ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, CREEKS, 

 ROCKS, &c, 



ON AND NEAR THE COAST OF GUERNSEY AND THE OTHER 

 ISLANDS OF THE BAILIWICK, WITH NOTES, &c. 



BY THE REV. R. H. TOURTEL, B.D. 



The following list comprises the names of the bays, creeks, 

 rocks, and other places on and near the coast of Guernsey and 

 the other islands of the bailiwick. These names are placed in 

 a direct line as far as possible, but it will sometimes happen 

 that, owing to the distance of several rocks from the coast, 

 this order cannot always be strictly adhered to. Explanations, 

 however, are fully given, so that it is possible to trace the 

 localities. To these names I have added some notes which 

 may be useful to the different sections of the Guernsey Society 

 of Natural Science, and which may tend to throw some light 

 upon their history. Many of these rocks were in former times 

 joined to the mainland ; this is a most important point to re- 

 member, and it must be understood to qualify many of the 

 names mentioned in the following list. L Academie des Sciences 

 in Paris lately observed that it is evident the land in this 

 part of Europe subsides about nine metres per century, and 

 consequently, some rocks that are now visible, r.ust in the 

 course of time be submerged. Many of these names have a 

 Keltic, others a Scandinavian, others again a Norman-French 

 origin ; some rocks have a history of their own, whilst many 

 names seem to be entirely lost in obscurity. Feeling, how- 

 ever, how unwise it is, because we cannot have all we would 

 desire, to forego what is within our reach, I have done my 

 utmost to rescue these names from oblivion and to trace the 

 meaning of the greater part of them. 



