A Conversation for The Channel Islands
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Paully Started conversation Oct 4, 2005
Who lives on them? How is it that they're owned by the UK rather than by France? What is their major source of income? Share your knowledge of the beautiful Channel Islands with the rest of h2g2!
Paully
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Galigan Posted Oct 4, 2005
yay!
ok, the Largest and most southerly of the Islands is Jersey, famous for the Jersey royal potato, the Jersey cow and the Jersey (the jumper). it is independantly governed i think, but i need to look up the full details on that.
the second largest is Guernsey to the north of Jersey. more info to follow.
next to Guernsey are Sark and Herm. neither of these have airports because they are so small, and cars are only allowed in special circumstances. the majority of transport is done on bicycles and tractors.
the northernmost (is that a word?) island is Alderney which is smaller than Guernsey but larger than Sark and Herm.
as well as these islands there are a group of rocks somewhere is the middle called the Ekrahoes (will check spelling later) which was inhabited by a farmer who kept sheep.
this is all the relevant info i can think of offhand, but if i can look it up i can provide a lot more stuff.
is it possible to have separate entries on each island of would they all be put together in a general entry?
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 4, 2005
The Channel Islands are not part of the UK.
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Paully Posted Oct 4, 2005
Indeed not, as I said above. But it'd be nice to get some facts and figures together so we can have an over-arching entry to act as an introduction to them!
Paully
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Paully Posted Oct 4, 2005
I didn't say above, did I?
Stupid Paul!
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Galigan Posted Oct 4, 2005
i think you said it in the announcements thread. oh well, it i do my job properly all this confusion will be cleared up.
there is an existing entry on jersey already. shall i add a link to it or update/replace it because frankly it's not very good.
p.s. yes i am volunteering to do this.
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Natalie Posted Oct 6, 2005
We have a volunteer - superb! Thanks, Galigan!
Regarding the Jersey Entry - the best place to do that would be the UpdateForum.
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Galigan Posted Oct 6, 2005
ok. i'll draft another entry on that when i have some time and pop over to the update forum with it.
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Pimms Posted Oct 6, 2005
As a Crown Dependancy don't forget to link to A3197207 The Isle of Man and A2027008 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Pimms
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Galigan Posted Oct 6, 2005
ok, i will add those, although i'm still not sure about the whole UK/GB thing. i'll work it out though.
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Number Six Posted Oct 6, 2005
Galigan - does this help? A2027008 - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Galigan Posted Oct 6, 2005
it probably should but i've gone through that once already. i didn't read it in detail though so i will fully go through that later and inform myself.
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Paully Posted Oct 20, 2005
I'm delighted to announce that we already have two County entries in Peer Review, waiting to receive any bouquets or brickbats that people might lob in their general direction! If you're currently either working on or contributing to a County entry of your own right now, you might like to have a quick look to see how some other researchers have tackled this challenge. They are: County Fermanagh (A6092606) and Norfolk (A6108473).
Hope you enjoy reading them!
Paully
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Galigan Posted Oct 25, 2005
this is the channel islands entry so far. A6032701 i can't think of much else that should be included right now. what do you lot think?
UK Counties & Regions - The Channel Islands
Galigan Posted Oct 27, 2005
i've put it into Peer Review
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- 1: Paully (Oct 4, 2005)
- 2: Galigan (Oct 4, 2005)
- 3: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 4, 2005)
- 4: Paully (Oct 4, 2005)
- 5: Paully (Oct 4, 2005)
- 6: Galigan (Oct 4, 2005)
- 7: Natalie (Oct 6, 2005)
- 8: Galigan (Oct 6, 2005)
- 9: Natalie (Oct 6, 2005)
- 10: Galigan (Oct 6, 2005)
- 11: Pimms (Oct 6, 2005)
- 12: Galigan (Oct 6, 2005)
- 13: Number Six (Oct 6, 2005)
- 14: Galigan (Oct 6, 2005)
- 15: Paully (Oct 20, 2005)
- 16: Galigan (Oct 25, 2005)
- 17: Galigan (Oct 27, 2005)
- 18: h2g2 auto-messages (Jan 9, 2007)
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