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Although there is no official county flag for Cumbria, there is the heraldic
crest commissioned by Cumbria County Council. There have been several flags
suggested over the years, including my own:
http://www.kynson.org.uk/Cumbria/flag.htm. Other flags previously suggested
include ones based upon:
- White cross on blue background
- the old
Cumberland and Westmorland flags
Dave Atkinson,15 June 2008
![[Cumbria proposal]](../images/g/gb-e-cbr.gif)
image by Dave Atkinson, 16 June 2008
I created this proposal two years ago to use as a banner at Carlisle United
games. Although I had no deliberate intention to promote it widely, it is now
well known amongst Carlisle fans and has appeared on Sky Sports and Virgin
Media. It even featured on the opening credits of some of the highlights
packages. I've had quite a few fans coming up and saying hello at games, and
asking where they can get one, so I did investigate getting more printed up. In
the meantime, I am ordering 100 car stickers, because that many people have
placed advanced orders for them. Not bad considering I've not publicised it to
date and it was only meant to be a joke!
As I said, there is no official
flag, but the one I've designed is the only one that actually includes the
official coat of arms, commissioned for
the (re)creation of the county of Cumbria in 1974.
Dave Atkinson, 16
June 2008
![[Cumberland]](../images/g/gb-e-cumb.gif)
image by Ben McGarr, 22 November 2007
While on holiday in the Lake District a few weeks ago, I saw some flag
stickers on sale in a local store in Patterdale. There were advertised by the
label "Fly your regional flag" or something like that, and there were three
different flags. Two of them were white crosses on a blue field with the words "Cumbria"
or "Cumberland" written in the cross, and the third was similar with a red cross
on a yellow field with the inscription "Westmorland". As I understand it, the
historical counties of Cumberland and Westmorland make up the modern Cumbria.
Jonathan Dixon, 11 September 2004
![[Westmorland]](../images/g/gb-e-west.gif)
image by Ben McGarr
The website of
Newton Newton Flags shows a flag of Allerdale Borough Council as a white
sheet bearing the Borough Council's arms, crest, supporters and motto. Details
of the arms can be found on Ralf Hartemink's
Civic Arms site.
Laurence Jones, 10 October 2005
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