Put Out More Flags
Feb. 16th, 2025 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo Flags are fun. Lets have some more!
These are the flags of the Counties surrounding Sussex. Thanks to Wikipedia for the pictures and most of the information......
First the famous white horse of Kent. This is sometimes called the Invicta flag
Next comes Hampshire. The Saxon crown is a homage to Alfred the Great who had his capital in Winchester and the Tudor rose references the one painted on the "Arthurian"round table in Winchester Castle
And here's the flag of Surrey, it's chequered pattern echoing the arms of Surrey's sometime Lord, William of Warenne.
And now two surprising facts.
1. The heraldry may be ancient but the flags themselves are new. They were designed in the past few decades and then had to be recognised as "official" by something called the Flag Institute.
2. The County of Greater London (constituted in 1986) doesn't have one.
These are the flags of the Counties surrounding Sussex. Thanks to Wikipedia for the pictures and most of the information......
First the famous white horse of Kent. This is sometimes called the Invicta flag
Next comes Hampshire. The Saxon crown is a homage to Alfred the Great who had his capital in Winchester and the Tudor rose references the one painted on the "Arthurian"round table in Winchester Castle
And here's the flag of Surrey, it's chequered pattern echoing the arms of Surrey's sometime Lord, William of Warenne.
And now two surprising facts.
1. The heraldry may be ancient but the flags themselves are new. They were designed in the past few decades and then had to be recognised as "official" by something called the Flag Institute.
2. The County of Greater London (constituted in 1986) doesn't have one.
