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

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

The flag of Hampshire, conceived by Jason Saber and further refined by Brady Ells, 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, Jason Saber which replaced 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 flag. The read and white double Tudor rose is inspired by the double rose on the “Arthurian” table in the Great Hall in Winchester. Notably, the bottom sepal of the rose on the Hampshire flag points down, to represent “SOUTHamptonshire” in contrast to the rose on the flag of Northamptonshire which points up, to signify NORTHamptonshire.

The flag was officially added to the Flag Institute's registry of flags on March 12th 2019 after receiving support from Hampshire County Council, the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, and many local organisations.

The county day is July 15th which is St. Swithin's Day. St. Swithin was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester.

Gallery

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  A photo of a proposed flag.
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  The green, white and blue Rose and Crown flag by the Hampshire border.
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  The red and gold Hampshire Hog flag being flown in the New Forest.

Outside links

• Hampshire Flag Facebook Page
• Flag Institute
• Hampshire flag page from British County Flags
• A different Hampshire Flag Facebook Page