 For second @-@ tier local government purposes , Clwyd was divided into six districts : Alyn and Deeside , Colwyn , <unk> , Glyndŵr , Rhuddlan and Wrexham <unk> , each being operated by a district or borough council . These were abolished , along with the county itself , on 1 April 1996 . Clwyd County Council 's coat of arms was granted in December 1974 . The design of the shield , crest and motto includes elements taken from the arms of the councils of the former Flintshire and Denbighshire . The green and white wave represents the Vale of Clwyd and the Clwydian Range lying between the two parts of the county . The cross and choughs come from Flintshire 's shield , which itself incorporated the traditional arms of Edwin of <unk> , while the black lion of the Princes of Powys <unk> is taken from Denbighshire 's shield . The motto , <unk> <unk> <unk> can be translated as " The shield of Justice is God " . 
