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This is a list of flags that are used exclusively in Cornwall, or by the Cornish people, a recognised national minority of the United Kingdom.
Flag
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12th century, adopted in 1890[1] | Saint Piran's Cross, named for the Cornish patron saint, also known as the Flag of Cornwall (Baner Peran). | A centred white cross on a black background |
Royal standards
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-1695 | Standard of the Duke of Cornwall | 15 Cornish golden bezants on a black field | |
| pre-2007 | Flag of the Duchy of Cornwall, flown outside the Duchy's offices in London |
Peerage
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | A square banner of the Earl's coat of arms. | ||
| Banner of the Viscount Falmouth | A banner of the arms of the Boscawen family (the current holders of the title), flown atop the country house of Tregothnan. |
Regional flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Scillonian Cross, the official flag of the Isles of Scilly. | The Scillonian Cross, top half gold; representing the golden sand of the beaches, bottom half blue; representing the sea. Also with the top right corner picturing stars representing the location of the islands. |
Villages
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag of Malpas |
Religious flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | Flag of the Diocese of Truro[citation needed] | A Saint George's Cross defaced with the coat of arms of the Diocese in the canton. | |
| 1950 | Flag of St Austell Parish | A white eagle flying westwards over a gold map of Cornwall on a field of blue.[2] |
Historical flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-1415 | Two Cornish wrestlers in a hitch, still used by the Cornish Wrestling association. Supposed used at Agincourt[citation needed] | ||
| ?? | The Cornish chough used as an emblem.[citation needed] | ||
| c.1940–1944 | Flag of the 11th (Newquay) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard | A light yellow flag with a black Cornish chough, used by the Newquay unit of the Cornwall Home Guard (the unit's nickname was "The Choughs").[3][4][5] |
Organisations
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link to file | 1894 | Cornwall County Cricket Club | |
| 1883 | Cornwall Rugby Football Union | A Saint Piran's Cross with two horizontal gold stripes in each quarter. | |
| Cornish Wrestling Association | A banner used by the Cornish Wrestling Association, based on that allegedly used by Cornish soldiers at Agincourt. The text above the wrestlers reads "KERNOW BYS VYKEN" ("CORNWALL FOREVER"), and the text below the wrestlers reads "GWARY WHEK YU GWARY TEK" ("GOOD PLAY IS FAIR PLAY").[6] | ||
| 1928 | Gorsedh Kernow | ||
| 1920 | Isles of Scilly Steamship Company | A white cross on a blue field, with each quarter containing one of the company's initials in red.[7] |
Yacht and sailing clubs
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Cargreen Yacht Club | A green burgee defaced with a red brick chimney outlined in black in the hoist. | |
| 1921 | Flushing Sailing Club | A black burgee defaced with a gold letter "V". | |
| 1948 | Helford River Sailing Club | A blue burgee divided by a red cross outlined in white, with a gold ship in the centre. | |
| 1934 | Looe Sailing Club | A diagonally divided burgee of seven red and yellow stripes (four red and three yellow) defaced with a black silhouette of a ship on the waves. | |
| Mount's Bay Sailing Club | |||
| 1963 | Mylor Yacht Club | A white burgee divided by a red Saint George's Cross with the shield from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall in the canton. | |
| 1965 | Padstow Sailing Club | A white burgee defaced with a red-and-white fish and surrounded by a blue border. | |
| 1939–1990s | Penzance Sailing Club | A white burgee defaced with a black skull and crossbones.[8] | |
| 1990s | Penzance Sailing Club | A black burgee divided by a white Saint Piran's Cross, with a black skull and crossbones on a white disc in the centre.[8] | |
| 1958 | Port Navas Yacht Club | A black burgee with the white-coloured initials "PNYC" arranged vertically in the hoist and separated from the rest of the burgee by a vertical white line, and the rest of the burgee divided by a white Saint Piran's Cross with a gold ship's wheel to the upper left of the cross. | |
| 1951 | Porthpean Sailing Club | A blue burgee divided by a white cross, defaced in the centre with a white shield bearing a red saltire. | |
| 1974 | The Quay Sailing Club | A white burgee with a crimson border, defaced with a white shield containing three black bells (two above and one below) in the hoist, and the black-coloured initials "Q.S.C." in the fly. | |
| 1933 | Restronguet Sailing Club | A blue burgee defaced with a white seashell and surrounded by a white border. | |
| 1938 | Rock Sailing and Waterski Club | A yellow burgee defaced with a black silhouette of a camel. | |
| 1871 | Royal Cornwall Yacht Club | Blue Ensign, with the Prince of Wales's feathers heraldic badge.[9] | |
| 1880 | Royal Fowey Yacht Club | Red Ensign, with the coat of arms of the Duke of Cornwall.[10] | |
| 1972 | St Ives Sailing Club | ||
| 1920 | St Mawes Sailing Club | A white-and-red quartered burgee with the shield from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall in the canton. | |
| 1898 | Saltash Sailing Club | ||
| 1891 | Torpoint Mosquito Sailing Club | A dark blue burgee divided by a white cross and defaced with a red diamond in the centre. |
Ensigns
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Another unofficial Cornish Merchant Naval ensign[11] | Black flag with a white cross, and a Union Jack in the canton. | ||
| Another unofficial Cornish ensign, flown on the ferry from St Mawes to Falmouth.[citation needed] | A black field divided by a white cross, with a Union Jack in the canton and the Standard of the Duke of Cornwall in the lower fly. | ||
| 1988 | Another unofficial Cornish ensign, flown by Cornish Australians[12] | The Cornish flag defaced with the Standard Stars of the Australian Flag. |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Flag of Cornwall". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Our Parish Flag". St Austell Parish. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "A yellow flag at Trerice". National Trust Prints. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Things to see in the garden at Trerice - Kayling lawn and parade ground". National Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Eyes Everywhere! – The Cornish Home Guard". Bodmin Keep. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Cornish Wrestling Association Banner". BBC: A History of the World. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ André Coutanche (22 September 2000). "Isles of Scilly Steamship Company". Flags of the World. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Club history in detail". Penzance Sailing Club. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Jose C. Alegria Diaz and James Dignan (19 July 2014). "Royal Cornwall Yacht Club (United Kingdom)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ David Prothero (19 July 2014). "Royal Fowey Yacht Club (United Kingdom)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Flags of the World Archived 2007-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Cornish Australian Flag 1988". Australiana Flags. Retrieved 8 January 2023.