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7 Facts about Guernsey

In this video you can find seven little known facts about the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Keep watching and subscribe, as more British territories will follow! You can now support this channel via Patreon, by accessing the link bellow. Thank you!   / 7facts   Learn, Share, Subscribe US States & Territories    • US States & Territories   206 Countries in One Series    • 7 Facts from around the World (all vi...   Social Media:   / sebastian2go     / official7facts   ------------------------------------------------ More information about the video content bellow: 1. Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. It lies roughly north of St Malo and to the west of the Cotentin Peninsula. With several smaller nearby islands, it forms a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency. 2. The island itself used to be the tip of a peninsula attached to mainland Europe, however rising sea levels separated it from modern-day France approximately 8,000 years ago. Around 6000 BC, rising seas created the English Channel and separated the Norman promontories that became the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey from continental Europe. Neolithic farmers then settled on its coast and built the dolmens and menhirs found in the islands today, providing evidence of human presence dating back to around 5000 BC. 3. Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2014 was 18,207. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from Saint Pierre Du Bois. St. Peter Port is a small town consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes. It is known that a trading post/town existed here before Roman times with a pre-Christian name which has not survived. 4. Pronounced ‘pooks’, Channel Islanders think they are descended from ‘pouques’ – or fairies. Visit the Table des Pions, or Fairy Ring, where legend has it that fairies, witches and elves met. The last reported fairy sighting on the island was in the early 1900’s! Stories of witchcraft are also rife on the island. Many houses have a witch’s seat jutting out from the house gables in the belief that if you gave a seat to a passing witch, you would be free from evil spells. 5. Guernsey’s tidal range of 33 feet is one of the largest in the world, transforming the coastline every six hours or so. High tides are perfect for swimming, and children love to explore the rock pools at low tide. 6. Bailiwick of Guernsey is made up of five islands that you can visit – Guernsey, Herm, Sark, Alderney and Lihou. Each isle is a little gem with unique traits, charms and attractions. There are also the privately owned islands of Jethou and Brecqhou. 7. The base of the local Guernesaise patois kept alive by a group of dedicated islanders. More Info: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de... Music: • AERØHEAD - Before the Morning    • [Chill] AERØHEAD - Before the Morning      / @aerhead     / aerohead   Images: By TUBS - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Harold Robert Millar (1869-1940)Restoration by Adam Cuerden - Kipling, Rudyard; ill. Harold Robert Millar (1906) Puck of Pook's Hill (1st reprint (October 1906) ed.), London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Magnus Manske - Created by Magnus Manske., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DK0DOLSXU... Intro Creator: Pushed to Insanity http://pushedtoinsanity.com/portfolio...