Kelly's Directory of the Channel Islands 1931

Kelly's Directory of the Channel Islands 1931

Towns & Places, Private Residents & Trades Directory sections, with 3 coloured maps.

Index.

Principal Seats.

Index To Advertisements.

The Channel Islands Gazetteer.

Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm And Jethou.

Channel Islands Directory,.

Private Residents.

Channel Islands Trades & Professional Directory.

Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney & Sark  Maps.

"THESE islands consist of the large island of Jersey and the smaller one of Guernsey, the islands of Alderney, Brecho, Great Sark, Little Sark, Herm, Jethou and Lihou, the whole forming a group in the Gulf of Avranches, off the coast of Brittany, France, and about 80 miles due south from the Bill of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England. The islands lie in the form of a crescent, the south horn of which (Jersey) is 20 miles west of St. Germain and the northern horn (Alderney) 12 miles west of Cape la Hague, Guernsey, with Sark, Herm and Jethou on its eastern side, being in the centre of the arc, the distance from the eastern side of Jersey to the longitude of Guernsey being about 30 miles, and the distance from Alderney to Jersey about the same; the dimensions of the three principal islands are Jersey 12 miles by 6, Guernsey 8 by 6, and Alderney 3J by r, the total area of the whole of the islands being 58,073 acres. The population in 1911 was 96,899, and in 1921, 89,614, viz.: males, 41,264 and females, 48,350."