About Guernsey |
Both Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey are self-governing Crown dependencies.
Their unusual relationship to the English Crown can be traced to 1066, when they
were on the winning side at the Battle of Hastings, as territory of the Duke
of Normandy - later known as William the Conqueror. |
Click on the Guernsey flag for more about the island. |
Torteval Irish Wolfhounds takes its name from the Parish of Torteval in which we
live, population approximately 900. It is pronounced to rhyme with 'portable'. |
The Channel Islands comprise the Bailiwick of Guernsey (Guernsey itself, measuring
approx 25 square miles, and the much smaller islands of Alderney, Sark, Herm
and Jethou) and Jersey (approx 40 square miles). They lie 25 miles west of the
French coast and 70 miles south of the nearest point on the English coast. The
island of Guernsey has a population of approximately 65,000 . . . plus a few Irish
wolfhounds! |
Click on the sun for the weather in Guernsey today. |
Page reviewed September 2009 |