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Jethou (/ʒɛˈtuː/ zheh-TOO) is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is privately leased from the Crown, and not open to the public. Resembling the top of a wooded knoll it is immediately south of Herm and covers approximately 44 acres (18 ha).

Jethou

Jethou from Herm
Location of Jethou (red) in the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Geography
Coordinates	49°27′30″N 2°27′45″W
Archipelago	Channel Islands
Adjacent to	English Channel
Area	44 acres (18 ha)
Administration
Bailiwick of Guernsey
Jurisdiction	Guernsey
Demographics
Population	3 (1996)
Additional information
Motto	Vigilare et admonere
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Herm, Jethou and The Humps
Designated	19 October 2015
Reference no.	2277[1]

History

There is evidence of flint manufacturing in an area exposed only at low water between the island and Crevichon which shows occupation around 10,000 BC.[2] It is said that in AD 709 a storm washed away the strip of land that connected the island with Herm.[3]

The Vikings called the island Keitholm.[4] The island's current name retains the related Norman -hou suffix, meaning 'small island' or 'small hill'.

In 1416, it became part of Henry V's estate and still remains Crown property, now leased to the States of Guernsey.

On the top is a marker. It is said that in earlier times, pirates were hanged on it with chains, as on nearby Crevichon.

Modern history

In 1867 Lt Colonel Montague Fielden became the island's tenant. However he was discovered using the island as a storehouse for smuggling brandy from France.[4]

From 1920 to 1923 it was leased by the Scottish novelist Compton MacKenzie along with Herm and remained part of that estate for years, although it is currently part of a different one.[4]

From September 1964 until December 1971 the island was occupied by the Faed family – Angus Faed, his wife Susan Faed and their four children, Colin, Erik, Colette and Amanda. Mrs Susan Faed was the 22nd tenant of Jethou.[4]

In the 1950s and 60s the island was open to the public. During that period postage stamps were issued. Local stamps on the Bailiwick of Guernsey were banned on 1 October 1969, and the Isle of Jethou was closed to the public from 1970.[5]

In 1972, Charles Hayward, founder of the Firth Cleveland Group of Companies, purchased the Crown tenancy of the island and lived there with his wife Elsie Darnell George until his death in 1983.

In 1996 the island was leased by Sir Peter Ogden of IT company Computacenter.[6]

It was recognised in 2016 as an area of international environmental importance under the Ramsar Convention.[7]

It is flanked by two islets, Crevichon to the north and Fauconnière to the south. There is one house on the island and two cottages as well as a large garage where vehicles such as quad bikes and tractors are stored.

Governance

Unlike the largely autonomous islands of Sark and Alderney within the Bailiwick, Jethou is administered entirely by the States of Guernsey,[8] and elects members to the States of Deliberation as part of the St. Peter Port South electoral district.[9]

Wildlife

At the back (east) of Jethou, puffins can be seen swimming off the rocks.

Jethou in popular culture

The British 1957 musical Free as Air by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade was set on the fictitious island of 'Terhou', which was based on Jethou.

Mary Gentle's 2007 novel Ilario: The Stone Golem has a villainous noblewoman exiled to a convent in Jethou.

See also

• List of tenants of Jethou

References

Bibliography

• BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford University Press, 1971) ISBN 978-0194311250

External links

• Jethou homepage
• Free Gutenberg Project book, Jethou; or, Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. Suffling
• Stamps from Isle of Jethou 1998 Stamps Catalogue by Anders Backman – Freenee
• Island of Jethou at Britlink

На других языках

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[de] Jethou

Jethou ist eine kleine, öffentlich nicht zugängliche Kanalinsel nahe der Insel Herm. Die Insel ist 18 Hektar groß und zählte 1996 drei ständige Bewohner[1]; es gibt ein einziges Haus (Manor House). Politisch gehört die Insel zur Vogtei Guernsey, darin zur Stadt St. Peter Port (ebenso wie die Nachbarinsel Herm).

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- [en] Jethou

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[fr] Jéthou

Jéthou (Jethou en anglais, Jétho en jersiais) est une petite île Anglo-Normande, à environ 5 km à l’est de Guernesey et moins d’1 km au sud-ouest d’Herm. C’est une île privée, louée depuis 1991[1] par l'homme d'affaires Peter Ogden (en), dont l’accès n’est pas autorisé au public.

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[it] Jethou

Jethou (ˈdʒɛt.huː) è una piccola isola privata a sud di Herm, nelle Isole del Canale. La sua superficie è di circa 18 ettari ed è fiancheggiata da 2 isole, Crevichon a nord e Fauconniere a sud.

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[ru] Джету

Дже́ту (Джетху, Жету; англ. Jethou /ˈdʒɛt.huː/; фр. Jéthou; гернс. Jethao) — маленький островок в составе коронного владения Гернси в архипелаге Нормандские острова. Остров находится в нескольких сотнях метров к югу от Херма.

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