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[From Grose's 'The Antiquities of England and Wales', 1777]
Alderney is about 8 miles in circumference. It lies the nearest to Normandy, and is remarkable for its Strait, called the Race, so fatal to shipping. It is famous for its cows.
[Anon. Late 19th Century Manuscript - courtesy of Orinda Spence]
St. Anne's Church, Alderney
In the old cemetry stood the chapel built in the seventh century by the disciples of St. Guernole, Abbot of Landevennec, near Brest in France, the Christian that brought the glad tidings to Alderney. His doctrines were the same as those preached by St. Sampson and his two cousins. Afterwards, probably in the 12th or 13th Century, a new chapel was built on the same site, which, according to the plan kept in the parish church, must have been originally similar to St. Apolline in Guernsey and the Fisherman's Chapel in Jersey. The North transept was added in 1561 and the square tower at the east end in 1767 when the windows were altered. All that remains of this church is the tower, now the clock-tower of the town. Rev. John Le Mesurier, son of the last hereditary governor of the Island, built in 1850 the present church, and made a free gift of it to the parish, along with an annual endowment of £150 for the curate. The architect was Sir G. Scott. The handsome granite gateway of the entrance to the cemetry bears the inscription - "Albert 1864. Erected by the people of Alderney" to commemorate his visit.
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