As with all these arty things that I'm so ignorant of, I need the full description to understand it properly:
Wheat sheaves (or garbs as they are known in heraldry) are the symbols most associated with Cheshire and are a prominent feature of the shields of all three predecessor authorities. The combination of three crowns represents the amalgamation of the three boroughs in the crest; an Eastern crown has been used, referring to the fact that the authority covers the eastern half of the county.
The main feature of the crest is a stag. There are a good many at Tatton Park also two gold stags supported the arms of Macclesfield Borough Council. All four authorities had lions; a lion has therefore been made one of the two supporters in the new design.
Crewe and Nantwich’s supporters were two griffins; hence the other supporter is a griffin. This has additional symbolism because in classical mythology the griffin was the guardian of treasure. It is therefore provides an allusion to the council’s role as custodian of the district’s heritage. Both the lion and the griffin have garlands of laurel round their neck in the same fashion as the stags in Macclesfield’s coat of arms. They are shown standing on a grassy mound, emblematic of the countryside and wavy blue lines suggest rivers and waterways.
Finally, a single garb and an Eastern crown have been combined to form a simple heraldic badge which will also be used as the seal for the authority.
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