| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
 |
|
Flag of the former Bedfordshire County Council |
Red and gold quarters split horizontally by blue and white
waves and vertically with a black band containing three white
shells.
The red and gold quarters are from the arms of the Beauchamps,
the leading family in the county after the Norman Conquest. The
waves signify the River Ouse, and the shells are from the arms of
the Russell Family, commemorating their services to the state and
to the county.
|
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|
Flag of
Berkshire (private proposal) |
Two horizontal bands of white over light blue, bearing,
overall, a stylised image of a golden deer and oak. |
|
|
Flag of Buckinghamshire County Council |
Local authority flag. Black and red vertical stripes with a
white swan |
 |
Early 19th Century |
Saint Piran's Flag, the Flag of
Cornwall*
|
A white cross on a black field, 3:5. [3] |
 |
22 September 2006 |
Flag
of Derbyshire*
|
A green cross with a white border on a sky blue field, with a
gold Tudor rose in the
centre, 3:5. [4] |
 |
23 July 2002 |
Flag of
Devon, aka St Petroc's Cross*
|
A white cross with a black border on a green field, 3:5. [5] |
 |
16 September 2008 |
Flag of
Dorset - The Dorset Cross, aka St
Wite's Cross*
|
A white cross with a red border on a gold field, 3:5. [6] |
 |
|
Flag of the city of Durham. |
Local authority flag. A red cross cross outlined in white on a
black field. |
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Flag of County
Durham. |
Local authority flag. A yellow cross on a blue field with lions
rampant in each quarter, the centre of the cross is broken with a
white rose and black diamonds on each arm. Flag modified from the
arms of the Bishopric of Durham[7] |
 |
1900s - |
Flag of East
Anglia*
|
The arms ascribed to the Wuffingas dynasty of East Anglia, three
crowns on a blue shield, superimposed on a St. George's Cross, 3:5. [8] |
 |
|
Flag of Essex*
|
A red field with three white, gold hilted Saxon swords or
Seaxes. [9] |
 |
March 2008 - |
Flag of Gloucestershire - The
Severn Cross*
|
A mid-blue cross, outlined in cream, against an apple green
background - the winning entry in a competition to commemorate the
county's millennium.[10] |
 |
|
Flag of Hampshire
County Council |
Local authority flag. |
 |
November 2008 |
Flag of Hertfordshire
Official* |
Against eight blue and white wavy lines, representing the
county's rivers, a gold shield bearing a resting deer or hart.[11] |
 |
|
Flag of Huntingdonshire |
On a green background, a gold, ribboned hunting horn - detail
taken from the crest of the county arms (full achievement). |
 |
January 2009 |
Flag of the Isle of
Wight |
A white lozenge with an upper indent or "pile" on a light blue
background, over six wavy stripes of blue and white. |
 |
|
Flag of the Isles of Scilly - The Scillonian
Cross*
|
A white cross on an orange upper field and blue lower field
with five white stars in the upper right quarter, 3:5. [12] |
 |
1605 |
Flag of
Kent*
|
A red field with a white horse in the centre, 3:5. [13] |
 |
Modern form since 2008 |
Flag of Lancashire*
|
The red rose of Lancashire on a yellow field (originally a
white field) [14][15] |
 |
|
Flag of Leicestershire County Council
|
The flag is divided into four quarters. The first quarter is a
cinquefol, or five within a red circle,the second quarter is
charged a white lion with two tails on a red ground, the third
quarter shows an ermine plume on a red ground and the forth shows a
black maunch.[16] |
 |
24 October 2005 |
Flag of Lincolnshire*
|
A red cross with yellow trimming on a blue and green field, and
a yellow fleur de lys in the middle of the
cross.[17] |
 |
|
Flag of the City of
London |
A red cross on a white field, with a red sword in the
canton |
 |
13th Century - |
Flag of Mercia |
A gold saltire on a blue field (Cross of St Alban); the
traditional flag of the Kingdom of Mercia, still flown on Tamworth
Castle. |
 |
1909 |
Flag of
Middlesex
Official* |
A red field with three white, gold hilted Saxon swords or
Seaxes under a gold Saxon crown.[18] |
 |
7th century (modern form 1951) |
Flag of Northumberland County Council
Official* |
Local authority flag with use permitted to local people. Eight
yellow rectangles on a red field, note that the canton (top corner
nearest the flagpole) should be gold.[19] |
 |
|
Flag of
Rutland Council |
Local authority flag. A green background strewn with golden
acorns, surrounding a central golden horseshoe. |
 |
|
Flag of
Somerset County Council |
Local authority flag. A red dragon on a yellow field, bearing a
blue mace - a banner of the county arms.[20] |
 |
|
Flag of
Suffolk (private proposal) |
A cross of Saint George bearing a shield of arms attributed to
the martyred Saint Edmund. |
 |
|
Flag of Surrey County
Council |
Local authority flag. Divided into halves, blue and black, with
two gold keys representing the Chertsey Abbey, a woolpack on blue and a
sprig of oak on black. (a banner of
the modern coat of arms of Surrey County
Council). |
 |
2008 - |
Flag of
Sussex |
The background is divided into red and blue bearing six
traditional golden (yellow) martlets over a stylised representation
of the waves on the Sussex shoreline. |
 |
|
Flag of Wessex |
A gold wyvern on a red
field. |
 |
|
Flag of
Wiltshire (private proposal, design under copyright) |
Alternating downward angled stripes of green and white bearing
a green disc within six alternating green and white sections, on
which stands an image of a Great Bustard.[21] |
 |
1965 or earlier |
Flag of Yorkshire*
|
The White Rose of Yorkshire on a blue field.[22] |
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