What is the correct position of the white rose of Yorkshire?
The heraldic white rose which is used as the badge of Yorkshire
can be displayed with either a petal or a leaf at the top.
Generally the Yorkshire rose is displayed with a petal at the top.
There is a tradition, however, that the white rose in the East
Riding is displayed with a pleaf at the top. This is the same
orientation as the red rose of Lancashire. It is not known why the
East riding rose is displayed differently but it may have its
oridin in the wars of the roses. Roger Sewell. Vice Chairman,
Yorkshire Ridings Society. roger@yorkshireridings.org