Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey) is a British crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

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As well as the island of Guernsey itself, it also includes Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, Burhou and other islets. The island of Guernsey is divided into 10 Parishes. Together with the Bailiwick of Jersey, it is included in the collective grouping known as the Channel Islands.

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Rising sea levels transformed Guernsey into the tip of a peninsula jutting out into the emergent English Channel until about 6000 BC, when Guernsey and other promontories were cut off from continental Europe, becoming islands. At this time, Neolithic farmers settled the coasts and created the dolmens and menhirs that dot the islands. The island of Guernsey contains three sculpted menhirs of great archaeological interest; Le Dolmen de Dehus also contains a dolmen deity.

Bailiwick: A bailiwick is the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff. The term was also applied to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a Crown grant. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of activity, experien...

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Guernsey related Images and Photos (experimental)

Seashore at Guernsey 1883	View of St Peter Port Guernsey	A View of St Peter Port Guernsey 1793	Caricature of Victor Hugo as Zeus in Exile on Guernsey from the Front Cover Of"Le Hanneton"
Homes of Victor Hugo the Lounge at Hauteville House in Guernsey Engraved Meaulle