Articles

The Library's unique collections are a treasure chest of unusual, interesting and sometimes surprising material just waiting to be found. This anthology, written by the Editor, is based on an eclectic selection of our archive. The author asserts her copyright on all material on the Priaulx Library website except where copyright of other authors is expressly notified. Permission to reproduce material from this website and full attribution to the author is required in all cases.

Places & Place Names

Candie and L’Hyvreuse: Condatum et Eboracum or ebriaca herba

Suggestions for the origin of these interesting place names. Comments welcome! NOTE: if you make reference to this theory of the origin of the placenames Candie or L'Hyvreuse, please give the article title, refer to the Priaulx Library and attribute it to the author, Dinah Bott.

Piece, courtil, camp

Their meanings in terms of Guernsey landholdings, by Peter Girard, and a note by Rene Lepelley.

The murder of Brother Jean de L'Epine, Prior of Lihou

From the Guernsey Free Churchman, November 1935, p. 80. Written originally in French by George Rabey.

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