Surrey (United Kingdom)

Last modified: 2003-03-14 by rob raeside
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located by Francisco Santos, 19 June 2003

• Surrey County Council
• Surrey Coat of Arms

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Surrey County Council

According to the Surrey History Centre web page, "The design (...) is the current logo for Surrey County Council which appears on all stationery and publications. When Surrey County Council is represented at an outdoor function it is also used as a flag. The colour is green and the design of oak leaves reflects the fact that the county of Surrey contains much woodland."

Francisco Santos, 19 June 2003

Surrey Coat of Arms

located by James Frankcom, 7 October 2003

The county of Surrey has had two coats of arms. The original one with colours taken from the personal arms of the ancient Earls of Surrey I enclose. A later one was designed after 1965 when a large portion of the county was absorbed into Greater London. The later design does not include the Saxon Crown (which represents Kingston-on-Thames where an ancient stone is kept on which 10th Century English kings were crowned and before that was used by the sub-kings of Surrey) nor does it include the ermine.
James Frankcom, 7 October 2003

located by James Frankcom, 7 October 2003

The later coat of arms consists of a shiel