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<\/a><\/p>\nThe flag of Berkshire was registered in early 2017 as a result of research conducted by the ABC’s Brady Ells. It features the traditional hart (stag) and oak theme associated with the county for several centuries, which appears on the badges, emblems and logos of a large number of county organisations and repeats the colour scheme used by the former county council in its early twentieth century seal,<\/p>\n
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unearthed by Brady, where\u00a0a naturally brown stag, stands under a similarly naturally coloured, oak tree, with leaves and surrounding grass, set against a field of gold. Maybe the\u00a0latter colour reflects\u00a0the county’s\u00a0“Royal” status\u00a0owing to the presence\u00a0there of Windsor Castle? The flag received\u00a0was supported by\u00a0twenty-four local organisations plus the\u00a0\u00a0 Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, James Puxley.<\/p>\n
Berkshire’s traditional\u00a0hart and oak refer generally to the forestlands of Berkshire and specifically to the legend of a late 14th century royal huntsman named Herne The Hunter, whom legend holds\u00a0hanged himself from an oak tree after being ejected form the King’s service as a result of machinations by jealous rivals. The tale\u00a0states that the tree was subsequently struck by lightning.\u00a0The hart (stag) is\u00a0<\/span>\u201cone of the manifestations of his restless spirit\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em>and, according to Michael Drayton\u2019s poem of 1627, a banner with this badge, or something very like it, was carried by the men of Berkshire at the Battle of Agincourt\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBarkshire a Stag, vnder an Oake that stood,\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n The same arrangement of hart and oak in these “natural” colours were also found on the vehicle of the county fire service<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The combined hart and oak has been used as a regimental badge by the Royal Berkshire Militia<\/p>\n and the same combination was found on the badge of Berkshire constabulary<\/p>\n In 1947, the council received a formal award of arms<\/p>\n where the hart and oak featured as a crest.<\/p>\n A total of twenty four county organisations supported the design whihc was officially unveiled at the Berkshire county show in Newbury, on September 17th 2017.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The flag of Berkshire was registered in early 2017 as a result of research conducted by the ABC’s Brady Ells. It features the traditional hart (stag) and oak theme associated with the county for several centuries, which appears on the badges, emblems and logos … Continue reading <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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