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Guernsey ships in the 14th century were small. 12-80 tons with crews of 8-20 men. [4]: 35 In times of war, ships could be seized as prizes, the practice continuing in times of peace, against all nationalities, as piracy. In 1441, Guernsey's liberties, customs and usages were set out in Le Précepte d'Assise. [10]: 37
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), artist; spent summer of 1883 in Guernsey; Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), lexicographer, moved to Guernsey in 1903; Lilian Lyle (1867–1953), botanist and phycologist, studied the marine life of Guernsey during the 1920s [34] Francis George Fowler (1871–1918), lexicographer, moved to Guernsey in 1903
Seventeen thousand people from Guernsey's total population of 41,000 were evacuated to England before the German occupation. [40] The evacuees included 80 per cent of Guernsey children who lived with relatives or strangers in Great Britain during the war. Most children returned home after the war ended in 1945. [41]
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The location of Guernsey An enlargeable map of the Bailiwick of Guernsey Enlargeable, detailed map of Guernsey and nearby islands. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guernsey: The Bailiwick of Guernsey – British Crown dependency located in the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy. [1]
List of banks in Guernsey; List of churches, chapels and meeting halls in the Channel Islands; List of diplomatic missions in Guernsey; List of governors of Guernsey; List of hoards in the Channel Islands; List of islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey; List of laws of Guernsey; List of lighthouses in the Channel Islands; List of newspapers in ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "History of Guernsey" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 ...