Jersey Place Names: Volume II: The Maps

The care and dedication in putting this book together is second to none. If land and property in Jersey interests you, this is a must have!

To put a name to a place with this is just so wonderful. As a Jerseyman this was indeed brand new information about my island.

"Jersey Place Names " was published over 30 years ago , It is a work of great scholarship, on which the authors had worked for the previous 30 years. It was produced in a limited print run. I had sought to acquire a copy , but this proved impossible. This year the Societe Jersiase have produced a Second Edition, which is a facsimile of the original 1986 edition in 2 volumes in A4 size format with addenda. The first volume runs to 601 pages and lists place names and personal and family names from which place names are often derived. It includes 11,500 field names, scarcely believable in an island measuring only 119.5 sq kms and , being Jersey , the names of offshore rocks & shoals. The second volume comprises an index and facsimilies of the incredibly detailed maps handwritten on to the 12.5 " scale Ordnance Survey of the 1930s. The Second Edition is available through the Societe for a bargain price of £35 less 10 % if you are a member. I urge you to buy a copy. For me it will be a source of knowledge & delight for the years to come.I have rated volume one 5 stars and volume two 3 stars only, as the format in which the maps have been reproduced makes them very difficult to read. If you need to use them practically, it is necessary to go back to the original version. However note the index only appears in the second edition.