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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.
Saint Piran's Flag (Cornish: Baner Peran) is the flag of Cornwall. The earliest known description of the flag, referred to as the Standard of Cornwall, was written in 1838. [1] It is used by all Cornish people as a symbol of their identity. [2] The flag is attributed to Saint Piran, a 5th-century Cornish abbot.
Mining in Cornwall has existed from the early Bronze Age around 2150 BC and it is thought that Cornwall was visited by metal traders from the eastern Mediterranean. It has been suggested that the Cassiterides or "Tin Islands" as recorded by Herodotus in 445 BC may have referred to the Scilly Islands and Cornwall as when first discovered they were both thought to have been islands.
The flag of Cornwall. Saint Piran's Flag is the national flag and ancient banner of Cornwall, [63] [64] [65] and an emblem of the Cornish people. The banner of Saint Piran is a white cross on a black background (in terms of heraldry 'sable, a cross argent'). According to legend Saint Piran adopted these colours from seeing the white tin in the ...
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Saint Piran's Flag, a white cross on a black background is often seen in Cornwall. The Duchy of Cornwall shield of 15 gold bezants on a black field is also used. Because of these two symbols black, white and gold are considered colours symbolic of Cornwall. Saint Piran's Flag is the flag of Cornwall.
The Cornish flag defaced with a Union flag in the canton. 2000: Another unofficial Cornish ensign flown by the ship 'Sweet Promise' during the 'Brest 2000' festival. The Cornish flag defaced with the Standard of the Duke of Cornwall in the canton. 2003: Unofficial Devon Ensign (or St Petroc's Ensign) The Devon flag defaced with a Union flag in ...
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