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Yep! NJ is named for the island. Fun fact: the NJ colonial charter indicates that New Jersery may also be called New Cesaria since that was the roman name for the island. Also from 1674 – 1702 the colony was divided into East Jersey and West Jersey.
I had a wonderful family holiday in Jersey a few years ago. Stayed in St Helier and did several little day trips on the excellent bus services. Did a truly breathtaking coastal walk to Bouley Bay in the north of the island. Also went to the zoo, the Jersey War Tunnels and Mont Orgueil Castle. Highly recommended. You can get cheap flights from several UK airports.
My home Island, where I live. Google Sir George De Carteret.
Yes, NJ is named after Jersey, UK.
No doubt there's Americans living in NJ that have never heard of Jersey, where it is or it's relation to NJ.
42.6 Square Miles Connor.
Nearly called you Connie then with predictive spelling 😂😂.
One of my pet peeves is when people refer to New Jersey as Jersey because Jersey is already a thing, hence the 'new.
Especially as a lot of the people who do it don't even realise there's an original Jersey, even though it should be obvious since the 'new' one has 'new' in its name.
I've been to Jersey many times over the last 25 years. It's a lovely spot but has become quite expensive in recent years (since they closed some tax loopholes about 15 years ago). Roads are very narrow and the maximum speed limit is 40mph, although a lot of the time you'd be hard pressed to get above 25! During the 1980s the BBC ran a programme called Bergerac which was about a fictional Jersey police detective (Jim Bergerac) and it was all filmed on the island (some episodes are on YouTube) and really helped sell Jersey as a tourist destination. The Expedia video is very accurate in what the island looks like today. Here is a link to a video I shot on the island back in 2011 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKGVgM-mN3E
My home island. I was born on the island and live there. Wonderful to see you cover it. Thank you
The walkway is to Elizabeth Castle and yes it does get submerged at high tide, and at low tide you can walk to the castle.
Yes, New Jersey is named after this small island. My mother was born on the island and was evacuated just before the Nazis arrived in 1940 to occupy the island. Thanks to that she would late meet my father and the rest, as they say, is history! In fact, I shall be there in a couple of weeks as I am there for weekend. It is a beautiful island and well worth a visit.
The population of the island is approximately 100,000.
Yes you must visit Jersey. I thoroughly recommend it 😀
Oh wow! I was born in Jersey and lived there, and my family still do, although I now live on the mainland. I have to say this video did an excellent job of showing off the island, there is a lot to explore if you like history! My father is part of the volunteer group that helps to rebuild and maintain the german ww2 bunkers, and open them to visitors. Should you get the chance, I would recommend a visit in the summer!
Ohh and no, sadly no clam chowder! But there is A LOT of seafood.
And current population is around 105,000 on an island that's 9 miles by 5 miles.
And YES! New Jersey is named after the OG Jersey.
Yes I've been there – my father is from there, and for the longest time I had an aunt living there. It's very special to me – so much so that I despise those who refer to New Jersey as simply Jersey: have some respect, ffs. My favourite place on the island is Elizabeth Castle especially for my young experience of going over there on a DUKW amphibious vehicle.
Nantucket is a good comparison (though Jersey is only a little over half the size). And yes, New Jersey was named after is, as were Jersey cattle and the item of clothing. Clam chowder isn't really a well-known food in the UK, though understandably there is a lot of seafood, especially in places like Jersey, where scallops and crab are local delicacies.
Clam Chowder? No, and in fact Clams themselves are not much of a 'thing' over here, anyway. Though Britain is all coast and we British do enjoy quite a range of fresh marine shellfish (Molluscs like Cockles, Mussels, Scallops, Oysters, Winkles and Whelks, for instance, and Crustaceans including Crab, Lobster, Shrimp and Prawns). Yet a.f.a.i.k. Clams barely feature at all and though some of the others are common enough on both sides of the Atlantic, the exact types found in UK waters may not always feature in more westerly and southerly US seas.
Love jersey have been seven times it’s a fabulous place with beautiful beaches and great places to see we always enjoyed a day trip to san Malo in Brittany just over an hours flight ✈️ from Glasgow would love to go back some day
I can see Jersey from my house, it’s only 28 miles away. Been dozens of times over the years, great nights out, fishings pretty good too.. but massively expensive to live on. Still not the best Channel Island though, that accolade goes to Sark… ❤❤
NB, Guernsey is far more idyllic and picturesque than Jersey..😂
Chowder is sometimes available in upmarket restaurants as a kind of soup, in the UK. More commonly available is 'Cullen Skink', which is a specific type of soup made with fish stock, smoked haddock, potatoes, onions, and cream. Although available all over Scotland (and occasionally, elsewhere in the UK), it originates in the small fishing port of Cullen, on the north coast of Aberdeenshire.
Been there, loved it. Something for everyone, any age. Lovely people, beautiful scenery & excellent food.
It is a popular holiday spot for those from Mainland UK.
I've been to all of the main Channel Islands; Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark & Herm many times. Of them all I like Guernsey the best which is a bit quieter/less commercial than Jersey and we've been there the most ~ 12 times and still counting 🙂
The only part of Britain the Germans occupied ! There was a strong underground movement against them
by its population , many men left the Island surreptitiously to head to the mainland to fight against them from there.
Nearby Guernsay is also lovely, and was the other Island occupied by Germans for a time during WW2.
There was a very exciting t.v. series, fictional, about how the Islanders fought surreptitously against the Germans
with destruction of their weapons, machines and more … I wish I could remember the name! I couldnt wait
for it to come on each week!So you see how close the Germans got to the coast of the UK !
Never managed to breach it though !
I think they refer to the British king as the Duke of Normandy?..
No chowder , fish and chips. But I've tried it and I like.
never seen chowder in Britain, I have been to Jersey unfortunately my mate had a motobike accident there , but what we saw was lovely!!….Not the best place to visit by motorbike
Jersey is an amazing island and I have visited several times over the years. I may be biased as my paternal grandmother came from there. She also spoke Jeriaise with her mother. My dad's 1st cousin was there during The Occupation and I have several letters from the family sent to my grandmother in England, explaining how things were with the German Army there.
My ancestors all came from St Brelade's and St Helier area, but way back in the 17th century, they travelled from just outside of Nantes to settle in Jersey.
New Jersey is named after Jersey. New York is named after York. New Hampshire is named after Hampshire. New England is named after England. It seems humans aren't very inventive when it comes to thinking of names for places.
I do love Jersey. It feels a hell of a lot bigger than it actually is! I've had a lot of fun on that island. I had a flying lesson there, and flew a plane around the island. I learned to shoot a pistol there (I shoot rifles on the mainland). Jet skiing. Coasteering (where you clamber over the rocky coastline, jump off cliffs and we swam through a pitch black cave tunnel through a headland!). Gorey Castle is cool. The Jersey War Tunnels are very eery… The beaches are lovely, and the coastal path is dramatic and rugged. There are lots of quite scary sheep on the coast with huge bloody horns! I think they usually have at least four horns… Those sheep are imported from the Isle Of Man as the Manx sheep are similar to an extinct breed of sheep that used to live on the island. Seriously, Google Manx Loaghtan sheep, they really are quite scary looking!
I can't believe that at the end you asked "Is it named after New Jersey"? Good grief. No, it is not named after New Jersey. Quite the reverse in fact.
You have to have to be registered as living on Jersey for 10 continuous years before you can rent or buy a property on the island.
It's a very expensive place to live.
Not everything is tax free.
Never heard of clam chowder.
When I win the lottery I am buying a house at Gorey beach and moving there forever.
Oh? My comment on Victor Hugo (the author of "Les Misérables" that he wrote there during his exile from France) whose house, now a museum, can be visited, has disappeared.