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<p> A group of small islands off the NW. coast of France, of which the largest are Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark; formerly part of the Duchy of Normandy, and now all that remains to Britain of her French dominions, being subject to it since 1066; have a delightful climate mild and bright, and varied and beautiful scenery; the soil is fertile; flowers and fruit are grown for export to Britain, also early potatoes for the London market; [[Guernsey]] pears and [[Jersey]] cows are famous; valuable quarries of granite are wrought; the language is Norman-French. </p> | <p> A group of small islands off the NW. coast of France, of which the largest are Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark; formerly part of the Duchy of Normandy, and now all that remains to Britain of her French dominions, being subject to it since 1066; have a delightful climate mild and bright, and varied and beautiful scenery; the soil is fertile; flowers and fruit are grown for export to Britain, also early potatoes for the London market; [[Guernsey]] pears and [[Jersey]] cows are famous; valuable quarries of granite are wrought; the language is Norman-French. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_70390"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/channel+islands Channel Islands from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_70390"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/channel+islands Channel Islands from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 15 October 2021
Channel Islands [1]
A group of small islands off the NW. coast of France, of which the largest are Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark; formerly part of the Duchy of Normandy, and now all that remains to Britain of her French dominions, being subject to it since 1066; have a delightful climate mild and bright, and varied and beautiful scenery; the soil is fertile; flowers and fruit are grown for export to Britain, also early potatoes for the London market; Guernsey pears and Jersey cows are famous; valuable quarries of granite are wrought; the language is Norman-French.
