The maps below illustrate, with pinpoint accuracy, just how much of Sark I've covered on my travels. |
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Instead I found myself staring up at the Cutty Sark and chasing an elusive meridian line across Greenwich Park with Luke. |
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As the last surviving clipper built for the China Tea trade in 1869, the Cutty Sark is also a major part of Britain's Maritime history. |
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From the park, it then takes in some of Greenwich's most famous sites, including the Old Royal Naval College and the Cutty Sark. |
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At the end of the walk, visit the popular, grade I listed Gipsy Moth pub, right next to the Cutty Sark. |
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In Sark 12 members of the legislature are directly elected by universal franchise. |
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In our previous report it was stated that on the Island of Sark realty devolved to the eldest son. |
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From time to time the Guernsey police force will be asked to assist in matters of law and order in the smaller islands of Alderney and Sark. |
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Although Sark has no social security or social insurance legislation, welfare payments are provided by the island's authorities. |
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There were eight deaths in Sark in 2005 of which one was caused by an accident. |
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In her old age the Cutty Sark became a merchant navy training ship. |
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Sark is currently in the process of enacting a new Constitution of Sark Law, 2006 which will reform their electoral process and the constitution of their legislature. |
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The Procureur and Comptroller are legal advisers to the Crown and to all three legislative Assemblies of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. |
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He also serves as Registrar-General of births, deaths and marriages in Guernsey and Sark. |
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In Sark, the General Purposes and Finance Committee has become the General Purposes and Advisory Committee but retains the same powers. |
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The sounds of Sark are bees buzzing, loud as jets in the quiet, and plinking bicycle bells. |
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Beaumont lives on Sark, a small, autonomous island twenty-five miles off the coast of Normandy, with her husband, Michael, the island's seigneur. |
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Despite most families coming from Jersey, Sark remained within the Bailiwick of Guernsey. |
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The Bailiff of Guernsey is the civil head, and presiding officer of the States of Guernsey, but not of Alderney or Sark. |
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The Bailiwick comprises twelve Parishes, Alderney, Sark and ten on Guernsey. |
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The Court also has appellate jurisdiction in respect of suits for judicial separation and related matters originating in the Court of Alderney or in the Court of the Seneschal of Sark. |
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To complete the walk, pass by the Cutty Sark, the famous clipper, and continue on to Cutty Sark station where you can catch the DLR back to Lewisham. |
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Counsell had been so conscientious about his round-the-clock responsibilities that, in four years on Sark, he had never had more to drink than a half-pint after badminton. |
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It lies just north of the River Sark, the dividing line between England and Scotland, and was long famous as the goal of eloping English couples seeking hasty marriage. |
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Nearby Springfield, which with Gretna Green forms Gretna, competed with Gretna Green for the marriage trade until 1830, when a new Sark Bridge diverted traffic. |
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With the exception of Sark, there are no restrictions in the Bailiwick which prevent the free disposal of a person's natural wealth and resources during his lifetime. |
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The Chief Pleas of Sark generally meet four times a year and, by means of a committee system, administer the functions of government in a manner very similar to the States of Guernsey and the States of Alderney. |
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Nevertheless, the system is based upon the democratic principle and the authority of each Legislative Assembly in Guernsey, Alderney and Sark is undisputed in each respective Island. |
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Copies have also been deposited at the Royal Court Library and with the Citizens' Advice Bureau, and public libraries in Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. |
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Taken together with the separate jurisdictions of Alderney and Sark it forms the Bailiwick of Guernsey. |
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However, there are no over 75 concession available for residents of Sark which is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. |
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The eighth series, set again in Sark and broadcast in 2014, ran for 6 episodes. |
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Sark could be considered the most successful island, their population of 600 having acquired 20 medals by 2015, one for every 30 people. |
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On Sark, horses and carts and feudal traditions still remain strong. |
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Or hop to the neighbouring islands of Jersey, Alderney or traffic-free Sark and Herm to explore further. |
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A recent example when the equivalent of the royal assent was refused was in 2007, concerning reforms to the constitution of the Chief Pleas of Sark. |
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The parliament of Guernsey is the States of Deliberation, the parliament of Sark is called the Chief Pleas, and the parliament of Alderney is called the States of Alderney. |
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Alderney, where only a handful of islanders remained, was occupied on 2 July and a small detachment travelled from Guernsey to Sark, which surrendered on 4 July. |
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In Sark, the Dame was left in command of the 275 German troops in the island until 17 May when they were transferred as prisoners of war to England. |
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There is one isolated United Kingdom population in the Isles of Scilly and another two populations off the French coast in the Channel Islands of Jersey and Sark. |
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The seventh series, set in Sark and broadcast in 2013, ran for 6 episodes. |
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Edward III of England granted a Charter in July 1341 to Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney, confirming their customs and laws to secure allegiance to the English Crown. |
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The Isle of Sark Shipping Company operates small ferries to Sark. |
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Gipsy Moth IV was preserved alongside the Cutty Sark at Greenwich. |
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The Cutty Sark, designed by Hercules Linton was the fastest vessel of its time, capable of even outrunning the more advanced steam ships that had begun to take to the seas. |
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The Dame of Sark, Sibyl Hathaway, encouraged everyone to stay. |
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He wore a sark of black silk, embroidered with strange beasts in red and gold. |
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Mason stood stripped to his sark in the snow, with nothing on but his trousers. |
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Despite recent attempts at democracy and modernization, sark is full of quirks befitting its history. |
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En route, Tron encounters the MCP's henchman, Sark, and the two battle it out cyberstyle. |
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