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Staffordshire (United Kingdom)

Description of the County Flag
Kidsgrove

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Description of the County Flag

On a green field, the coat of arms of the county (an enlarged version can be seen below): on the chevron gules a Staffordshire Knot of the first on a chief azure a lion passant guardant of the field and for the crest issuant out of a mural crown proper a Stafford knot or as same are in the margin hereof more plainly depicted. And by the authority afore said I the said garter do these presents grant and assign the supporters following that is to say on the dexter side a lion reguardant gules crowned with a ducal coronet or and on the sinister side a Gryphon reguardant or as the same are also in the margin hereof more plainly depicted the whole to be borne and used for hereafter by the Stafford county.

Adrian Thomas, 16 March 2003

located by Adrian Thomas

Kidsgrove

The flag was adopted in October 2002 by the Kidsgrove council.after many designs were considered. The flag consists of two horizontal bands. The top band is blue which represents the Trent and Mersey canal that runs through the town bringing business and commerce. Blue is also representative of the sky. The green represents the GROVE as on the name of part the town. The crest has the Staffordshire knot for the county of Staffordshire. It also has the Second World War spitfire fighter plane