Flag of Hampshire

Flag of Hampshire
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	Not yet adopted

Flag of Hampshire
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	Not yet adopted

Flag of Hampshire
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	Not yet adopted

Hampshire

A photo of a proposed flag.

A proposed flag displayed near the highest point of Hampshire, Walbury Hill. .

The green, white and blue Rose and Crown flag by the Hampshire border.

The red and gold Hampshire Hog flag being flown in the New Forest.

The Hampshire flag refers to a number of proposed flags of the county of Southampton. It has not yet been registered with the Flag Institute.

Design

There are a number of proposed flags. The first retains the rose and crown pattern used in the county for several centuries in various guises. In 1992 the local county council received a formal grant of arms that included a gold royal crown on a red field, over a red Tudor rose on a gold field. Wishing to include a reference to the county's association with the era of Alfred the Great and his capital of Winchester, the group seeking to establish a flag for the county adopted this proposal from Jason Saber which replaces the "royal crown" with a specifically Saxon crown. Such a crown also appears in the full achievement of arms used by the council, symbolising exactly the same Alfredian legacy as intended in this proposed flag.

A second proposal by Mike Jacobs also has the rose and crown pattern but this time with a Hampshire variation of the red and white Tudor rose. The green background represents the Downs, the blue represents The Solent, and the white stripe represents the ubiquitous chalk.

A third proposal (also from Mike Jacobs) displays a Hampshire hog (a term used to describe Hampshire folk). The red and gold colours signify Hampshire's Wessex connections.

Outside links

• Hampshire Association blog
• Hampshire Flag Facebook Page
• Flag Institute
• Hampshire flag proposals from British County Flags
• A different Hampshire Flag Facebook Page