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Sentence Examples A young woman from the London beau monde is en route to a Scottish isle to marry Sir somebody or other, a wealthy et cetera. The name comes from a glen on the isle of Rum in the Inner Hebrides and it was here they spent a formative period performing for wild dances. The small isle of St. Michael's Mount, accessible by foot when the tide is out, has been home to a priory, castle and stately home. There are the Bikini Islanders, a gentle people who consider the tiny isle their home. Or you could always take some quality time out on the Scottish isle of Eriska in a hotel built in the grand style more than 100 years ago. However, fierce weather postponed plans to escort him off the isle until later in the week. After the couple's return from the holiday isle, one thing continued to prey on their mind. He then turned left down an isle of books to find a back stair case leading back down to the first floor. This house is set on the side of a low wooded hill overlooking Lough Gill and the lake isle of Innisfree. The game starts when Plok notices that his favorite flag has been ripped off and taken to the neighbouring isle of Cotton Island. An old hag from across the isle grinned toothlessly at me as he left and said something I couldn't understand. The couple celebrated the pregnancy with a babymoon in Hawaii this week, soaking up the sun on the isle of Maui. Already, there were tales last week of German beef being cut up in Ireland and repackaged for the supermarket shelves of this sceptred isle. Thirteen Bradford head teachers are jetting off to the Caribbean isle of Barbados next week. Yes, all is not just illusion, but theatrical illusion, on this cool sea-green isle. See the pyramids along the Nile. Watch the sun rise on a tropic isle. At one point during his childhood, a new relationship of his mother's took him out of all the gray bleakness to a veritable tropic isle off the coast of the Carolinas. Land of beaches, hills and valleys, fairest isle of all the earth. As my thinking cap is keeping me positive, the emerald isle moves me. Suffice to say some people on this fair isle have no sense of humour. Show More Sentences No wonder her Tokyo home brims with wooden furniture, decorative crafts, batik and other textiles from the isle, which she also gifts friends with. Once aboard, your chart plotter safely brings you to your deserted isle. Lest you forget our planet has a molten core, this volatile Italian isle will set you straight. The cross behind the baptistery was brown and the large double doors leading outside were red, as well as the thin carpet down the isle that led to the pulpit. Several days into his holiday on the sun-kissed isle of Thassos, desperation for his favourite meal led him to make a dreadful mistake he won't forget in a hurry. Regardless, that goes double for a hippy isle full of expats and pungent pot known as Bocas del Toro. He was living on his own in a comfortable apartment on the isle St Louis. There is speculation that this otherwise unidentified isle was Newfoundland. The Kimmeridge shale of the isle was worked extensively during the Roman period, into jewellery, decorative panels and furniture. Her blonde hair cascades down her back as she pulls along a trundler with some of her designer clothes inside, down an isle in the 99p store. Tourism grew steadily throughout the 20th century, and the isle of Lindisfarne is now a popular destination for visitors to the area. He hands the crown to his kinsman Constantine and is taken to the isle of Avalon to be healed of his wounds, never to be seen again. The isle of Lindisfarne was featured on the television programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of the North. From reefer coats to bomber jackets, heritage fabrics to fair isle knits, menswear trends this winter are diverse to say the least. The structure will link the Danish isle of Lolland and Germany's Fehmarn isle. In Madagascar there are more studies that predates the human arrival in the isle of several millennia. It is thought the pair had climbed on to the chunk of ice while hunting off the Norwegian isle of Svalbard. Bring home your own exotic isle with the aroma of almond blossoms and a concoction of creamy coconut and sweet cherries. The isle has the highest number of species of native and anciently introduced wild flowers of any area of comparable size in Britain. John Chalmers, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, personally intervened to try to stop worshippers leaving Stornoway High on the isle of Lewis. Show More Sentences In the British Isles, Danes landed three Viking ships at the isle of Portland, Dorset in 786 AD, where they met and killed a local reeve and his men. Within a few generations of the arrival of the first missionaries the monastic and clerical class of the isle had become fully integrated with the culture of Latin letters. Southern Vectis also moved into other business areas on the isle of Wight. These antics hit the British funny bone, and Blobbymania swept the scepter'd isle, spawning more than 250 Blobby products ranging from dolls to clothing to lunch boxes. Elements of Brehon law operated in dwindling remnants in the Gaeltacht in the west of Ireland and in the Scottish Isles, notable on the isle of Lewis. Between the north end of Jura and the small isle of Skarba there is a famous whirlpool, called Cory-vrekan, from Brecan, son of a king of Denmark, who perished in this gulph. He is buried in a remote olive grove on the isle of Skyros, Greece. Lavish illustrations, enchanting stories and reportage invite the reader, over 336 pages, to go on a wholly exceptional culinary journey through Aphrodite's isle. Old Donald MacKay found it, movin' his sheep down from the high shielings for the winter, away on the far side of the isle, above Struidh, where nobody goes these days. Prince Philip, having visited the island with his new wife Queen Elizabeth, fitted the description exactly and is therefore revered as a god around the isle of Tanna. After years of negotiation, it has finalised the deal, paying EUR2million to An Blascaod Mor Teoranta, which owns 17 of the 25 landholdings on the 1,100-acre isle. Viking Age inscriptions have also been discovered on the Manx runestones on the Isle of Man. In the Middle Ages, Gaelic culture became dominant throughout the rest of Scotland and the Isle of Man. Blackpool International Airport has services to Belfast via Isle of Man by city wings. It was followed in 1792 by the Gorsedd of Bards of the Isle of Britain, also founded in London. Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight, now in ruins, but conserved by English Heritage, must also be mentioned. In 1069 or 1070 the Danish king Sweyn Estrithson sent a small army to try to establish a camp on the Isle of Ely. His sister Marjorie died of kidney disease in May and shortly after, on 22 May 1946, Orwell set off to live on the Isle of Jura. Other narrative poems have since been published posthumously, including Launcelot, The Nameless Isle, and The Queen of Drum. To pass the time, he composed a poem entitled, The Lonely Isle, which was inspired by his feelings during the sea crossing to Calais. Show More Sentences It starred Stephen Fry and Robert Hardy and was shot on location in Merseyside and on the Isle of Man. British literature is literature in the English language from the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands. In 1958, 1959 and 1960, he won 32 out of 39 races and became the first man to win the Senior TT at the Isle of Man TT three years in succession. In 1959, Honda entered five motorcycles into the Isle of Man TT race, the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world. The ban in Great Britain does not extend to the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Helens, Lancashire, after retirement from competition he was a businessman based in the Isle of Man. First entering the Isle of Man Manx Grand Prix in 1948, he retired after four laps of the Junior race. After retiring from racing, Duke became a businessman, initially in the motor trade and later in shipping services to the Isle of Man. He died, aged 92, at his home on the Isle of Man on 1 May 2015 after being ill for some time. They comprise the Channel Island bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. Other users of the arms include the former Isle of Ely County Council, the Borough of Colchester and the University of East Anglia. It is also part of the anticline which lies to the south of the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight, which is part of England, is between the Channel and the Solent. In 627, Edwin of Northumbria conquered the Isle of Man along with most of Mercia. In March 2016 the Isle of Man became the first entire country to be adopted into UNESCO's Network of Biosphere Reserves. There are no independent military forces on the Isle of Man, although HMS Ramsey is affiliated with the town of the same name. All of these services are controlled directly by the Isle of Man Government, and are independent of the United Kingdom. Local government on the Isle of Man is based partly on the island's 17 ancient parishes. This means that the Isle of Man cannot have the lower excise revenues on alcohol and other goods that are enjoyed in the Channel Islands. Since 2010 it has also been possible for projects in the Isle of Man to receive national lottery Good Causes Funding. Show More Sentences However, the Isle of Man tourism board tasked someone from their team to nominate 27 places on the island as a civil task. In conjunction with the Isle of Man TT a limited number of sailings operate to and from Larne in Northern Ireland. Fair Isle is a term that is used to describe patterned knitting in multicolours. How can we, who have heard the Voice of the Lady of the Apple Isle, fulfill this calling? Less esteemed was her attempt to drive all snakes from the Apple Isle by paying convicts a shilling for each reptilian head brought to her. Cammocky butter was a nuisance in Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. In the north children dug up the root and chewed it. The most recent elections were held in May 2012, except for the Isle of Anglesey. Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea, followed by the Isle of Man. There is also a connection between Liverpool and Belfast via the Isle of Man or direct from Birkenhead. The Irish Sea has coasts on the Republic of Ireland, all four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, and the Isle of Man. The seabed southwest of the Isle of Man is particularly noted for its rarities and diversity, as are the horse mussel beds of Strangford Lough. Common seals breed in Strangford Lough, grey seals in southwest Wales and, in small numbers, on the Isle of Man. The island hosts annual music festivals including the Isle of Wight Festival, which, in 1970, was the largest rock music event ever held. The Isle was owned by a Norman family until 1293 and was earlier a kingdom in its own right. During the English Civil War, King Charles fled to the Isle of Wight, believing he would receive sympathy from the governor Robert Hammond. Slightly more than half, mainly in the west, is designated as the Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A competition in 2002 named the pyramidal orchid as the Isle of Wight's county flower. The Isle of Wight Council election of 2013 saw the Conservatives lose the majority which they had held since 2005 to the Island Independents. There remains occasional confusion between the Isle of Wight as a county and its former position within Hampshire. Following an amalgamation of local hockey clubs in 2011, the Isle of Wight Hockey Club now runs two men's senior and two ladies' senior teams. Show More Sentences There is an Isle of Wight Saturday Football League with three divisions, and a rugby union club. The Isle of Wight is the 39th official county in English cricket, and the Isle of Wight Cricket Board organises a league of local clubs. The annual Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally has since 1980 met on the August Bank Holiday. The island is home to the Isle of Wight Festival and, up to 2016, Bestival. There are two airfields for general aviation, Isle of Wight Airport at Sandown and Bembridge Airport. The main local newspaper is the Isle of Wight County Press, published most Fridays. Online news sources for the Isle of Wight include On the Wight and The Isle of Wight Chronicle. The Isle of Wight is part of the BBC South region and the ITV Meridian region. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. The Isle of Man fell under English control in the 14th century, despite several attempts to restore Scottish authority. The island's lush vegetation, a product of its mild climate and frequent rainfall, earns it the sobriquet the Emerald Isle. In broad terms, Ireland is regarded as one of the Celtic nations of Europe, alongside Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany. To the west, Bede describes the boundary with the Kingdom of Wessex as being opposite the Isle of Wight, and which later fell on the River Ems. His mother was Osburga daughter of Oslac of the Isle of Wight, Chief Butler of England. Francis attempted to invade England in the summer of 1545, but reached only the Isle of Wight before being repulsed. Charles's only recourse was to return to negotiations, which were held at Newport on the Isle of Wight. Hammond was replaced as Governor of the Isle of Wight on 27 November, and placed in the custody of the army the following day. However, he was captured on 11 December by fishermen in Faversham opposite Sheerness, the town on the Isle of Sheppey. From 14,000 to 10,000 years ago, as the ice melted, sea levels rose separating Ireland from Great Britain and also creating the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man and the two states of the Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey, are known as the Crown Dependencies. Show More Sentences They are found all the way from the Isle of Sheppey in Kent to Fiddler's Island in Oxfordshire. Rather than the large house, though, Belle Isle plays host to a folly which is used by the Water Witches in the area. East of the Medway Valley the Downs become broader and flatter, extending as far as the Isle of Thanet. The Isle of Ely Rowing Club was formed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of this event. In the UK, its most important facility is on the Isle of Wight, where it has a carbon composite centre of excellence. To the south of Portsmouth are the waters of the Solent, which connects Portsmouth Harbour and the Isle of Wight. The pier was originally used as a terminal for ferries travelling to the Isle of Wight, but it was soon redeveloped as a centre of entertainment. Robert Hooke was born in 1635 in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight to John Hooke and Cecily Gyles. He was a Royalist and almost certainly a member of a group who went to pay their respects to Charles I when he escaped to the Isle of Wight. Robert Hooke spent his life largely on the Isle of Wight, at Oxford, and in London. Hovercraft are still manufactured in the UK, near to where they were first conceived and tested, and the Isle Of Wight. Hovercraft are still in use between Ryde on the Isle of Wight and Southsea on the mainland. An unusual example used to exist on the Isle of Wight, where until 1926 parallel tracks between Smallbrook Junction and St John's Road existed. The only commercial airport on the island is the Isle of Man Airport at Ronaldsway. The Isle of Man has become a centre for emerging private space travel companies. The culture of the Isle of Man is often promoted as being influenced by its Celtic, and to a lesser extent its Norse, origins. The official languages of the Isle of Man are, since 1985, Manx and English. The second largest denomination is the Methodist Church, whose Isle of Man District is close in numbers to the Anglican diocese. The Isle of Man is also said to be home to fairies, known locally as the little folk or themselves. The music of the Isle of Man reflects Celtic, Norse and other influences, including from its neighbours, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. Show More Sentences There are two domestic animals specifically connected to the Isle of Man, though they are also found elsewhere. The Crown dependencies are the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel. The Isle of Man, unlike the other Crown dependencies, has a Common Purse Agreement with the United Kingdom. Isle of Man Post issues its own stamps and makes significant revenue from the sale of special issues to collectors. Acts of the British Parliament do not usually apply to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, unless explicitly stated. Like in England but not the United Kingdom as a whole the Church of England is the Established Church in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. Rutland and the Isle of Wight do not have county clubs and are wholly integrated for that purpose with Leicestershire and Hampshire respectively. A seasonal sailing to Douglas, Isle of Man is operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. The Isle of Man and the Manx people also came under massive Gaelic influence in their history. The St Ninian's Isle Treasure contains the best collection of Pictish forms. Violence erupted, starting on the Isle of Skye, when Highland landlords cleared their lands for sheep and deer parks. Disraeli went to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, where the Queen asked him to form a government. The boom resulted in the relocation of institutions into new developments in the nearby Isle of Dogs area, particularly that of Canary Wharf. The jagged Cuillin, on the Isle of Skye, represents a major mountain range that is not located on the Scottish mainland. Major sea lochs include Loch Fyne, Loch Long, Loch Ryan, Loch Linnhe, Loch Torridon, Loch Ewe, and on the Isle of Lewis, Loch Seaforth. Shetland and Orkney, together with Fair Isle and Stroma are referred to as the Northern Isles. Isle of Whithorn and the Black Isle are peninsulas, and Isleornsay is a village which looks out onto the island of Ornsay. It saw as its models the Isle of Man, as well as Shetland's closest neighbour, the Faroe Islands, an autonomous dependency of Denmark. Knitwear is important both to the economy and culture of Shetland, and the Fair Isle design is well known. The Shetland Quartet by Ann Cleeves, who previously lived in Fair Isle, is a series of crime novels set around the islands. Show More Sentences The Shetland wren, Fair Isle wren and Shetland starling are subspecies endemic to Shetland. In the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age pitchstone from the Isle of Arran or items made from it were transported around Britain. I hear the Duke of Hamilton's crofters are a' gaun away, man and mother's son, frae the Isle o' Arran. The knitting style used to create Aran sweaters is often mistakenly associated with the Isle of Arran rather than the Irish Aran Islands. The Kilbrannan Sound is a large arm of the Firth of Clyde, separating the Kintyre Peninsula from the Isle of Arran. On exceptionally clear days, Ireland, Scotland, England, and the Isle of Man are all visible, as well as 24 counties, 29 lakes and 17 islands. It fell into the Irish Sea, forming the Isle of Man, while the crater left behind filled with water to form Lough Neagh. It is also used in Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena. Special procedures apply to legislation passed by the Tynwald of the Isle of Man. The equivalent of the royal assent is not sufficient to cause an Act of Tynwald to come into full force of law in the Isle of Man. Between 1979 and 1993, the Synod had similar powers, but limited to the extension to the Isle of Man of measures of the General Synod. On 23 September the Isle d'Aix was taken, but military staff dithered and lost so much time that Rochefort became unassailable. The expedition abandoned the Isle d'Aix, returning to Great Britain on 1 October. Bajoria said he owned two other Isle of Man companies but not the one ascribed to him in the leaked documents. Simultaneous censuses were taken in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, with the returns being archived with those of England. By the 10th century, Old Irish had evolved into Middle Irish, which was spoken throughout Ireland and in Scotland and the Isle of Man. He also attempted to colonise the Isle of Lewis with settlers from the Lowlands. In 1914 Fleming attended Durnford School, a preparatory school on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. Young Art and Old Hector and The Green Isle of the Great Deep are both fantasies based on Scottish folklore. Another opera with Hood, The Emerald Isle, quickly went into preparation, but Sullivan died before it could be completed. Show More Sentences In October 1999 the Isle of Man Post Office unveiled a set of 6 stamps honouring their native sons' music. Ellan Vannin was recorded in 1997 as a 1,000 quantity limited edition single for Isle of Man charities. Such a licence is required to legally receive broadcast television across the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. For people living in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, TV licensing law is extended to their areas by Orders made by their own Governments. In the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, over the counter services are provided by the Post Office rather than by PayPoint outlets. The Isle of Man has an identical scheme funded by the Isle of Man Department of Social Care. There was no racing on the Isle of Man between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War. The event was redeveloped by the Isle of Man Department of Tourism as the Isle of Man TT Festival from 1989 onwards. Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett Eliminating Trial, restricted to touring automobiles. For the 1911 Isle of Man TT, the first TT event using the Snaefell Mountain Course or Mountain Course, two separate races were introduced. During an early morning practice at the 1927 Isle of Man TT, Archie Birkin, brother of Tim Birkin of the Bentley Boys, was killed at Rhencullen. From 1928 practice sessions for the Isle of Man TT Races and Manx Grand Prix were held on closed roads. Evening practice sessions were introduced for the 1937 Isle of Man TT and continue to this day. There were six fatalities among competitors in the 1970 Isle of Man TT, making it the deadliest year in the history of the event. A similar game was played on the Isle of Man known as cammag, a name cognate with camanachd. Fair Isle and Foula are outliers of Shetland, but would normally be considered as part of Shetland and thus the Northern Isles. On 22 November 2010 the assembly concluded its 41st plenary in Douglas, on the Isle of Man. Ambitious plans to take Orkney, Shetland and the Isle of Man came to nothing. Inverness is linked to the Black Isle across the Moray Firth by the Kessock Bridge. Sailing around the west coast of Scotland he halted off the Isle of Arran, and negotiations commenced. Show More Sentences He was granted land on the island of Iona off the Isle of Mull which became the centre of his evangelising mission to the Picts. The Crown dependencies are the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel. Isle of Man Post issues its own stamps and derives significant revenue from the sale of special issues to collectors. As in England, but not the United Kingdom as a whole, the Church of England is the Established Church in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. The poet Sorley MacLean, a native of the Isle of Raasay, which lies off the island's east coast, lived much of his life on Skye. Views of the Cuillin Mountains on the A863 towards Sligachan on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle. In 1542 Basque mariners came ashore at a natural harbour on the north east coast of the Strait of Belle Isle. Historically, Ulster lay at the heart of the Gaelic world made up of Gaelic Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. This migration, primarily from the Isle of Skye, was organized by the Earl of Selkirk. In March 2007, the Free Church filed suit to reclaim the church manse at Broadford, Isle of Skye. The Treaty of Perth transferred the Outer Hebrides and Isle of Man to Scots law while Norse law and rule still applied for Shetland and Orkney. Donnie Munro joined the following year and they started to expand outside their native Isle of Skye. The Isle of Man and Orkney may also have originally spoken a Brittonic language, later replaced with a Goidelic one. Later he made an expedition to the Isle of Mull, where he obtained other manuscripts. It is located on the Lochalsh peninsula, at the entrance to Loch Alsh, opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. On 14 July 2009, it was announced that CalMac would begin controversial Sunday sailings to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis from Sunday 19 July. Intending to return to Britain, he instead settled on the Isle of Houat off Brittany where he led a solitary, austere life. The name Gwynedd is also used for a preserved county, covering the two local government areas of Gwynedd and the Isle of Anglesey. Once the rebellion was put down, Edward began building Beaumaris Castle on the Isle of Anglesey. Show More Sentences It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. Caernarfon is situated on the southern bank of the Menai Strait facing the Isle of Anglesey. The current English name was first recorded in 1835 and refers to the former nesting of this species on the Isle of Man. Hurling is related to the games of shinty that is played primarily in Scotland, cammag on the Isle of Man and bando which was played formerly in England and Wales. Alongside Asturias and Galicia, Cornwall is also recognised as one of the eight Celtic nations by the Isle of Man Government and the Welsh Government. In 635 Aidan, an Irish monk from Iona chose the Isle of Lindisfarne to establish a monastery and close to King Oswald's main fortress of Bamburgh. All ferries are operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. In 2001 the assembly was enlarged to include representatives of legislative bodies in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. Portsmouth, along with Southampton and its adjacent towns, are served predominantly with transmissions from the Rowridge Transmitter on the Isle of Wight. In 1336 a French fleet under the command of David II of Scotland attacked the English Channel, ransacked the Isle of Wight and threatened the town. In some areas, however, such as Ireland, parts of Portugal, the Isle of Man and the Tyrrhenian Islands, a macrolithic technology was used in the Mesolithic. Isle of Purbeck's oil industry began in 1936 with the first unsuccessful and then experimental wells drilled at Broad Bench near Kimmeridge by D'Arcy Exploration. In 1965 there was a reform of local government that merged the county council with that of Cambridgeshire to form the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council. Recovering, leaving John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan unsubdued at his rear, Bruce returned west to take Balvenie and Duffus Castles, then Tarradale Castle on the Black Isle. In March, James Douglas captured Roxburgh, and Randolph captured Edinburgh Castle, while in May, Bruce again raided England and subdued the Isle of Man. Alexander III visited Dumfries in 1264 to plan an expedition against the Isle of Man, previously Scots but for 180 years subjected by the crown of Norway. This is a list of cathedrals in England and Wales and the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and those in the Channel Islands, by country. These include sandstones, greensands, oolitic limestone of the Cotswold Hills, corallian limestone of the Vale of White Horse and the Isle of Portland. In 2005, it was decided in the Isle of Man to replace the Lieutenant Governor with a Crown Commissioner, but this decision was reversed before it was implemented. The Port of Liverpool is one of Britain's largest ports, providing passenger ferry services across the Irish Sea to Belfast, Dublin and the Isle of Man. Show More Sentences On 1 April 1995, the Isle of Wight became a single unitary authority. Legislation in the Isle of Man also defines the Crown in right of the Isle of Man as being separate from the Crown in right of the United Kingdom. Many of them, such as Isle of Man, Cayman islands and Bermuda are used as tax havens and as flags of convenience for ships as part of the Red Ensign group. Hampshire as such has two boards given that the Isle of Wight has its own. Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, and the UK Government. In the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, which are Crown dependencies rather than separate realms, she is known as Duke of Normandy and Lord of Mann, respectively. The Privy Council is the highest court of appeal for a small number of Commonwealth countries, colonies and the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Jersey has a separate relationship to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United Kingdom. This summer, one of these Knarrs is being delivered to Johannes Westergaard of New York, and another to Gerhard Lorenz of the Grosse Isle Yacht Club, Michigan. A year later, he was elected MP for Newport on the Isle of Wight and was then appointed to serve as Chief Secretary for Ireland, under the Duke of Richmond. The Isle of Man has its own diocese of Sodor and Man, and the Bishop of Sodor and Man is an ex officio member of the Legislative Council of the Tynwald on the island. Earl Edwin was betrayed by his own men and killed, while William built a causeway to subdue the Isle of Ely, where Hereward the Wake and Morcar were hiding. Harold's brother Tostig made probing attacks along the southern coast of England in May 1066, landing at the Isle of Wight using a fleet supplied by Baldwin of Flanders. The South Coast continues to the Isle of Wight, but eventually gives way to the Jurassic Coast of Dorset, a coastline rich in beauty, history and fossils. The title is named after Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, but is not associated with any legal entity or landed property, unlike the Duchy of Cornwall. The most serious attacks took place in 1009, when a Viking army took up position over the winter period on the Isle of Wight and ravaged Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. Principal whisky producing areas include Speyside and the Isle of Islay, where there are eight distilleries providing a major source of employment. St Ninian's Isle is connected to Mainland Shetland by a tombolo. For a brief period in the 7th century, the Kingdom of Sussex controlled the Isle of Wight and the territory of the Meonwara in the Meon Valley in east Hampshire. Gluss Isle at the western entrance to Sullom Voe is one of the many promontories in Orkney and Shetland connected to a larger body of land by an ayre. Show More Sentences In November 2012, ahead of their planned Rewired Tour, the band announced a special 40th Anniversary Concert at the Black Isle Show Ground in Muir of Ord, near Inverness. Large passenger hovercraft are still manufactured on the Isle of Wight. One recent scholar, Robin Bush, even argued that the Jutes of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were victims of a form of ethnic cleansing by the West Saxons. Participants come from Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Cornwall, Wales, Cumbria, the Isle of Man, Cape Breton Island, Galicia, Asturias, Acadia, and the entire Celtic diaspora. The Shetland field mouse is the third and the archipelago's fourth endemic subspecies, of which there are three varieties on Yell, Foula and Fair Isle. The Isle of Wight has given names to many parts of former colonies, most notably Isle of Wight County in Virginia founded by settlers from the island in the 17th century. Molaise was also active, with Holy Isle being a centre of his activities. For a short time during the reign of King James V in the 16th century the Isle of Arran was under the regency of Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell. The Isle of Wight College is located on the outskirts of Newport. In 1403, a Breton squadron defeated the English in the Channel and devastated Jersey, Guernsey and Plymouth, while the French made a landing on the Isle of Wight. The line was opened by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1864, and from 1996 to 2007 was run by the smallest train operating company on the network, Island Line Trains. Some sources state he was the son of Erthil, a prince of the Hen Ogledd, while others suggest he was the son of Gwriad, the contemporaneous king of the Isle of Man. A historic county of Wales and later administrated as part of Gwynedd, Anglesey today makes up the Isle of Anglesey County along with Holy Island and other smaller islands. Since the abolition of its two borough councils and restructuring of the county council as Isle of Wight Council in 1995, it has been a unitary authority. The Isle of Man the mountains of the Lake District and Snowdonia in Wales can sometimes be seen across the Irish Sea from some parts of the Mournes on clear days. The remaining pockets of resistance were mopped up, and the final rebels, holed up in the Isle of Ely, surrendered in July 1267, marking the end of the war. Montserrat is nicknamed The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Isle of Man Treasury. The Norman Conquest of 1066 created the position of Lord of the Isle of Wight, the island being given by William the Conqueror to his kinsman William FitzOsbern. Remnants of a mesolithic boatyard have been found on the Isle of Wight. Show More Sentences Named Tasmania's first ever All Australian at the 1953 Adelaide carnival Leedham is regarded by many as being the best footballer ever produced in the Apple Isle. As there are currently no scheduled air or ferry services between the Isle of Man and outside the CTA, there are, in effect, no immigration checks in place. He is equally at home over and under the waves, bringing some chosen ones, like Connla and Bran and the great King Cormac, to visit him in the Apple Isle, the Land of Promise. The Isle of Man has three newspapers, all weeklies, and all owned by Isle of Man Newspapers, a division of the Edinburgh media company Johnston Press. The Brinks money was put through Feberion, issued bearer shares only, and other front companies through banks in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Jersey, and the Isle of Man. In 1996, the Isle of Man Government obtained permission to use the. Sealink was a ferry company based in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1984, operating services to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Channel Islands, Isle of Wight and Ireland. The main telephone provider on the Isle of Man is Manx Telecom. The Isle of Man is not itself a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. From the 12th century, Middle Irish began to evolve into modern Irish in Ireland, into Scottish Gaelic in Scotland, and into the Manx language in the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man holds neither membership nor associate membership of the European Union, and thus did not take part in the 2016 referendum on the UK's EU membership. The Isle of Man Government maintains five emergency services. Under British law, the Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom. At the 2011 census, the Isle of Man was home to 84,497 people, of whom 27,938 resided in the island's capital, Douglas and 9,273 in the adjoining village of Onchan. Known as the unofficial national anthem of the Isle of Man, the brothers performed the song during their world tour to reflect their pride in the place of their birth. In 1866, the Isle of Man obtained a nominal measure of Home Rule. On 10 July 2009, the Isle of Man's capital bestowed the Freedom of the Borough of Douglas honour on Barry and Robin, as well as posthumously on Maurice. The Isle of Sark Shipping Company operates small ferries to Sark. Live appearances at Woodstock and the Isle of Wight Festival, along with the live album Live at Leeds, cemented their reputation as a respected rock act. Since 18 July 2014, The Spice Bus, which was driven by Meat Loaf in the film, is now on permanent display at the Island Harbour Marina on the Isle of Wight, England. Find more words! 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