WESSEX, DORSET AND PEMBROKESHIRE
CELEBRATE YOUR REGIONAL AND COUNTY DAY BY FLYING THE FLAG!!
WESSEX Regional Day is celebrated on 25th May 2015. It is also known as St Aldhelm's Day. St Aldhelm was born in the 7th century and became the Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey and the first Bishop Of Sherborne. He was made a saint after his death and his feast day is the 25th May.
The Wessex flag was registered in 1974 and is based on the ancient West Saxon standard which was carried into battle by the English until the late 15th century.
DORSET COUNTY DAY is also known as St Wite's Day and is celebrated on 1st June. The Dorset Flag was chosen by public vote following a competition to generate designs. It was announced on 16th September 2008. The Wessex flag is known as the Dorset Cross or St Wite's Cross.
The flag also recognises St Wite, a female Dorset saint who is buried at Whitchurch Canonicorum. An Anglo-Saxon holy woman, who was thought to have been martyred by invading Danes in the 9th century.
PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY DAY is also celebrated on 1st June. The Pembrokeshire flag is based on that of St David, with the Tudor rose symbolising Henry Tudor ( Henry VIII). Blue is for the sea and green is for the land and cliffs of Pembrokeshire. The flag was registered on July 28th 1988.
Celebrating Regional and County days are an important way of supporting your local community. Its a wonderful way of upholding and continuing the UK's traditions!
Be a part of these special days by flying the flag and putting out the bunting!!
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