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Yorkshire – West Riding Day
Yorkshire – West Riding Day is on the 29th March – the anniversary of the Battle of Towton located in the West Riding. The day was selected by a public vote. The battle occurred on March 29th 1461 and ended … Continue reading
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Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire’s flag was registered on 19th November 2008. The flag is a banner of arms of the County Councilreleased for public use, following enquiries from members of the Flag Institute. In 2004 the organisers of the Hertfordshire county show arranged … Continue reading
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Huntingdonshire Day
Huntingdonshire Day is on the 25th April, birth date of Oliver Cromwell , considered the county’s most famous son and selected by the Huntingdonshire Society in tandem with the registration of the county flag. A museum dedicated to Cromwell in … Continue reading
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Middlesex
Middlesex’s flag was included on the registry from its inception. The county’s name is likely to be familiar to most people; it is a county cricket team so is heard often in a sporting context and is found frequently in … Continue reading
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Yorkshire – North Riding Day
Yorkshire – North Riding Day is on the 22nd August – the date on which both the Battle of the Standard at Northallerton and the Battle of Bosworth Field , where the last Yorkist King, Richard III, was killed, took … Continue reading
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Yorkshire – East Riding Day
Yorkshire – East Riding Day is on the 24th August. The date was chosen in celebration of the East Riding of Yorkshire’s greatest son, William Wilberforce, born on that day in 1759. Wilberforce was closely associated with the East Riding … Continue reading
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Yorkshire Day
Yorkshire Day is August 1st, the date of the Battle of Minden in 1759 when sources report that Yorkshiremen of the 51st Regiment of Foot picked white roses from bushes near to the battlefields and wore them on their clothing. Some … Continue reading
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Wiltshire Day
Wiltshire Day is on the 5th June – on this date in 2007 that the “Great Bustard” flag was flown for the first time at County Hall, Trowbridge by Jane Scott, leader of the former county council.
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Sussex Day
Sussex Day is the the 16th of June, the feast day of local saint, Richard. Saint Richard was born in the town of Wyche (modern Droitwich, Worcestershire) in 1197. A member of a gentry family, he initially farmed his elder … Continue reading
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Pembrokeshire Day
Pembrokeshire Day is on 1st June. This date has been acknowledged as the county day for many years but details regarding its significance or selection have proven elusive! There is, sadly, little evidence that the date is greatly commemorated locally.
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