Books - Non-Fiction

Contents 1 Biography 2 Buildings 3 Folklore 4 Travel guides 5 Guernsey Bailiwick 5.1 Sark 5.2 Alderney 6 Guernsey History 6.1 Family History 6.2 Migration 6.3 Parishes 7 Jersey history 7.1 Family History 7.2 Parishes 7.3 Societe Jersiaise publications 7.4 Media 7.5 States documents 8 Prehistory 9 Religion 10 The Sea 11 World War 1 12 World War 2 13 Extended bibliography

Biography

• Marr, LJ, Guernsey People, (Phillimore 1984)
• Marr, LJ, More Guernsey People, (Guernsey Society 1992)
• Hocart, Richard, Peter de Havilland: Bailiff of Guernsey A History of his Life, 1747-1821, (La Société Guernesiaise 1997)
• Sir John Ross, Memoirs of Admiral Lord de Saumarez (2 vols, 1838)
• Syvret, Marguerite, Edmund Blampied - A Biography of the Artist 1886-1966 1986
• Balleine, George, A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey
• Corbet, Francis A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey, Vol 2
• Stevens, Philip, Victor Hugo in Jersey
• Blacker, Jean, Wace A Critical Bibliography
• Jeune, Reginald, Toujours Jeune autobiography of Jersey politician
• Hillsdon, Sonia The Jersey Lily biography of Lillie Langtry
• Lucas. Steven, The Devenport Years 1967-1991 Headmaster of Victoria College
• Burgess, GS and Weiss J, Maistre Wace – A Celebration
• Vibert, Ralph, Memoirs of a Jerseyman autobiography of Jersey politician
• Le Brocq, Edward, Memoirs of Edward Le Brocq Diary recording Jersey characters and events from the late 19th century until the middle of the 20th
• Pocock HRS,(compilers), Memoirs of Lord Coutanche Autobiography of Jersey's World War 2 Bailiff

Buildings

• Brett, CEB, Buildings in the town and parish of St Peter Port, (National Trust 1975)
• Members of the Guernsey Society, The Guernsey Farmhouse, (Guernsey Society 1963)
• McCormack, John, The Guernsey House, (Phillimore 1980)
• Stevens, Joan, Old Jersey Houses Vols 1 and 2, 1965/1977
• Lempriere, Raoul, Buildings and Memorials of the Channel Islands 1980
• Balleine, George, All for the King - Life story of Sir George Carteret (1609-1680)
• Scott Warren, David, Bluebottles – Story of the Jersey Police Service
• Binney, Marcus and Loth, Calder, Victorian Jersey
• Grinsley, EJ, The Historical Development of the Martello Tower in the Channel Islands
• Rodwell, Warwick, The Fisherman's Chapel
• Ginns, Michael, Jersey's German Bunkers
• Davis, William, Fort Regent
• Davis, William, Coastal Towers of Jersey

Folklore

• Lempriere, Raoul, Customs, Ceremonies and Traditions of the Channel Islands 1976
• De Garis, Marie, Folklore of Guernsey, (1975)
• MacCulloch, Edgar, Guernsey Folklore, 1903
• Pitts, John Linwood, Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands, 1886
• Hillsdon, Sonia and Jennings, Geraint, Strange goings on in the parishes A children's book
• Hillsdon, Sonia, Jersey's Witches, Ghosts and Traditions Islanders' war with the Devil and the consequent trial of Jersey witches, plus traditional tales from the 12 parishes

Travel guides

• Strangers' guide to the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey published 1833

Guernsey Bailiwick

Sark

• Cochrane, Jennifer, Life on Sark, 1994. A through-the-year account of life on Sark.

Alderney

• Pinnegar, Edward, A History of Aviation in Alderney, 2010. Includes the other islands and the present and future.

Guernsey History

• Dicey, Thomas, An historical account of Guernsey..., (1751)
• Berry, William, History of Guernsey (Berry), (1815)
• Jacob, John, Annals of some of the British Norman Isles, (1830)
• Duncan, Jonathan, History of Guernsey, (1841)
• Tupper, Ferdinand B, History of Guernsey, (Stephen Barbet, Guernsey 1854)
• Marr, LJ, History of Guernsey, (Guernsey Press 2001)

Family History

Migration

• Crossan, Rose-Marie, Guernsey 1814-1914: Migration and Modernisation, (Boydell 2007)
• Kreckeler, David W., Guernsey Emigrants to Australia 1828-1899, (1996)

Parishes

• Stevens-Cox, Gregory, St Peter Port 1680-1830 - the History of an International Entrepot, (Boydell 1999)
• Marie De Garis|De Garis, Marie, St Pierre du Bois - the Story of a Guernsey parish and its people
• Wyllie, Dave (ed), The Vale - 800 Years of a Guernsey Parish (2005)
• Strappini, Richard, St Martins, Guernsey - a Parish History from 1204, (2005)

Jersey history

• Rev Philip Falle History of Jersey 1734 reprint
• W Plees Account of the Island of Jersey 1817
• W Plees Account of the Island of Jersey 1824
• The Laws Customs and Priviliges and their Administration in the Island of Jersey Abraham Jones Le Cras 1839
• A Companion to the Island of Jersey Various authors 1836
• An Authentic Narrative of the Oppressions of the Islanders of Jersey:A Succinct History of the Military Actions, Constitution, Laws, Customs and Commerce of that Island 1771
• A Sketch of the history and present state of the Island of Jersey Thomas Lyte 1808
• Thorne's Guide to Jersey 1857
• 'The Jersey Magazine or Monthly Recorder 1809]
• Les Manuscrits de Philippe Le Geyt, Ecuyer, Lieutenant Bailli de l'Ile de Jersey sur les Constitutions, les Lois at les Usages de cet Ile
• Lake, Chris, Jersey Airport - The First 50 Years 1937-1987
• Jersey Evening Post, Images of Jersey 1994
• Stevens, Joan, Victorian Voices
• Stevens, Joan, A Short History of Jersey
• Stevens, Joan and Mayne, Richard, Jersey Through the Lens
• Hunt, Peter, A Brief History of Jersey 1998
• Mayne, Richard, Old Channel Islands Silver - It's Makers and Marks 1969
• Everard, JA and Holt, JC, Jersey 1204 - The forging of an island community 1204
• Balleine GR, The Bailiwick of Jersey 1951
• Stevens, Philip, Farms, Fields and Valleys of Jersey: A Photographic Tour of Rural Jersey a Century Ago 2005
• Bonsor, NRP, Jersey Eastern Railway (Library of Railway History) 1965
• Lempriere, Raoul Jersey in Old Photographs: A Third Selection (Britain in Old Photographs) 1993
• Lempriere, Raoul, Portrait of the Channel Islands
• Lempriere, Raoul, History of the Channel Islands
• Cottrill, DJ, Victoria College, Jersey, 1852-1972 1977
• Poingdestre, Jean, Caesarea or a Discourse of the Island of Jersey: In Two Parts 1889
• Hazard, Willis, The Jersey, Alderney, and Guernsey Cow: Their History, Nature and Management 2009
• Bailhache, Philip, A Celebration of Autonomy 1204-2004 : 800 Years of CI Law
• Ray, Dick, The Opera House A history of Jersey's Opera House
• Bisson, S (editor), The Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550
• Hillsdon, Sonia and Jennings, Geraint, The Battle of Jersey A children's book
• Hillsdon, Sonia and Jennings, Geraint, Gorey Castle A children's book
• Hillsdon, Sonia and Jennings, Geraint, Jersey farmers and their fields A children's *Hillsdon, Sonia and Jennings, Geraint, Famous people in the parishes
• Burgess, Glyn (translator) Roman de Rou by Maitre Wace
• Ashelford, Jane Royal Journeys Queen Victoria and Prince Albert 's visit to the Channel Islands in 1846
• Rodwell, Warwick, Mont Orgueil Castle
• Graves, Donald (editor), Merry Hearts Make Light Days The War of 1812 Journal of Lieutenant John Le Couteur,104th Foot
• Cox, Gregory Stevens, Les Iles de la Manche History of the Channel Islands
• Jones, Mari, Jèrriais - Jersey's Native Tongue
• Ford, Doug, Jersey 1204 (A Peculiar Situation) Jersey's historical links with the United Kingdom
• McCammon, ALT, Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles Vols 1 and 2

Family History

• Payne, W Bertrand, Payne's Armorial of Jersey Online copy
• Le Quesne, Walter and Dixon, Guy, The de Gruchys of Jersey 1991, 2000
• Le Quesne, Walter J, The Le Quesnes of Jersey 1995
• 1871 Census of Jersey-an all-island index
• 1901 Census of Jersey-an all-island index
• Glendinning, Alex, Oath of Association Did your ancestors sign the Jersey Oath of Association Roll of 1696?
• Marett, Robert, Maretts of La Haule
• Gabourel, John Richard, The House of Gabourel - A Four Century History of the Gabourels of Jersey from 1500 to 1900, an in-depth study of C. Langton's Gabourel Heraldry, 2009

Parishes

• Rowland, Anthony (editor), Grouville, Jersey - The History of a Country Parish Millennium book, 2001
• Blackstone, Chris and Le Quesne, Katie, St Martin, Jersey - The Story of an Island Parish Millennium Book, 1999
• Quenault, Enid, Backhurst, Marie-Louise and Corbet, Francis, St Brelade Jersey - A reflection of parish life in St Brelade during the twentieth century and of how much it has changed Millennium book
• Coutanche, HS and Le Feuvre, S (editors), St Lawrence - A Celebration of our Parish Millennium Book
• Bartlett, CT, Memories of Saint Ouen

Societe Jersiaise publications

• Societe Jersiaise Bulletins Vol 5 1902-1905

Media

• McLoughlin, Roy, Stewards of the Media 1999

States documents

• 1309 Assize Roll
• Actes des Etats 1524-1596
• Actes des Etats 1676-1688
• A Collection of the Several Petitions, Representations and Answers of the States and of the Royal Court of Jersey relative to political differences 1779-1788
• Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Civil, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Laws of the Island of Jersey 1860

Prehistory

• Hillsdon, Sonia and Jennings, Geraint, The Mystery of the La Cotte Cave
• Sabire, Heather, The Archaeology & Early History of the Channel Islands
• Johnston, Peter (editor), The Archaeology of the Channel Islands
• Jones, R and others, Past Landscapes of Jersey - Environmental changes during the last 10,000 years
• Patten, Mark and Finlaison, Margaret, Patterns in a Prehistoric Landscape The Archaeology of St Ouen's Bay
• Patten, Mark, Rodwell, Warwick and Finch, Olga, La Hougue Bie, Jersey Detailed history of the monument of La Hougue Bie covering social, cultural and religious changes of 6000 years of Jersey History

Religion

• Ogier, Darryl, Reformation and Society in Guernsey, (Boydell 1997)
• Adamson, Rev James, The Presbyterian Church in Jersey 1850-2004
• Chapman, David, Chapel and Swastika The story of how Methodism fared in the Channel Islands during the German Occupation
• Bellows, Tony, Channel Island Witchcraft: A Critical Survey 2009

The Sea

• McLoughlin, Roy, The Sea was their Fortune - Maritime History of the Channel Islands
• Davis, William, The Harbour that Failed Story of St Catherine's Breakwater
• Ovenden, John and Shayer, David, Shipwrecks of the Channel Islands 22 disasters from Roman to modern times
• Podger, Alec, Jersey : That Nest of Vypers A collection of 20 essays - the fruit of a lifetime's study of Jersey's history - with special reference to matters maritime
• Tessier-Yandell, John, HMS Jersey Stories of various ships bearing the name HMS Jersey
• Williams, Caroline, From Sail to Steam Studies in the 19th Century History of the Channel Islands
• Le Scelleur, Kevin, Channel Islands' Railway Steamers

World War 1

• Parks, Edwin Major, Diex Aix: God Help Us: The Guernseymen who marched away 1914-1918, (Guernsey Museums 1992)
• Ronayne, Ian, Ours': The Jersey Pals in the First World War 2009

World War 2

• Le Ruez, Nan, Jersey Occupation Diary: Her Story of the German Occupation,1940-45 2003
• Maugham, RCF Jersey Under The Jackboot 1946
• Forty, George Channel Islands at War - A German perspective of the Occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War
• Sanders, Paul' The Ultimate Sacrifice Islanders who died in German prisons and concentrations camps during the Occupation
• Vibert, Winter, Tin Foot Soldier - The true story of a Jerseyman enlisting in the battered British Army during the aftermath of Dunkirk
• Cohen, Frederick, The Jews in the CI's during the German Occupation 1940-1945
• Cortvreind, V.V., Isolated Island
• Cruickshank, Charles, The German Occupation of the Channel Islands, (1975)
• Durand, Ralph, Guernsey Under German Rule, (Guernsey Society 1946)
• Sauvary, JC, Diary of the German Occupation of Guernsey 1940-1945
• Sinel, Leslie, Diary of the German Occupation of Jersey 1940-1945
• Winterflood, Herbert, Occupied Guernsey 1943 - 1945
• Wood, Alan and Mary, Islands in Danger
• Ginns, Michael and Costard, M, The Organisation Todt and the Fortress Engineers in the Channel Islands
• Hillsdon, Sonia and Jennings, Geraint, German Soldiers in Jersey A children's book
• Sanders, Paul, The British CI's under German Occupation 1940-1945
• Weithley, Richard, So It Was - One Man's Story of the German Occupation from boyhood to manhood 1940 -1945
• Carr, Gillian, Occupied Behind Barbed Wire The story of how 2,200 Channel Islanders were forcibly deported to German civilian internment camps
• Keiller, Frank, Prison Without Bars Living in Jersey under the German Occupation
• Le Tissier, Richard, Mined Where You Walk Life in Sark during the war years
• Read, Brian Ahier, No Cause for Panic An account of the evacuation and exile of British residents from the Channel Islands
• Lamerton, Mark, Liberated by Force 135 An account of the Liberation of the Channel Islands after World War 2
• McLoughlin, Roy, Living with the Enemy - What Really Happened The story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, with eye-witness accounts from both sides
• Le Ruez, Nan, Jersey Occupation Diary

Extended bibliography

An extensive bibliography of Jersey was published on his website in 2007 by Richard Hemery The bibliography