Flag of Anglesey
The Anglesey flag is the flag of the County of Anglesey. It was registered by the Flag Institute in March 2014. The design is based on the arms attributed to Hwfa ap Cynddelw, a 12th-century ruler from the Presaddfed Estate near Bodedern. It is a yellow chevron Fess on a red field, with three lions in a rampant attitude.
Design
The design is in a 3:5 ration, a gold chevron Fess on a red field, with three lions in a rampant attitude, arranged two at the top and one at the bottom.Colours
The colours on the flag are:History
Early use
The design is a banner form of the coat of the arms ascribed by later medieval heralds, to the earlier, locally celebrated Welsh Lord Hwfa ap Cynddelw of Llifon and a steward to Owain Gwynedd Prince of the Welsh. The earliest reference to the arms seems to be in the work of the bard Lewys Glyn Cothi from the period of 1447 to 1486 although there is no evident explanation for the choice of colours or charges used. A late c. 15th-century stained-glass window with the arms referring to Hwfa are apparently depicted in the east window of Llangadwaladr church on the island. According to the heraldic historian Wilfrid Scott-Giles, Anglesey County Council used the Hwfa arms informally before they were incorporated into the design granted to them officially on April 9th, 1954. Between 1857 and 1950 the arms were used by Anglesey Constabulary. An association between the Hwfa arms and the island county of Anglesey is thus long established. The arms can be seen on the old Anglesey police court building in Valley, encircled by the words "Môn Mam Cymru", Welsh for "Anglesey, Mother of Wales". Today, the coat of arms are used by the Anglesey football team and the Worker's Union.Online campaign
Following the German tour of Welsh dance group Dawnswyr Bro Cefni, who flew the Anglesey flag while on stage, an online campaign began in 2013 - Ymgyrch Baner Sir Fôn, which was started by Gwyndaf Parri, a native of Anglesey who had previous had success with an online campaign to make official the neighbouring flag of Caernarfonshire. He said in the campaign:In response to the campaign, the flag was certified by the Flag Institute on March 7th 2014.