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Flags and symbols of Yorkshire
The flags and symbols of Yorkshire are emblematic, representative, or otherwise characteristic of the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, the historic county of Yorkshire, and their current and former subdivisions.
The white rose of York originated as the symbol of the House of York. It was later also used as a Jacobite symbol.
The Yorkshire flag used to represent the historic county. It consists of a white rose of York on a blue field. How the colour blue came to be associated with the county is unclear, however it may have been influenced by the use of dark blue by the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The Flag Institute, a charity which promotes vexillology in the United Kingdom, claims the flag was designed in 1965 or earlier, and the Yorkshire Society claims that the Yorkshire Ridings Society adopted the flag in 1975. It was registered with the Flag Institute on 29 July 2008 at the request of the Yorkshire Ridings Society. Other designs proposed for the county flag included Saint George's Cross with a white rose-en-soleil (a rose superimposed on a sunburst) in the centre, and a red Nordic cross on a white field with a rose-en-soleil at the meeting point of the arms the cross.
The flag is flown within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire, including in areas of east Lancashire which were formerly within the county, and is flown around the county on Yorkshire Day on 1 August. It was flown outside the Department for Communities and Local Government in London on Yorkshire Day in 2011 and 2013, and in Parliament Square on 23 July 2021 to mark Historic County Flag Day.
The kit of the Yorkshire Vikings limited overs cricket team for the 2017 season featured a stylised version of the flag, and a large version of the flag was carried onto the pitch at a County Championship match between Yorkshire and Worcestershire in Scarborough in 2018.
The flag consists of a white rose of Yorkshire, which displayed in the East Riding style with one sepal at the top, on a green and blue bicolour. The blue is toward the hoist, representing the East Riding's connection to the rest of Yorkshire, and the green toward the fly to represent its position in the east of the historic county. The blue additionally represents the sea and the historic maritime activities of the East Riding, and the green symbolises the riding's agricultural land.
The flag was chosen in 2013 following a competition and public vote on six shortlisted finalists. The winning design was then unveiled at Beverley Minster. The flag has been flown around the East Riding. It was also flown from the building of the Department for Communities and Local Government in London in 2014.
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Flags and symbols of Yorkshire
The flags and symbols of Yorkshire are emblematic, representative, or otherwise characteristic of the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, the historic county of Yorkshire, and their current and former subdivisions.
The white rose of York originated as the symbol of the House of York. It was later also used as a Jacobite symbol.
The Yorkshire flag used to represent the historic county. It consists of a white rose of York on a blue field. How the colour blue came to be associated with the county is unclear, however it may have been influenced by the use of dark blue by the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The Flag Institute, a charity which promotes vexillology in the United Kingdom, claims the flag was designed in 1965 or earlier, and the Yorkshire Society claims that the Yorkshire Ridings Society adopted the flag in 1975. It was registered with the Flag Institute on 29 July 2008 at the request of the Yorkshire Ridings Society. Other designs proposed for the county flag included Saint George's Cross with a white rose-en-soleil (a rose superimposed on a sunburst) in the centre, and a red Nordic cross on a white field with a rose-en-soleil at the meeting point of the arms the cross.
The flag is flown within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire, including in areas of east Lancashire which were formerly within the county, and is flown around the county on Yorkshire Day on 1 August. It was flown outside the Department for Communities and Local Government in London on Yorkshire Day in 2011 and 2013, and in Parliament Square on 23 July 2021 to mark Historic County Flag Day.
The kit of the Yorkshire Vikings limited overs cricket team for the 2017 season featured a stylised version of the flag, and a large version of the flag was carried onto the pitch at a County Championship match between Yorkshire and Worcestershire in Scarborough in 2018.
The flag consists of a white rose of Yorkshire, which displayed in the East Riding style with one sepal at the top, on a green and blue bicolour. The blue is toward the hoist, representing the East Riding's connection to the rest of Yorkshire, and the green toward the fly to represent its position in the east of the historic county. The blue additionally represents the sea and the historic maritime activities of the East Riding, and the green symbolises the riding's agricultural land.
The flag was chosen in 2013 following a competition and public vote on six shortlisted finalists. The winning design was then unveiled at Beverley Minster. The flag has been flown around the East Riding. It was also flown from the building of the Department for Communities and Local Government in London in 2014.