Although Jersey is a small island it has a rich and varied history. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in its place names, some of which are of great antiquity while others are being coined even today. Toponomy is a living study.These scholarly volumes are the result of thirty years work by three dedicated researchers, Charles Stevens, his wife Joan Stevens, and Jean Arthur. The authors have, in addition, enjoyed the assistance and advice of Dr Frank Le Maistre who has subjected the manuscript to minute and searching scrutiny.Volume I, the dictionary, is a comprehensive catalogue of the place names in which are explained their origins, deviations, earliest known occurrences and changes in orthography, followed by a detailed gazetteer of their use in the island. There are about twelve thousand fields in Jersey and their names and those of innumerable other localities and features dealt with in this important study have historical associations spanning many centuries.The sources used in compiling the dictionary are numerous; a great many entries have been culled from the helpful owners of properties visited and many other from unpublished manuscript material dating back to the fifteenth century and before. Earlier sources found in learned publications have been used, and all are included in the extensive list of references.The forty-one maps in Volume II, locating where possible names listed in Volume I, have been reproduced from large-scale hand-drawn copies of the States’ Official Survey. Seldom has so extensive an area been recorded in such detail.

Jersey Place Names: Volume II: The Maps

History

Stevens, Professor Charles

Stevens, Collette

Europe

Societe Jersiaise

Brief History of Jersey

Peter,Hunt

Lillie, the legend: The life of Lillie Langtry

Coleman, Tessa

Biographies & Memoirs

Stewards of the Media: A Jersey History

Politics & Social Sciences

McLoughlin, Roy

Social Sciences

A Concise History of Jersey: A New Perspective

Platt, Professor Colin

Jersey's seas contain a mixture of warmer southern European species and colder subarctic ones giving it a marine life which is subtly different to that of mainland Britain. This guide will help you to identify the plants and animals that you will commonly encounter in Jersey's rockpools, sandflats, gullies and other coastal habitats. It is the perfect visual guide for anyone who enjoys exploring the seashore and wants to know more about its wildlife. Key features of this guide are: - Covers 367 species which can commonly be found around Jersey's coastline - Over 550 clear colour photographs - Habitat and other information for each species - A list of names in Jersey-Norman French - A comprehensive index

The Seashore Life of Jersey

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

This atlas contains all 366 diatom species to have been recorded in the Channel Islands. Each diatom is illustrated and has information concerning where and when it was found and by whom. Basic ecological and taxonomic information is given along with with any comments or notes that are of local interest. As well a collecting and modernising diatom records from historical and contemporary sources, this atlas offers a basic introduction to diatom natural history and to their study within the Channel Islands. This guide will be of interest to botanists, microscopists and local natural historians as well as diatomists. Most of the species covered are also found in the UK and on the European continent and so the atlas part of the book may be of general use to amateur and professional researchers outside of the Channel Islands. Features of this book include: - All 366 species of diatom recorded from the Channel Islands. - Clear line drawings for every the species featured. - An introduction to the natural history of diatoms. - Marine, freshwater and brackish species. - A summary of all known historical diatom records. - Advice on diatom sample preparation.

Diatoms of the Channel Islands

CHAMBERS, Paul

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