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Middlesex Flags – Three Seaxes Flag, Bunting & Table Flags

The Middlesex flag, three Saxon seaxes beneath a Saxon crown on red, for Middlesex Day on 16 May, the cricket at Lord’s and the parts of north and west London from Enfield to Uxbridge that still call themselves Middlesex. Fly the Middlesex flag in 20x12in to 8ft x 5ft, string Middlesex bunting along a pub or a club bar, and hand out Middlesex hand flags for the 16th.

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The Middlesex flag: three seaxes and a Saxon crown

The Middlesex flag shows three white seaxes, the notched short swords of the Saxons, with gold hilts, arranged one above another beneath a gold Saxon crown on a red field. The seaxes have been the arms of the Middle Saxons’ county since the seventeenth century at least and were shared with Essex; the crown was added in 1910 to tell the two apart when Middlesex County Council was granted its own arms. The county was absorbed into Greater London in 1965, yet the flag has never gone away: it is a registered traditional county flag with the Flag Institute, it flies from the Guildhall in Westminster on Middlesex Day, it is the badge of Middlesex County Cricket Club at Lord’s and it still turns up on postal addresses, sports clubs and pub signs from Staines to Enfield. The Middlesex flag here is that design in the full size range.

Middlesex Day, 16 May

Middlesex Day is 16 May, the anniversary of the Battle of Albuhera in 1811, when the county’s regiment earned the Die Hards name, and the flag is flown that day on civic buildings in the old county and at Parliament. Beyond the 16th it comes out for Middlesex cricket at Lord’s and the outgrounds at Uxbridge and Radlett, for the Middlesex Sevens tradition, for Hendon, Enfield Town, Wealdstone and Harrow Borough football, at Harrow, Hampton Court and Syon, on the Thames at Twickenham and Hampton for regattas and river days, and in the gardens of Ruislip, Pinner, Edgware, Southgate and Potters Bar where the historic county is still the address people use. The events calendar keeps the dates.

Sizes, grades and fittings

The Middlesex flag is held in 20x12in for a hand pole, a desk or a car, 3ft x 2ft for a wall or a short mast, 5ft x 3ft for a 6m garden pole, a club or a pub, and 8ft x 5ft for a cricket ground, a school or a tall fixed pole. Flagtex is the printed woven-polyester grade for a match day or Middlesex Day; DuraFlag is the heavier knitted-polyester grade with reinforced hems and stitching for a flag that stays up all year. Each grade has eyelets as standard; the DuraFlag can also be had with rope and toggle for a halyard pole.

Middlesex bunting

Middlesex bunting carries the seaxes and crown on rectangular pennants in 3m and 9m lengths. Three metres is enough for a bar, a club noticeboard or a classroom; nine metres runs along a cricket pavilion, a scout hut or a pub frontage, and several lengths joined together will cross a high street for Middlesex Day.

Hand flags and table flags

Middlesex hand flags are 9x6in on wooden sticks for a parade, a school assembly or the Lord’s crowd. On the desk there is the Middlesex table flag with base at 6x4in, the 9x6in wooden table flag and the satin table flag for a council chamber, a club dinner or a reception. Essex, Surrey, Hertfordshire and Kent are under county flags.

Middlesex flag FAQs

What is on the Middlesex flag?

Three white seaxes with gold hilts under a gold Saxon crown on a red field. The seaxes are the historic arms of the county; the crown was added in 1910 to distinguish Middlesex from Essex.

Does Middlesex still exist?

Not as an administrative county since 1965, but it remains a historic county recognised by the Flag Institute and used in addresses, cricket, sports clubs and on Middlesex Day.

When is Middlesex Day?

16 May, the anniversary of the Battle of Albuhera in 1811, when the flag is flown on civic buildings across the old county.

What is the difference between the Middlesex and Essex flags?

Both show three seaxes on red; the Middlesex flag has a gold Saxon crown above them and the Essex flag does not.

Which areas of London are in Middlesex?

Broadly everything north of the Thames and west of the Lea outside the City: Enfield, Barnet, Harrow, Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond north of the river, and the Spelthorne towns of Staines and Sunbury.

Which size suits a garden flagpole?

5ft x 3ft on a 6m garden or telescopic pole; 3ft x 2ft for a shorter pole and 8ft x 5ft only for a fixed pole of 20ft or more.

How quickly will a Middlesex flag arrive?

The Middlesex range is stocked in and dispatched from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse; orders in before 2pm leave the same day with free 1–2 day UK delivery.