Village flag
Hampton Poyle (Oxfordshire)
- Flag type
- Village flag
- Flag date
- 3rd July 2014
- Designer
- Traditional
- Adoption route
- Village Council
- Aspect ratio
- 3:5
- Pantone colours
- BlackWhiteRed 485Yellow 109
- Certification
- Flag Institute Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram
About the flag
The Hampton Poyle Flag is a community flag proclaiming the unique identity of this Oxfordshire village.
The basis of the flag is the banner of arms of Walter de la Poyle.
The de la Poyle family inherited the manor of Hampton in the 13th century and it eventually came to adopt their surname.
The golden discs (bezants) on the arms and flag represent gold coins brought home from the crusades.
Walter de la Poyle was reputedly a crusader.
His stone effigy in St Mary’s Church shows him in knight’s armour and with hands crossed, further supporting this theory.
