NEW  - NEW - NEW - SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY!! ANGLESEY COUNTY FLAG - registered March 2014. The county flag of Anglesey is a design of the banner of arms attributed by mediæval heralds, to the locally-celebrated ruler, Hwfa ap Cynddelw. The arms had been sufficiently well established as the recognisable Anglesey county emblem to be used informally by Anglesey County Council before 1954 as well as other bodies such as Anglesey Constabulary and the Anglesey Fire Brigade. Use by local cultural groups continues.  

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BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY FLAG - registered September 25th, 2014 following a campaign led by Bedfordshire native Luke Blackstaffe of the Friends Of Bedfordshire Society. The Bedfordshire county flag consists of red and yellow quadrants derived from the coat of arms of the Beauchamp family,  a prominent family in Bedfordshire after the Norman conquest. A black panel running vertically down the centre of the Bedfordshire flag containing three escallops, this comes from the coat of arms of the Duke of Bedford. The blue and white wavy lines running horizontally represent the River Great Ouse, a dominant geographic feature of Bedfordshire county.    

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EXMOOR COUNTY FLAG - registered 18th April 2013, officially launched 29th October, 2014.
The Exmoor county flag was designed by Jenny Stevens, the winner of a competition organised by Edward & Julie Christian and Tony & Ceri Keene of the Exmoor Flag Project Team. The project was followed and supported by local media and the Exmoor wildlife presenter Johnny Kingdom. Also involved were the Exmoor Magazine and a representative from the Exmoor Society. The Exmoor flag was officially launched in an official ceremony at the West Somerset Railway Station in Minehead on the 29th October 2014.
The flag of Exmoor countywavy lines of green, white and purple denote that Exmoor is a place where the sea meets cliffs, moorland and forest. Above this the wildlife is represented with a deer stag as an animal iconic of Exmoor county itself. The white star above the stag and the blue background on which it is placed recall the fact that Exmoor was the first area in Europe to be designated a Dark Sky Reserve.  
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NORFOLK COUNTY FLAG - registered September 11th, 2014 A number of local public and private bodies expressed their support for the Norfolk county flag, collated and co-ordinated by Dominic Victor Maverick Smith, including the Norfolk Family History Society and the Norfolk Broads Authority. Norfolk County Council were approached but decided to neither support or oppose the registration and not to request their own banner to be registered either. The Norfolk county flag is the banner of the arms attributed to Ralph (Ranulph) de Gael (de Guader), first Earl of Norfolk (1071-1075). The de Gael banner has been used to represent the county of Norfolk throughout the centuries and forms the basis of many Norfolk county society emblems.    

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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FLAG - registered September 11th, 2014. Northamptonshire county flag was designed by Brady Ells and Ian Chadwick and chosen by public vote. Emma Rayif, a pupil at St. Peter’s Independent School in Blackthorn, came up with the inspiration for a unique Northamptonshire rose, this ensures the flag of Nothamptonshire being mis-identified with other county emblems. The Northamptonshire county flag design features a gold cross, fimbriated in black upon a maroon field. The cross shape represents that Northamptonshire acts as a crossroads for the country. The maroon and gold are the representative colours of Northamtonshire county, drawn from the cricket team. Whilst the black is chosen to refer to the leather industry. The flag of Nothamptonshire has a rose in the centre of the cross and recalls the moniker ‘the rose of the shires’.  

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SURREY COUNTY FLAG - registered September 11th, 2014. Many local bodies supported the registration of the checks and have already flown them as a traditional flag for Surrey county, collated and co-ordinated by Danny Clarke. The Surrey flag is a banner of the arms used by the family of William de Warenne, first Earl of Surrey. Although the de Warenne line died out in 1415 the checks went on to become associated with the county of Surrey – being the basis for many Surrey county society emblems, constituting civic arms and even used unofficially by the Surrey council before they received formal arms.  

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WILLENHALL TOWN FLAG - registered June 14th, 2014. The flag of Willenhall was designed by Adam Leonard and voted for by the public from 70 entries. It was officially launched at the Willenhall Carnival in June 2014. The Willenhall flag displays images representing the town's traditional industry of lock and key-making. Willenhall is in the Black Country area of the West Midlands and is situated on the River Tame.   DON'T FORGET - to purchase any of these NEW 2014 COUNTY FLAGS or any other established county flags visit  - www.theflagshop.co.uk or telephone 01246 297600 to place an order.