Weblinks.
- Association of British Counties (ABC)
- About British Counties from the ABC
- ABC’s Introduction to British Counties, what they are and why they matter.
- ABC’s County Profiles
- ABC’s Gazetteer of British Place Names
- British County Flags Facebook page
- British County Flags on Threads
- British County Flags on Twitter
- County Map Quiz
- County Wise
- Flag Institute Registry – County Flags
- Flags Of The World
- Historic Counties Trust
- Interactive County Map
- Irish County Flags
- Quadhurst County Map
- Wikishire
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Shetland Day
Shetland Day is on the 21st June – Midsummer Day, the day in 2007, when the county flag was recognised.
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Orkney Day
Orkney Day is on the 16th April – the feast day of Saint Magnus, one time Earl of Orkney whose attributed banner of a red offset cross on yellow was previously used as the county flag and was inspiration for … Continue reading
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Lincolnshire Day
Lincolnshire Day is on the 1st October. It commemorates the Lincolnshire Uprising of 1536 when Roman Catholics expressed their dissent against the establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monasteries set in motion … Continue reading
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Lancashire Day
Lancashire Day is on the 27th November. The date when the first Lancastrians were sent to Parliament in 1295 to attend what later became known as “The Model Parliament”, called to Westminster by King Edward I The day was initiated by the Friends … Continue reading
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Dorset Day
Dorset Day is on the 1st June – the feast day of Saint Wite, a local saint after whom the county flag was originally named. The saint’s origins are unknown and there are no written records. She is understood to have … Continue reading
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Devon Day
Devon Day is on the 4th of June, the feast day of Saint Petroc, a 6th century Celtic saint significant in the county, to whom the Devon flag is dedicated. Saint Petroc was a British prince and Christian saint. Believed … Continue reading
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Cornwall Day
Cornwall’s day is 5th March, the feast day of the land’s patron saint, Saint Piran, a long established tradition. Supposedly of Irish origin and sometimes identified as the Irish Saint Ciarán of Saigir who founded the monastery at Seir-Kieran in … Continue reading
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Middlesex Day
Middlesex Day is the 16th of May, the date of the Battle of Albuerra in which the Middlesex Regiment, ever since, known as the “Die-hards”, distinguished themselves. The Middlesex Regiment was part of the British forces fighting under the Duke of Wellington … Continue reading
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Lancashire
Lancashire’s warm and sunny flag was registered in 2008. It features the county’s traditional red rose with which it has long been associated. A rose had first been used as a royal badge by Henry III (reigned 1216 – 1272) … Continue reading
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Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire’s colourful flag was registered on October 24th, 2005. It was the winning entry in a competition to select a flag for the county. This had been sparked by a letter to a local magazine, County News, from two readers … Continue reading
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