Flag of Flintshire
County flag
The Flintshire flag (Welsh: Baner Sir y Fflint) is the flag of the county of Flint. A campaign was launched in September 2012 to have the flag recognised by the Flag Institute, and it was formally adopted on 24 February 2015.
Design
The flag is the banner of arms attributed to Edwin, ruler of the former kingdom of Tegeingl that covered much of the territory of Flintshire.
Those arms bore a black engrailed fleury cross (i.e. a cross capped with fleur-de-lis ends and scalloped edges) on a white field between four choughs, a bird once likely to have been widespread in the area, in black and red. These arms, in a slightly amended form, had been used by the former Flintshire County Council.
The council arms are differenced by the addition of discs on the arms of the cross and a voided diamond (mascle) at the centre. The flag simplifies the design but retains much of the basic symbolism and essential charges of the original arms in a way more suitable for use as a flag.
Colours
The colours of the flag of Flintshire are:
History
The arms which the flag was based on is attributed to the local 11th century ruler, Edwin of Tegeingl. The bird on the arms used to live on the coast of what is now Flintshire.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Flag of Flintshire” as county flag. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as county flag. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5456738. The first chronological checks are 2012 and 2015.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Flag of Flintshire”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Flag of Flintshire primary sources, Flag of Flintshire archive and Flag research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Flag of Flintshire”?
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- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Flag of Flintshire” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.