views of the island with the help of a digital camera
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The island appears to have been divided into eclesiastical parishes by the 12th century or before. The alleged dedication of the most ancient of our churches still standing is supposed to have been St Sampsons, built on the spot where St Sampson himself landed in Guernsey and which is alleged to have replaced an earlier church raised to the Saint.
The main ancient parish divisions, now anglican (with sub-parish churches) :-
St Peter Port
St Sampson
St Michel du Valle
Ste Marie du Castro
St Saveur
St Pierre du Bois
St Phillipe du Torteval
Ste Marguerite du Foret
St Martin
St Andre
Ste Anne (Alderney)
St Pierre (Sark)
St Tugal (Herm)