Could you recognise the flag of your COUNTY? Take a look at these colourful banners from around Britain and test your knowledge 

  • De Vere Hotels has produced a map revealing all but a handful of Britain’s county flags
  • Here MailOnline presents them in quiz form. Take a look at the first grid, then scroll down for the answers
  • National flags are often used as symbols of patriotism – and this is true for county flags, too 

By Ted Thornhill for MailOnline

Published: 10:44 EST, 27 January 2017 | Updated: 10:44 EST, 27 January 2017

A white house shape on a green background on top of wavy lines? Sound familiar? No?

How about a black bear on top of green and white stripes? Is that a mystery, too?

These are both descriptions of flags belonging to British counties – but it’s fair to say that most people in the UK wouldn’t know that.

De Vere Hotels has produced a map revealing all but a handful of Britain’s county flags and here MailOnline Travel presents them in quiz form. Take a look at the first grid, then scroll down for the answers to see where in the UK they are placed.

How many English county flags do you recognise? Put yourself to the test here

The study of flags is known as vexillology, which is taken from the Latin word vexillum meaning flag or banner.

National flags are often used as symbols of patriotism – and this is true for county flags, too.

They are often used to represent an important historical event in a county’s past. 

The answers:  

The county flags of the UK revealed, from the black bear of Berwickshire to the swan of Buckinghamshire

This map, produced by De Vere Hotels, places all the county flags on a map of the UK

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