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Brecqhou (or Brechou; French pronunciation:) is one of the Channel Islands, located off the west coast of Sark where they are now geographically detached from each other. Brecqhou is politically part of both Sark and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It has been established in the courts that Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark.
Lady Barclay argued that Sir Frederick had an interest in Brecqhou, one of the Channel Islands. She said Sir Frederick, and his brother David, had acquired the freehold of Brecqhou in 1993, and ...
The name 'Ecrehous' is Norse in origin. "Esker" as in Skerry meaning a stony bank and 'Hou', the toponym found also in Jethou, Lihou, Brecqhou, Burhou and other islets, derives from holm, meaning island.
The Barclay Brothers' castle, Brecqhou. In 1993, the Barclay brothers bought the tenement of the island of Brecqhou, a small sister island of Sark, one of the Channel Islands. Their mock-Gothic castle on Brecqhou, designed by Quinlan Terry, features 100-foot (30 m) granite walls, battlements, two swimming pools and a helicopter pad. Since their ...
Sark also exercises jurisdiction over the island of Brecqhou, only a few hundred feet west of Greater Sark. It is a private island, but it has recently been opened to some visitors. From 1993 Brecqhou was owned by the brothers David and Frederick Barclay, until David Barclay died in 2021 and Frederick Barclay became sole owner. The brothers ...
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Name Image Coordinates Area () Notes Minquiers [13] : 48°58′14″N 2°3′43″W: Other islets nearby include Maîtresse Île / Maîtr' Île, Les Maisons, Le Niêsant, Les Faucheurs, La Haute Grune
The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the island of Guernsey and other islands such as Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, and Lihou. Each parish was established, probably in the 11th century, as a religious area, each having its parish church. Administratively each parish is now administered by an elected council known as a Douzaine. [1]