The official flag of Worcestershire (designed by Elaine Truby) was registered with the Flag Institute on 8th April 2013 as the winning entry of a BBC Hereford & Worcester competition.
The Cheshire flag is the flag of the County Palatine of Chester and was registered by the Flag Institute on 10th April 2013. The design is a banner of arms of the former Cheshire County Council, which has been associated with the Earldom of Chester since the 12th century, and has been used in the coat of arms of Chester since at least 1560.
This year saw the registration of three new county flags – East, North & West Riding. The first to be registered was the flag of East Riding on the 18th April 2013, next to be registered on the 4th May was the North Riding flag, and finally, the flag of West Riding was registered on the 23rd May. All the flags were winners of competitions. Each flag has a different design, but also have one thing in common – they all contain the White Rose of York, which originated as the symbol of the House of York.
Another competition winning flag is the new official county flag of Somerset, adopted July 2013. Somerset County Council was awarded its coat of arms (a Dragon Rampant Gules holding in the claws a Mace erect Azure ) by the College of Heralds in 1911.
The county flag of Glamorgan was registered with the flag institute on 24th September 2013. The design is synonymous with the coats of arms of many of the councils in the area.
