Flag of Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire
Name Severn Cross
Proportion 3:5
Design Cross of mid-blue, outlined in cream, against an apple green background
Designed by Jeremy Bentall
Variant flag of Gloucestershire
Name Gloucestershire banner of the arms
Adopted Adopted by county council

The Gloucestershire flag was the winning entry in a competition[1] held by the then High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Jonathan Carr, to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the county in March 2008. In inviting entries, the Sheriff stated that "Several counties, especially in the West of the country, now have their own flags and I think the Millennium presents a good opportunity for Gloucestershire to have one of its own".

As with most English counties, Gloucestershire had no official flag, nor was there even a popularly flown generally accepted one. A banner of the county council arms was (and still is) available commercially from a number of flag vendors, but this design, in accordance with the rules of English heraldry, is the sole legal property of the county council rather than of the county at large, so it is not legal for any individual to fly it.

The new flag was used during 2008 in publications of the Diocese of Gloucester, with the arms of the diocese superimposed.

Flag design

The flag comprises a cross of mid-blue, outlined (fimbriated) in cream (also described as a pale yellow), against an apple green background. It was designed by Jeremy Bentall,[2] who named it "the Severn Cross" and is quoted as saying that the colours represent features typical of the landscape of Gloucestershire: "The green is representative of our rural county, the blue the River Severn and the yellow Cotswold Stone." No specific explanation is given for the choice of a cross design, but this is a pattern that has been recently popular for flags chosen for England's counties, such as those of Lincolnshire, Devon, Derbyshire, and Dorset.

The pantone colours for the flag are:[3]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Design a Gloucestershire flag SoGlos.com, 29 January 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2014 from Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Photos: Gloucestershire's new flag BBC Gloucestershire, July 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Gloucestershire The Flag Institute, 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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