Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms
Lamb and Flag Maltese Cross Crossed Keys and Sword The ship, the fisherman and the pirate

Lamb and Flag

The tin stamp used by the smelting house at Gulval village to mark its blocks of tin.

Maltese Cross

Represents Madron and its connections with the Knights of St John

Crossed Keys and Sword

The crossed keys of St Peter represent Newlyn and the sword of St Paul represents the village of Paul.

The ship, the fisherman and the pirate

The importance of Penzance as a major port is represented by a ship with all guns firing; a fisherman carrying a net; and a pirate holding a cutlass. The pirate also celebrates the town’s famous association with Gilbert & Sullivan’s opera The Pirates of Penzance.