Vikings

VIKINGS Write your name using the Viking alphabet Find out some of Jersey’s Viking place names

Have a go and write your name using the Viking alphabet

We’ve had a go….can you guess what we’ve written?

The Island’s earliest place names are Norse in origin. As Viking raiders sailed around the coast they named its distinctive features.

Jersey - Geirr’s Ey - Geirr’s Island L’Etacq - stakkr - a stack or large rock Les Etacs - stakkr - a stack or large rock Les Gros Etacs - stakkr - a stack or large rock L’Etacquerel - stakkr - a stack or large rock Grosnez - ness - a headland Les Mielles - melr - sand dune La Hougue Bie - haugr - hill or mound Le Hocq - hoc - hook Les Ecrehous - from esker - stony and hou – island

From 931 AD the Island was settled by Normans and inland place names are generally French in origin.