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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.
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| Proportion | 3:5 |
|---|---|
| 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.
The flag is a banner of arms of the coat of arms of the defunct Westmorland County Council. The arms were granted to the council by the College of Arms in 1926 and used until its abolition in 1974.
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.
The design has been registered with the Flag Institute, [1] a charity which promotes vexillology, by the Westmorland Association. The MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron said: [2]
The flag was flown outside the offices of the Department for Communities and Local Government in London as part of Westmorland Day celebrations. [3]
It is used in the logo of the Westmorland County Football Association. [4]
