaking that grew up around the products
associated with the cattle market. The two black lozenges are representative of
the North & South Staffordshire coalfields and the wheatsheaf shows the importance of
agriculture. SIT SAXUM FIRMUM translates to being “Let the stone be firm” The
Pegasus on top is from the Coat of Arms of one of Stone’s famous personalities, Earl
St. Vincent. The Market Town of Stone was named after the pile of stones raised
on the graves of the Princes killed by their father, King Wulhere of Mercia in 665 AD |
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