Sign of the Egerton Arms Hotel
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Sign of the Egerton Arms Hotel
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 5 Mar 2018
The sign of the Egerton Arms Hotel Image] has a coat of arms on it with the motto Virtuti - Non - Armis - Fido which translates as "I Trust to virtue not to arms" which is the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton. In 1784 Sir Thomas Egerton, 7th Baronet, was created Baron Grey de Wilton. The Egertons were the owners of the Tatton Park Estate and his descendent Lord Egerton of Tatton was chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal Company. It was he that turned the first sod in the building of the canal. It may be that the Egerton Arms derives its name from that family. http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/SALFORD/egertonarms.html
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Image Location
Latitude
53.483125
Longitude
-2.255383