Leopards with coronets (?)

 

You'll find three leopards' heads in a triangular shape used in heraldry all over the world, though only in Shropshire can they rightfully be called loggerheads.

Here's an example: this is a photo of some heraldic arms on a gravestone at Hixon St Peter's in Staffordshire.  The grave seems to be that of a 19th-century local dignitary, Enoch Broad. I haven't been able to trace whether these are his personal arms or simply that of the family - or indeed of Hixon itself (maybe).
It's also difficult, because the stone is so worn, to identify the ring round the creatures' heads as a simple circlet, or even a coronet.
You'd think the chevron would be a helpful piece of evidence, but.... not so far.

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Buxton's leopard

 

Like I've said elsewhere in this photo-blog, one can get obsessive in 'loggerheads-spotting'.

Much as I would like it to be, the animal here is obviously not a proper loggerhead.  

This is a piece of stained glass seen in the Pump Room at Buxton; and although Buxton is in Derbyshire, not far from Shropshire, we are definitely no longer in loggerheads-country here!

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