Image Guernsey Brecqhou.png thumb 200px This is a map of the Bailiwick of Guernsey . Brecqhou is just west of Sark . Brecqhou or Brechou IPA fr b ku is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick ..., considers Brecqhou part of Sark ref http www.justice.gov.uk publications docs ICESCR report part1.pdf ref but this is disputed by Brecqhou s current tenants. Name The name Brecqhou derives from ... forms a part of the route taken by occasional powerboating events in the islands. gallery File Brecqhou from the air.JPG An aerial view of Brecqhou. Image Brecqhou north.jpg A view of Brecqhou, from the north of Sark Image Brecqhou Barclay Brothers Castle.jpg David and Frederick Barclay The Barclay Brothers recently built mansion on Brecqhou Image Brecqhou southeast.jpg A view of Brecqhou, from ... and defence. Since 1929, the island of Brecqhou is connected to the title of the tenement La Moinerie ..., owned by the Seigneur himself. When Sibyl Hathaway sold the island of Brecqhou to Angelo Clarke in 1929, she transferred the seat in Chief Pleas connected to this parcel to Brecqhou. ref A. H. Ewen ... to only one vote. Since 1993 the tenement of Brecqhou has been owned by the David and Frederick ... to make Brecqhou politically Independence independent from Sark. They drive cars on the island, and have a helicopter, both of which are banned under Sark law. The rule of Sark over Brecqhou is formally ..., this retention is invalid, as Brecqhou was never part of the fief of Sark. They argue that letters ... came into the ownership of Brecqhou not before 1681 , the island was not merged into the fief. Therefore, in respect of Brecqhou, the Seigneurs never held the privileges valid in the fief of Sark, but lost any title to Brecqhou on reselling the island to Clarke. The conflict caused a lawsuit 1996 2000 and the founding of a Brecqhou relationship sub committee of Sark s Chief Pleas 2006 . ref ... occupied Brecqhou until his death on October 6, 1987. The current tenants have issued postage stamp ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Leonard Joseph Matchan 26 March 1911 in Fulham 6 October 1987 was the Land tenure Tenant of Brecqhou in the English Channel from 1966 until his death . Mr Matchan was associated with the cosmetics firm Max Factor . Six years after his death, David and Frederick Barclay David Barclay became Second Tenant. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Matchan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 26 March 1911 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 6 October 1987 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Matchan Category 1911 births Category 1987 deaths UK noble stub ... more details
Image Hermdunord.jpg right thumb 400px A picture of the north of Herm . The Big Roussel can be seen in the hinteground, along with Sark The Big Great Roussel , Big Russel or Grand Ruau is the channel geography channel running between Herm on the west, and Brecqhou , and Sark on the east, in the Channel Islands . It has a treacherous current, and the tidal variations in this region are amongst some of the most extreme in the world. It hides a number of sunken rocks. However, it sees a reasonable amount of marine transport, because Sark has no airstrip, forcing the population to travel to Guernsey by boat. External links http www.herm island.com images managed raw Aerial3 20old.jpg Picture of Herm from the air, showing Le Grand Ruau Category Bailiwick of Guernsey Category Herm Category Sark Guernsey geo stub id Big Roussel ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2008 The Bailiwick of Guernsey French Bailliage de Guernesey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy . As well as the island of Guernsey itself, it also includes Alderney together with Burhou Ortac Les Casquets Sark together with Brecqhou Brechou Herm together with Jethou and in turn, off Jethou E & W Crevichon Fauconniere http www.faed.net cfaed jethou jethou6.htm Off Guernsey itself are Lihou Lihoumel Les Houmets Navboxes title Geographic locale list Channel Islands Category Guernsey related lists Guernsey geo stub ... more details
Image guernsey sm02.png thumb This is a map of the Bailiwick of Guernsey hou is a suffix found commonly in Channel Islands and Normandy Norman names. It is the Norman language version of the Old Norse holmr , meaning a small island, and often found anglicised elsewhere as holm . It can still be found in modern Scandinavian languages, e.g. Stockholm. The Norman toponym and diminutive hommet houmet also derives from this element. In French language Parisian French , the equivalent is lot , which is cognate with the English islet . Bailiwick of Guernsey Off Guernsey Lihou Houmets Les Houmets including Houmet Benest Benet, Houmet Paradis & Houmet Hommetol Omptolle . Off Alderney Burhou Off Herm Jethou Le Plat Houmet Off Sark Brecqhou Bailiwick of Jersey Image Ecrehous.jpg right thumb 200px Aerial view of Les cr hous cr hous Les cr hous Le Plat Hommet Le Hommet du Ouaisn Les Hommets La Rocco from rocque hou Icho from ic hou Normandy Tatihou Quettehou N hou Tribehou References Noms de lieux de Normandie , Ren Lepelley, 1999 Paris ISBN 2 86253 247 9 Jersey Place Names , Stevens, Arthur & Stevens, 1986 Jersey ISBN 0901897175 DEFAULTSORT Hou Category Norman language Category Channel Islands Category Placename element etymologies ChannelIslands geo stub gd hou ko hou simple hou ... more details
This page list topics related to Guernsey . NOTOC compactTOC8 side yes top yes num yes 0 9 Empty section date July 2010 A Alderney B Bailiwick Brecqhou Burhou C Channel Islands Culture of Guernsey D Empty section date July 2010 E Empty section date July 2010 F Empty section date July 2010 G Guernsey pound H Herm I International Island Games Association J Jethou K Empty section date July 2010 L Lihou M Empty section date July 2010 N Empty section date July 2010 O Empty section date July 2010 P Politics of Guernsey Q Empty section date July 2010 R Empty section date July 2010 S Sark Sport in Guernsey T Transport in Guernsey U Empty section date July 2010 V Empty section date July 2010 W Empty section date July 2010 X Empty section date July 2010 Y Empty section date July 2010 Z Empty section date July 2010 See also Lists of country related topics similar lists for other countries Lists List of people from Guernsey Category Guernsey related lists Category Indexes of topics by country Guernsey Index footer ... more details
richest ?DCMP ILC SEARCH Mediaweek Telegraph owners medias richest ref Channel Island of Brecqhou Image Brecqhou Barclay Brothers Castle.jpg thumb left The Barclay Brothers castle, Brecqhou In 1993, the Barclay brothers bought the island of Brecqhou , one of the Channel Islands , located just west of Sark . Their own mock Gothic castle on Brecqhou, designed by Quinlan Terry , features convert ... 1 May 2010 ref Sark politics Since their purchase of Brecqhou, the Barclays have been in several ... banning motor cars. They have also expressed a desire to make Brecqhou politically independent from Sark building on the research of William Toplis, the painter, and others, who argued that Brecqhou ... high, particularly since they maintained Brecqhou s paths and dock. Fearing more litigation, Sark ... Photos of Fort Brecqhou http news.independent.co.uk media article1778426.ece Description of Barclay ... more details
Roussel may refer to Roussel automobile , French automobile manufactured from 1908 to 1914 Roussel Uclaf , a French company Bois Roussel 1935 1955 , French racehorse Kirin Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel , British court ruling 2004 concerning patents Places Little Roussel , the channel between Herm and Guernsey, in the Channel Islands Big Roussel , the channel between Herm to the west, and Brecqhou and Sark to the east, in the Channel Islands Ch renc le Roussel , a commune in the Manche d partement, Normandy People Albert Roussel 1869 1937 , French composer Athina Onassis Roussel b. 1985 , French equestrian, daughter of Thierry Roussel C dric Roussel b. 1978 , Belgian footballer Dominic Roussel b. 1970 , Canadian ice hockey player Louis J. Roussel, Jr. 1906 2001 , Louisiana businessman and political kingmaker Ga tan Roussel b. 1972 , French singer and composer Gilles L. Roussel b. 1976 , famous French hairstylist in Houston, Texas Henry Roussell 1875 1946 , French actor, director and screenwriter Hippolyte Roussel d. 1898 , French missionary to Polynesia Ker Xavier Roussel 1867 1944 , French artist Louis Lesaffre Roussel , French businessman, co founder of Bonduelle S.A. Nathalie Roussel b. 1956 , French actress Nelly Roussel 1878 1922 , French activist in feminism causes Peter Roussel bc. 1942 , American politician Raoul Roussel 1389 1452 , French churchman Raymond Roussel 1877 1933 , French writer Roussel de Bailleul , 11th century Norman adventurer Thierry Roussel b. 1953 , French businessman, husband of Christina Onassis Tom Roussel b. 1945 , American footballer William Roussel b. 1976 , French musician Disambiguation de Roussel fr Roussel ja ro Roussel ru sv Roussel ... more details
Operation Huckaback was a British Commando raid during the Second World War . The raid was carried out by No. 62 Commando also known as the Small Scale Raiding Force SSRF over the night of 27 28 February 1943. The raid was originally planned for the night of 9 10 February 1943, as simultaneous raids on Herm , Jethou and Brecqhou . The objective was to take prisoners and gain information about the situation in the occupied Channel Islands . It was to be carried out by 42 men from the SSRF and No. 4 Commando , but was cancelled because of bad weather. Huckaback was reinvented as a raid on Herm alone on the night of 27 28 February 1943. Ten men of the SSRF under Captain land Captain Patrick Anthony Porteous Victoria Cross VC landed convert 200 yd to the north west of Selle Rocque on a shingle beach. After three unsuccessful attempts to scale the cliff, Porteous finally managed to climb up the bed of a stream and pulled the others up with a rope. On reaching Belvoir House, they found it had been broken into and left abandoned. Further reconnaissance found that the Old Tower of Herm and the Chateau were also deserted. The raid did not find any signs of the German occupation troop or the islands population. ref cite web accessdate 15 June 2010 publisher Naval History title Codewords url http www.naval history.net xGM Ops CodeNamesAlpha.htm ref References Reflist British Commando raids of the Second World War coord missing Category Conflicts in 1943 Category World War II British Commando raids H Category Battles involving the United Kingdom Category 1943 in France ... more details
Noref date August 2009 A bailiwick IPA en be l w k pron is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff , and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff s functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a royal or imperial writ . The word is now more generally used in a metaphor ical sense, to indicate a sphere of authority, experience, activity, study or interest. A bailiwick lang de Ballei was also the territorial division of the Teutonic Order . Here, various Komtur Komtur en formed a Ballei province. The term survives in administrative usage in the British Crown dependencies of the Channel Islands , which for administrative purposes are grouped into the two bailiwicks of Jersey comprising the island of Jersey and uninhabited islets such as the Minquiers and cr hous and Guernsey comprising the islands of Guernsey , Sark , Alderney , Brecqhou , Herm , Jethou and Lihou . Each Channel Island bailiwick is headed by a Bailiff Channel Islands Bailiff . Origin Wiktionary bailiwick At Bicester in Oxfordshire, the lord of the manor of Market End was the Earl of Derby who, in 1597, sold a 9,999 year lease to 31 principal tenants. This in effect gave the manorial rights to the leaseholders, purchased for the benefit of those inhabitants or others who might hereafter obtain parts of the demesne . The leaseholders elected a bailiff to receive the profits from the bailiwick, mainly from the administration of the market and distribute them to the shareholders. From the bailiff s title, the arrangement became known as the Bailiwick of Bicester Market End. By 1752 all of the original leases were in the hands of ten men, who leased the bailiwick control of the market to two local tradesmen. The term originated in France bailie being the Old French term for a bailiff . Under the ancien r gime in France, the bailli was the king s representative in a bailliage , charged with the application of justice and control of the administration. In southern France, t ... more details
The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the island of Guernsey and other islands such as Alderney , Sark , Herm , Jethou , Brecqhou , and Lihou . Parishes The island of Guernsey is divided into ten Parish subnational entity parishes the parish of Saint Anne, Alderney and the parish of Sark Saint Peter, Sark are not generally included in the enumeration of parishes in the Bailiwick as the names are not of administrative significance ref http www.gov.gg ccm navigation government facts figures census Census , Guernsey official website ref ref http www.statoids.com ugg.html Parishes of Guernsey , Statoids.com ref style background transparent class wikitable sortable style text align right font size 95 width 100px Parish Population 2001 Area vergee s Area km Area sq mi 1. align left Castel, Guernsey Castel commas 8975 commas 6224 10.200 3.938 2. align left Forest, Guernsey Forest commas 1549 commas 2508 4.110 1.587 3. align left St Andrew, Guernsey St Andrew commas 2409 commas 2752 4.510 1.741 4. align left St Martin, Guernsey St Martin commas 6267 commas 4479 7.340 2.834 5. align left St Peter Port commas 16488 commas 4074 6.677 2.578 6. align left St Peter s, Guernsey St Pierre du Bois commas 2188 commas 3818 6.257 2.416 7. align left St Sampson, Guernsey St Sampson commas 8592 commas 3687 6.042 2.333 8. align left Saint Saviour, Guernsey St Saviour commas 2696 commas 3892 6.378 2.463 9. align left Torteval, Guernsey Torteval commas 973 commas 1901 3.115 1.203 10. align left Vale, Guernsey Vale commas 9573 commas 5462 8.951 3.456 Image Guernsey.png thumb 380px Map of the parishes of Guernsey. Administration Each parish is administered by a Douzaine. Douzeniers are elected for a four year mandate, three Douzeniers being elected by parishioners at a parish meeting in November each year. The Vale elects four each year and St Peter Port five. The senior Douzenier is known as the Doyen Dean . Two elected Constable s lang fr Conn tables carry out the decisions of the Douzain ... more details
Main Sark Image Sark aerial.jpg right thumb Aerial view of Sark Little Sark is on the right of the image Little Sark is a peninsula forming the southern section of the Channel Islands Channel Island of Sark . The island of Brecqhou on the west of Sark, would have been a peninsula like this within recorded history. There is a Hamlet place hamlet here, and also a guesthouse and cafe at La Sablonnerie. Geography File Sark 1857.jpg thumb In this 1857 map, Little Sark can be seen in the south. Little Sark is roughly triangular in shape, some one kilometre in width in the south and one and a half kilometres in length from north to south. It is joined to the larger part of the island Great Sark by a narrow isthmus known as La Coup e , a high ridge convert 80 m ft 0 above the sea which is only some three metres in width. This is gradually being eroded and Little Sark will eventually become an island a similar process is likely to have occurred with Brecqhou close to Sark s west coast . ref name Hammond138 Hammond, R.W.J. ed. 1970 . The Channel Islands. London Ward Lock . p.138 ref Several small islets lie close to the shore of Little Sark. These include Moie de la Fontaine and Moie de la Bretagne on the west coast, Petite Baveuse, Moie du Port Gorey Seceuil and Bretagne Uset along the south coast, and Breni re on the east coast. Several tiny islets also lie in Baleine Bay , which stretches along much of the east coast of Little Sark and also the southeast coast of great Sark, and L Etac de Sark and les Demies lie to the southeast of Little Sark. ref name Hammond130 Hammond, R.W.J. ed. 1970 . The Channel Islands. London Ward Lock. p.130 ref The west coast of Little Sark is rocky, but there are two notable beaches to the north and east. The beach of Pot Bay stretches along the east coast from north of Breni re to Avocat Point, but this is a minor attraction compared to La Grande Gr ve , Sark s largest and most popular beach, which lies along the north coast of Little Sark and ... more details
double image right Flag of Guernsey.svg 194 Coat of arms of Guernsey.svg 88 The Flag of Guernsey The Coat of arms of Guernsey Image LocationGuernsey.png thumb The location of Guernsey Image Guernsey islands.png thumb An enlargeable map of the Bailiwick of Guernsey See also Index of Guernsey related articles The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Isles terminology British Crown dependency located in the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy . ref name CIA World Factbook cite web date July 2, 2009 url https www.cia.gov library publications the world factbook geos gk.html title Guernsey work The World Factbook publisher United States Central Intelligence Agency accessdate July 23, 2009 ref As well as the Isle of Guernsey , the bailiwick also comprises Alderney , Sark , Herm , Jethou , Brecqhou , Burhou , Lihou and other islet s. Although the defence of all these islands is the responsibility of the United Kingdom , Guernsey is not part of the UK but rather a separate possession of the Crown, comparable to the Isle of Man . Guernsey is also not part of the European Union . The island of Guernsey is divided into Parishes of Guernsey ten parishes . Together with the Bailiwick of Jersey , it is included in the collective grouping known as the Channel Islands . Guernsey belongs to the Common Travel Area . The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guernsey TOC limit limit 2 General reference Image Guernsey CIA WFB Map.png thumb An enlargeable basic map of Guernsey Pronunciation IPA en rnzi Common English country name Guernsey Official English country name The Bailiwick of Guernsey Common endonym s List of countries and capitals in native languages Official endonym s List of official endonyms of present day nations and states List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names Countries and nations Adjectival s List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names Countries and nations Demonym s Etymology Name of Guernsey ISO country co ... more details
North is to the left of centre, Little Sark in the upper right and Brecqhou at bottom right. footnote1 ... also exercises jurisdiction over the island of Brecqhou , only a few hundred feet west of Greater Sark. It is a private island that is not open to visitors. Since 1993 Brecqhou has been owned by David ... more details
and Herm the main islands Jethou , Brecqhou Brechou and Lihou , all except Jersey in the Bailiwick ... Le Rigdon and L tacq, Jersey Le Gouliot between Sark and Brecqhou La Perc e between Herm and J thou ... more details
, and the Bailiwick of Guernsey comprising the islands of Guernsey , Sark , Alderney , Brecqhou ... also the islands of Herm and Jethou, Sark, which also claims jurisdiction over the island of Brecqhou ... more details
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