ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, CREEKS, 

 ROCKS, &c, 



ON AND NEAR THE COAST OF THE ISLANDS OF THE BAILI- 

 WICK, WITH NOTES, &c, 



BY THE REV. R. H. TOURTEL, B.D., F.S.A., 



Membre de la Societe dArcheologie dAvrancb.es. 



(Continued from page 140.) 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 



Ar Arabic. 



A. Sax — Anglo-Saxon. 



B Bay. 



Br Breton. 



C Creek. 



CI Cliff. 



Ch Chaldee. 



Com Compare. 



Dan Danish. 



Der Derived. 



Dim Diminutive. 



Du Dutch. 



Eng English. 



Eth Ethiopic. 



Fig Figuratively. 



Fr French. 



Gael Gaelic. 



Ger German. 



Gr Greek. 



Heb Hebrew. 



I Islet. 



Ic Icelandic. 



Ir Irish. 



It Italian. 



Kel Keltic. 



Lat Latin. 



L. Lat Low Latin. 



Lit Literally. 



N. Fr Norm. French. 



N. T Nautical term. 



O. Fr Old French. 



O.Kel Old Keltic. 



P Point. 



PI Plural. 



ALDERNEY. 



Port Portuguese. 



Prov Proverb. 



Prove Provencal. 



R Rock. 



Rus Russian. 



S Spot on the si 



San Sanskrit. 



Sc Scotch. 



Sp Spanish. 



Sw Swedish. 



Syr Syriac. 



Term Termination. 



Trans Translation. 



V Valley. 



W Welsh 



The following note appeared in the Alderney Gazette on the (>th November, 

 1896. " On a fair day, when sky and atmospheric conditions are propitious, 

 the whole French coast, from La Hague Spit to the Biville sands in Dielette 

 Bay, can be plainly discerned from Alderney. Near the Spit itself, and 

 nestling on the slope which leads towards the Beaumont Plateau, is a hamlet, 

 a rude fishing hamlet, called Auderville. It is the nearest living community 

 to Alderney. 



How did Aurigny, the island's French name, come to be the English 

 Alderney ? The " ey" which stands for island, as in Guerns-ey and Jers-ey, 

 being disposed of, we have the stem " Alder" left. 



As no amount of tongue-twisting can turn " Riduna" " Arica," or 

 " Aurigny" all names by which in the past Alderney has gone by, into 

 Alderney, why not turn to the other side of the Race, but seven miles 

 distant, for a solution? Between "Alder" and " Auder" the relation is 

 obvious. As the French have a way of saying, the connection saute aux yeux. 



How easy for the old pilots, and weather-beaten sea dogs, who, in days 

 gone by, sailed up and down the Race, to connect Aurigny, not so much 

 with itself, as with the more prominent Cape La Hague close by, and to call 

 it Auder's isle. 



Or, did not, perhaps, the inter-relation of families of the Cape with 

 those of Alderney, have a deal to do with the name ? 



