Flag of Montgomeryshire

Montgomeryshire (option 2)
	'The Lion of Powys'
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	Not yet adopted
Design	Or, a rampant lion gules, armed and langued azure
Designed by	Historic

Montgomeryshire (option 1)
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	Not yet adopted
Design	Sable three nags' heads erased argent
Designed by	Based on the later attributed arms of King Brochwel

The Montgomeryshire flag (Welsh: Baner Sir Drefaldwyn) refers to proposals for a flag of the Welsh county of Montgomeryshire. Neither has been registered with the Flag Institute.^[1]

History

There are two rival designs for the flag which are both based on historic armorial devices.

One concept for the flag is a banner of the arms of Brochwel Ysgithrog, famed for his resistance to the invading Saxons. In the medieval period a coat of arms was created for him bearing three white horse heads on a black field. This represented the Saxon white horses, with their heads severed, and thus symbolised his victory over the Saxons at Chester. The arms granted to the local council in 1951 included a black-and-white border as a reference to Brochwel's arms.^[2]

The other concept for the flag is the banner of arms of the former Welsh

Laws in Wales Acts however there is compelling evidence that the shire continued to be popularly represented by the banner of arms of Powys because a book published in 1894 illustrates the shields of the counties of Wales and shows Montgomeryshire using a red lion device and the motto 'POWYS PARADWYS CYMRU'. In 1951 the County Council was formally granted official arms which featured the Arms of Powys (the red lion on gold) most prominently.^[4]

This design however suffers from the fact that it may be too similar to the existing flag used for the English county of Somerset. Ultimately, the county flag will be adopted taking a number of criteria into account, including historic precedent, distinctiveness and how the flag will look when flying.

References

^ Association of British Counties. "County flag proposals". Retrieved 5 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Civic Heraldry of England and Wales 1974-1996".
^ Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Vol. II, (2007), p.543 (citing John ap William)
^ "Civic Heraldry of England and Wales 1974-1996".

External links

Association of British Counties – County flag proposals^{[permanent dead link]}

[ABC-1] Association of British Counties. "County flag proposals". Retrieved 5 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Civic Heraldry of England and Wales 1974-1996".

[3] Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Vol. II, (2007), p.543 (citing John ap William)

[4] "Civic Heraldry of England and Wales 1974-1996".

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