The Shropshire flag is the county flag of

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. It was registered with the Flag Institute in March 2012 and officially became the county's flag on 19 April 2013. __TOC__

History

The flag is a banner of the

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of the former Shropshire (or Salop) County Council which were awarded in 1895. The

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s' faces, referred to as "loggerheads" locally, are a traditional emblem for Shropshire and several of its towns. It is believed that the loggerheads derive from the

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and that the blue and yellow colours represent those of

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, Earl of Shrewsbury. Loggerheads also appeared on the

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...

town arms, themselves first recorded in 1623, solidifying their connections to the local area. The name is thought to have originated from the practice of carving such a design on the head of the log used as a battering ram. The "gold" erminois aspect differentiates the county arms/flag from those of its county town.British County Flags
Shropshire Flag The flag (with the short-lived "white" ermine pattern instead of the erminois) was flown above the

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in April 2011 as part of a scheme to promote traditional English counties. On 23 July 2019, the flag of Shropshire was flown among others in Parliament Square in celebration of Historic County Flags Day.

Design

Erminois, three piles issuant two from chief and one from base each bearing a leopard's head. The

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colours for the flag are: *Reflex Blue *Yellow *Black

References

External links

* Flag Institute – Shropshire {{Subnational flags of the United Kingdom Shropshire