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The '''Lancashire flag''' is the flag of the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Lancashire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lancashire-flag-flying-high-above-whitehall |title=Lancashire flag flying high above Whitehall |website=gov.uk |date=27 November 2012 |access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref>


A flag consisting of a red rose on a gold field is currently used to represent the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Lancashire]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lancashire-flag-flying-high-above-whitehall |title=Lancashire flag flying high above Whitehall |website=gov.uk |date=27 November 2012 |access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref> A red rose is a [[Red Rose of Lancaster|traditional symbol of Lancashire]], and red and yellow are also the livery colours of the county.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancashire |url={{Flag Institute|Lancashire}} |access-date=24 August 2015 |website=The Flag Institute}}</ref> The flag was designed by the [[Friends of Real Lancashire]], a pressure group which promotes the historic county of Lancashire,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Friends of Real Lancashire |url=https://www.forl.co.uk/about-us |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.forl.co.uk}}</ref> and registered with the [[Flag Institute]], a British charity which promotes vexillology,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Flag Institute {{!}} Who We Are {{!}} What We Do {{!}} How To Join Us |url=https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/about/about-the-flag-institute/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=The Flag Institute |language=en-GB}}</ref> in 2008.
The [[Red Rose of Lancaster]] is a symbol for the [[House of Lancaster]], immortalised in the verse "In the battle for England's head/[[House of York|York]] was white, Lancaster red" (referring to the 15th century [[Wars of the Roses|War of the Roses]]).


The flag has been flown from public buildings within the historic county on [[Lancashire Day]] (27 November), including [[County Hall, Preston|County Hall]] in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moffatt |first=Andy |date=27 November 2022 |title=Lancashire Day: council council's chairman hails "friendliness and community spirit" of the Red Rose county |work=Lancashire Post |url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/people/lancashire-day-council-councils-chairman-hails-friendliness-and-community-spirit-of-the-red-rose-county-3932280}}</ref> [[St Helens Town Hall]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-27 |title=Red Rose flag flies as St Helens celebrates Lancashire Day |url=https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/14108004.red-rose-flag-flies-as-st-helens-celebrates-lancashire-day/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=St Helens Star |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities|Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government]] building in London.<ref name=":0" /> It has also been raised on public flagpoles in [[Littleborough, Greater Manchester|Littleborough]] and [[Milnrow]], in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale|borough of Rochdale]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lancashire Day celebrated in Pennines villages |url=https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/154261/lancashire-day-celebrated-in-pennines-villages |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.rochdaleonline.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>
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An unofficial Lancashire flag, a red rose on a white field, was never registered. When an attempt was made to register it with the [[Flag Institute]], it was found that this flag had already been registered by the town of [[Montrose, Angus]], several hundred years earlier with the [[Lyon Office]]. As the Flag Institute will not register two flags of the same design within the United Kingdom, Lancashire's official flag was registered — in 2008 — as a red rose on a gold field. The background was chosen as it, along with red, are the livery colours of the county.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Lancashire-flag-is-all-yellow.4333614.jp |newspaper=Lancashire Evening Post |title=Lancashire flag is all yellow |first=Chris |last=Visser |date=29 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801170733/https://www.lep.co.uk/news/Lancashire-flag-is-all-yellow.4333614.jp |archive-date=1 August 2008}}</ref><gallery widths="200">

File:Flag of Lancashire County Council.svg|Flag of [[Lancashire County Council]], which is a banner of the council's coat of arms.
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==Previous designs==
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An unofficial Lancashire flag, a red rose on a white field, was never registered. When an attempt was made to register it with the [[Flag Institute]], it was found that this flag had already been registered by the town of [[Montrose, Angus]], several hundred years earlier with the [[Lyon Office]]. As the Flag Institute will not register two flags of the same design within the United Kingdom, Lancashire's official flag was registered — in 2008 — as a red rose on a gold field. The background was chosen as it, along with red, are the livery colours of the county.<ref>{{cite news |last=Visser |first=Chris |date=29 July 2008 |title=Lancashire flag is all yellow |newspaper=Lancashire Evening Post |url=http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Lancashire-flag-is-all-yellow.4333614.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801170733/https://www.lep.co.uk/news/Lancashire-flag-is-all-yellow.4333614.jp |archive-date=1 August 2008}}</ref><gallery widths="200">
File:Unofficial flag of Lancashire (until 2008).svg|Unofficial version of the Lancashire flag with a white background, commonly used before the adoption of the current version.
File:Unofficial flag of Lancashire (until 2008).svg|Unofficial version of the Lancashire flag with a white background, commonly used before the adoption of the current version.
File:Flag of Montrose, Angus.svg|Flag of Montrose.
File:Flag of Montrose, Angus.svg|Flag of Montrose.
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==Flag design==
The [[Pantone|Pantone colors]] for the flag are: yellow, 116; red, 485; dark red, 201; and green, 354.<ref>{{cite web |url={{Flag Institute|Lancashire}} |website=The Flag Institute |title=Lancashire |access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref>

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==Previous proposals==
In the 1990s, [[William Crampton]], founder of the Flag Institute, came up with a number of potential designs for a flag of Lancashire. These included a white flag divided by a red Saint George's Cross with a red rose in each quarter; a blue-white-blue horizontal triband with a red rose on the white stripe, shifted towards the hoist; a white flag with a blue border and a red rose in the centre; a white flag divided by a red Saint George's Cross with a red rose in the first quarter.<ref name="">{{cite web |url=https://britishcountyflags.com/2013/06/23/lancashire-flag/ |title=Lancashire |author= |date=23 June 2013 |work=British County Flags |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>
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Lancashire Flag Proposal by William Crampton (Proposal 1).svg|
Lancashire Flag Proposal by William Crampton (Proposal 2).svg|
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Lancashire Flag Proposal by William Crampton (Proposal 4).svg|
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Michael Faul, a colleague of Crampton's, also conceived two proposals of his own, including a white flag divided by a blue Nordic cross bearing a red rose at its centre; a blue flag with a white triangle extending from the hoist to the fly edge and a red rose in the hoist.<ref name="">{{cite web |url=https://britishcountyflags.com/2013/06/23/lancashire-flag/ |title=Lancashire |author= |date=23 June 2013 |work=British County Flags |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>
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Lancashire Flag Proposal by Michael Faul (Proposal 1).svg|
Lancashire Flag Proposal by Michael Faul (Proposal 2).svg|
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Latest revision as of 13:37, 11 December 2023

Flag of Lancashire
Proportion3:5
Adopted20 November 2008
DesignA red rose flower on a yellow (gold) field.
Designed byFriends of Real Lancashire

A flag consisting of a red rose on a gold field is currently used to represent the historic county of Lancashire.[1] A red rose is a traditional symbol of Lancashire, and red and yellow are also the livery colours of the county.[2] The flag was designed by the Friends of Real Lancashire, a pressure group which promotes the historic county of Lancashire,[3] and registered with the Flag Institute, a British charity which promotes vexillology,[4] in 2008.

The flag has been flown from public buildings within the historic county on Lancashire Day (27 November), including County Hall in Preston,[5] St Helens Town Hall,[6] and the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government building in London.[1] It has also been raised on public flagpoles in Littleborough and Milnrow, in the borough of Rochdale.[7]

Previous designs

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An unofficial Lancashire flag, a red rose on a white field, was never registered. When an attempt was made to register it with the Flag Institute, it was found that this flag had already been registered by the town of Montrose, Angus, several hundred years earlier with the Lyon Office. As the Flag Institute will not register two flags of the same design within the United Kingdom, Lancashire's official flag was registered — in 2008 — as a red rose on a gold field. The background was chosen as it, along with red, are the livery colours of the county.[8]

  • Unofficial version of the Lancashire flag with a white background, commonly used before the adoption of the current version.
    Unofficial version of the Lancashire flag with a white background, commonly used before the adoption of the current version.
  • Flag of Montrose.
    Flag of Montrose.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lancashire flag flying high above Whitehall". gov.uk. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Lancashire". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ^ "About Us | Friends of Real Lancashire". www.forl.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ^ "About the Flag Institute | Who We Are | What We Do | How To Join Us". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  5. ^ Moffatt, Andy (27 November 2022). "Lancashire Day: council council's chairman hails "friendliness and community spirit" of the Red Rose county". Lancashire Post.
  6. ^ "Red Rose flag flies as St Helens celebrates Lancashire Day". St Helens Star. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Lancashire Day celebrated in Pennines villages". www.rochdaleonline.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  8. ^ Visser, Chris (29 July 2008). "Lancashire flag is all yellow". Lancashire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008.


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