Flag of the Kingdom of Northumbria, based on historical records. Renewed use amongst northern English independence movements.
from /r/vexillology Top comment: The flag of Northumbria is taken from a description made by Venerable Bede, England’s first historian, in his *Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum*. In his writing he describes the funeral of the 7th century King and Saint Oswald, who founded the kingdom, where over the man’s tomb “…they hung up over the monument his banner made of gold and purple”. In 2015 the Flag Institute registered the banner of King Oswald as the flag of the former kingdom. It is also widely known as it served as the inspiration for the modern flag of the county of Northumberland, and is seeing increased use amongst movements who push for northern devolution and/or independence.
