CORPORATION INSIGNIA
THE MAYOR'S CHAIN
Mayor's Chain
The Mayor's Chain was presented to the Town on the 5th April, 1877, by the first Mayoress (Mrs. John Duckworth).
The MAYORESS'S CHAIN
The Mayoress's Chain was presented on 6th May, 1897, by the then Deputy-Mayoress (Mrs. John Hall, of Waterloo, Manchester Road), "in commemoration of the long reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen."
Corporation Mace
The CORPORATION MACE,
The Corporation Mace, designed and executed by Messrs. Elkington & Co., Ltd., was presented by the Executors of the late Mrs. Martyn, "to mark the unique honour conferred upon her brother - Sir John Parks - by an invitation to occupy the Mayoral Chair for a fourth time."
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