Vale Castle, is a protected building located in the Vale, Guernsey. The original name was "Le Château St Michel", later it became "Château de Val" or "Château...
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Vale (Guernésiais: Lé Vale; French: Le Valle) is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. In 933 the islands...
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Castle Cornet is a large island castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, also known as Cornet Rock or Castle Rock. Its importance was as a defence...
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539°W / 49.493; -2.539 St. Michel du Valle is the parish church of Vale, Guernsey. In January 1949 an Early Christian monument was unearthed outside the...
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Sarnian. "History of the Vale Castle". BBC. 13 November 2014. "Protected Monuments". Guernsey government. "Towers". Guernsey Museum. Crossan, Rose-Marie...
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to Guernsey. The Duke was taken to St. Michael's Abbey. In gratitude for the abbot's hospitality, he gave all the lands within the Close of the Vale to...
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Fort Richmond, Guernsey Fort Saumarez Fort Hommet Vale Castle Fort Duquemin Bréhon Tower Fort Grandes Rocques Château à L'Etoc Essex Castle Fort Albert Fort...
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history of Guernsey stretches back with evidence of Neolithic occupation, followed by Roman occupation. Christianity was brought to Guernsey by St Sampson...
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Saint Peter Port (redirect from St Peter Port, Guernsey)
the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population...
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The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the island of Guernsey and other islands such as Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, and Lihou. Each parish was...
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billeted in Guernsey were often foreigners, Russians, Dutch, Brunswick and French royalists. There are graves of Russian soldiers at the Vale Castle. With the...
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Fort Grey (category Castles in Guernsey)
Rocquaine Bay in Saint Peter, Guernsey on the west coast of the island. The French name of the rock is the Château de Rocquaine (Castle of Rocquaine); in Guernésiais...
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Charities that have benefitted from the Vale Castle Fair event include Free Tibet, the Burma Campaign UK and Safer Guernsey. The 2020 event was unusual in that...
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Peter Port, St Sampson, St Saviour, Torteval and Vale As regards General Elections, from 2020 Guernsey follows an island wide election system whereby 38...
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Sampson (Guernésiais: Saint Samsaon) is a parish of Guernsey, an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, directly north of St Peter Port. It is on the north-west...
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States of Guernsey. Fortress Engineers, Festung Pionier Stab XIX, established their HQ at Elizabeth College and stores were set up next to Vale Castle and Bulwer...
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The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey; Guernésiais: Bailliage dé Guernési) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency off the coast...
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Saint-Michel who had settled in Guernsey around 968 A.D. The bridges still existed in 1715. Ferry A ferry existed near the Vale Church, which must have assisted...
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Guernsey Football Club is a community football club located in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. The club was formed in 2011 and became a member...
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Guernsey Airport (IATA: GCI, ICAO: EGJB) is an international airport on the island of Guernsey and the largest airport in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It...
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The title Bailiff of Guernsey has been used since at least the 13th century and indicated the leading citizen of Guernsey. The 90th and current Bailiff...
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The Courts of Guernsey are responsible for the administration of justice in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. They apply the law...
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pound is the currency of Guernsey. Since 1921, Guernsey has been in currency union with the United Kingdom and the Guernsey pound is not a separate currency...
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Martin, Guernsey, Channel Islands, a parish history from 1204. p. 28. "Windmills of Guernsey". Windmill World. Retrieved 2 May 2008. "The Vale Mill". BBC...
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Guernésiais (redirect from Guernsey Norman French)
also known as Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on...
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Bordeaux Harbour (redirect from Bordeaux Harbour (Guernsey))
Bordeaux Harbour is a fishing port and bay in the parish of Vale in the northeast of Guernsey, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Saint Peter Port. The harbour...
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Channel Islands (redirect from Guernsey channel islands)
which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands. Historically...
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the island of Guernsey, based on list of licensed banking institutions from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission ABN Amro (Guernsey) Limited Bank...
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L'Ancresse (category Geography of Guernsey)
L'Ancresse (lit. 'The Anchor') is an area in the Vale, Guernsey, comprising a common and several beaches covering 737 Vergées (298 acres). The sea levels...
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A Guernsey-variant British passport, also known as the Guernsey Passport, is a British passport issued to British citizens who are in the Bailiwick of...
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