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Civic Heraldry of the United Kingdom
England


FLINTSHIRE

Incorporated into :1974 Clwyd (1996 Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham, Conwy)

Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on May 12, 1938.
The cross and the birds are taken from the arms of Edwin King of Tegeingl, a former Kingdom that covered most of the present county. He founded one of the fifteen Royal tribes of North Wales.

The crest is the Welsh dragon carrying a white feather. This is the badge of the Prices of Wales,, and adopted as a symbol of Wales by Henry VII.

The arms were restored in 1996 when the county was re-created.

Literature : Information provided by the Flintshire County Council.


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