Coat of Arms
The Coulsdon & Purley Urban District started on 1st April 1915, and ended on
31st March 1965 when it was incorporated with the Borough of Croydon
to become the London Borough of Croydon
The Coulsdon & Purley Urban District was made up of the parishes of Coulsdon & Sanderstead, with the addition of Farleigh in 1933
The Coat of Arms was granted on 24th March 1953
The colours on the shield are taken from the arms of Merton College, Oxford, which has owned the manor of Farleigh since the thirteenth century
The green chevron represents the Green Belt, and hilly nature of the district, in particular the hill of Cuthraed's Dun, from which Coulsdon's name is derived
The Oak, and Beech tree represent the wooded nature of the area
The black Lion is taken from the arms of Hyde Abbey in Winchester who owned the Manor of Sanderstead in the middle ages
The five white discs on the chevron represent pearls, a play on the name Purley
The crest, above the helmet, of an arm holding silver keys is taken from the Atwood family who owned Sanderstead in the seventeenth & eighteenth centuries
The family is also recorded in Coulsdon during the fourteenth century
The keys are taken from the arms of Chertsey Abbey who owned Coulsdon until
the reformation
The Motto reads
Ad Summa Pergamus (Let us press on to the highest)
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