On Monday, the county celebrated Bedfordshire Day, which is celebrated each year on 28th November, the birthday of John Bunyan.
Richard Fuller, MP for North East Bedfordshire, commented:
It was great to see the county flag being flown across Bedfordshire.
As a reminder, the three escallops on a black field are taken from the arms of the Russells, Dukes of Bedford, while the red and yellow (gold) quartered field derives from the arms of the Beauchamps, the leading family in the county after the Norman Conquest, who constructed Bedford Castle and were granted a barony at Bedford. The blue and white wavy stripes are a reference to the River Great Ouse which flows through the county and are a traditional heraldic representation of a water course.
To find out more about Bedfordshire Day, please visit the Friends of Bedfordshire website here.
