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| Proportion | 3:5 |
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| Adopted | 1926 |
| Design | A golden heraldic apple tree (for Appleby) on white and red bars (for Kendal) |
| Designed by | College of Arms |
The Westmorland flag is used to represent the historic county of Westmorland, England. It is the banner of arms of the coat of arms of the defunct Westmorland County Council, which were granted to the council by the College of Arms in 1926 and used until its abolition in 1974.
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The flag has a white field across which are two red bars with a gold seven-branched apple tree on top. The blazon, or heraldic description of the coat of arms, is argent two bars gules over all an apple tree with seven branches fructed and eradicated or. [1]
The two red bars on the flag are taken from the arms of the de Lancaster family, barons of Kendal, and the stylised apple tree is taken from the thirteenth-century seal of the Borough of Appleby. The flag therefore represents the two parts of the county: the Barony of Kendal, which covered the southwestern part of the county including the towns of Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale; and the Barony of Westmorland, which covered the northern part of the county including Appleby-in-Westmorland.
