{"id":3353,"date":"2017-10-07T19:54:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2024-07-31T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T15:51:09","slug":"suffolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/2017\/10\/07\/suffolk\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/files\/2017\/10\/Suffolk-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3372\" src=\"https:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/files\/2017\/10\/Suffolk-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The flag of Suffolk is a banner of the traditional arms of Saint Edmund, the county&#8217;s patron saint. the Flag Institute agreed to register the design in September 2017, following its display<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0078.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0078.png?w=619&amp;h=1101\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"754\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Suffolk County Council on the inaugural \u201cSuffolk Day\u201d, June 21st 2017 and a subsequent request for its registration by twenty-one county organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Edmund, the last King of East Anglia, was reportedly murdered by the Danes in the year 870, his traditional arms<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9679\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0064.jpg?w=451&amp;h=657\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>reflect his kingship and the manner of his death.<\/p>\n<p>The emblem is found across the county and is much used by organisations across it, including\u00a0Framlingham College;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3820 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/fram.png?w=240&amp;h=290\" alt=\"Fram.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3563 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/suffolk-institute-of-archaeology.png?w=352&amp;h=352\" alt=\"suffolk-institute-of-archaeology\" width=\"352\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>he towns of Beccles;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3539 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/beccles2.png?w=223&amp;h=264\" alt=\"Beccles.png\" width=\"223\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and Southwold;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3542 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/southwold.png?w=248&amp;h=280\" alt=\"southwold\" width=\"248\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the county\u2019s carpet bowls association;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11893 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/crpet.jpg?w=394&amp;h=394\" alt=\"crpet\" width=\"394\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>a local branch of the Women\u2019s Institute;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3591 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/wi.png?w=209&amp;h=268\" alt=\"wi\" width=\"209\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and the local school\u2019s athletic association<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0317.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9943\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0317.png?w=235&amp;h=228\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>who also displays a banner with the device<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0316.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9944\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0316.jpg?w=567&amp;h=756\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The device can be found on old county maps<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9526 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/suffolk-univ-mag-001-copy.jpg?w=561&amp;h=484\" alt=\"Suffolk Univ Mag 001 copy\" width=\"561\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9527 aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/suffolk-moule-2265.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"suffolk-moule-2265\" \/><\/p>\n<p>appeared\u00a0on M.R. James&#8217;s 1930 guide to Norfolk and Suffolk<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11872 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/img_1158.png?w=454&amp;h=327\" width=\"454\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and is much used by Suffolk Scouts<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3574 aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/sufscou.png?w=640\" alt=\"sufscou\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3581 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/sufscou21.png?w=486&amp;h=284\" alt=\"sufscou2.png\" width=\"486\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3583 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/sufbadge2.png?w=261&amp;h=308\" alt=\"sufbadge\" width=\"261\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saint Edmundsbury Cathedral promoted the county day with a map of Suffolk in the colours and theme of the Saint Edmund arms<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0075.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9680 aligncenter size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0075.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>on the day itself, it was seen in use by the Ipswich Building Society<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11903 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/ips1.png?w=680&amp;h=1189\" alt=\"ips.png\" width=\"529\" height=\"925\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0096-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9697 aligncenter size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_0096-1.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Saint Edmund banner\u00a0has also been deployed by fans of Stowmarket Town<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishcountyflags.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/img_1144.jpg?w=960&amp;h=720\" alt=\"img_1144\" width=\"659\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging this widespread usage of the Saint Edmund banner, the Flag Institute agreed to register this reworked design<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/files\/2017\/10\/Suffolk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3373 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/files\/2017\/10\/Suffolk-400x240.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/files\/2017\/10\/Suffolk-400x240.png 400w, https:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/files\/2017\/10\/Suffolk-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/files\/2017\/10\/Suffolk-552x331.png 552w, https:\/\/abcounties.com\/flags\/files\/2017\/10\/Suffolk-250x150.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flag of Suffolk is a banner of the traditional arms of Saint Edmund, the county&#8217;s patron saint. the Flag Institute agreed to register the design in September 2017, following its display by Suffolk County Council on the inaugural \u201cSuffolk Day\u201d, June 21st 2017 and &hellip; 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