ChannelIslands

ChannelIslands
Chan·nel Islands (chănʹəl)
A group of British islands in the English Channel off the coast of northern France. Settled by Norse mariners, the islands became part of the duchy of Normandy in the tenth century and passed to England with the Norman Conquest of 1066.

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