Talk:Bishop Rock

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Hey. Great Stub! I thought, though, that

and takes perhaps the worst battering from the waves of any of the world's lighthouse.

might be a bit too non-neutral/unsubstantiated. But it's here in case you or anyone disagrees! MDCore 23:07, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Blue Riband

"The ship with the fastest time (in either direction) between a line of longitude running through the rock [sic] Bishop Rock and a similar line of longitude running through the Nantucket Lightship claimed the 'Blue Riband' prize for the fastest crossing." According to Blue Riband the eastern measuring point was Sandy Hook or Ambrose (Ambrose Lightship?). Kablammo 22:02, 25 June 2006 (UTC) The western point was Sandy Hook and later Ambrose; text corrected accordingly. For ships coming from the Mediterranean however the Starting point was Gibralter. Kablammo 00:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

convicts

I read somewhere that convicts used to be left on the island with bread and water. Does anyone know where that might be referenced? 124.170.173.1 (talk) 12:14, 22 March 2009 (UTC) nina

dead men and keepers going mad

the local story is that one of a pair of keepers died and that by the time the survivor was rescued he had gone mad. therafter they alwasy used 3 keepers. Is this true - any refs?Engineman (talk) 17:21, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

It's probably apocryphal. The macabre tale mirrors famous events that happened at a different (earlier) lighthouse: Smalls. The engineer James Douglass worked on both lighthouses, which could account for the local story's existence. –Whitehorse1 00:11, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

1818 Duchy of Cornwall Report

Just added the above report. Is it reasonable to assume that the mentioned engineer, Mr Rennie is John Rennie the Elder? Jowaninpensans (talk) 16:03, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

History revision

"The rock was recorded as Maen Escop in 1284 and Maenenescop in 1302. In Welsh, Maen Esgob means Bishop Rock. The outer rocks to the west of St Agnes used to be known as the Bishop and Clerk, but exactly how they acquired their names is not known for certain. One explanation is that when a fleet of merchantmen out of Spain were wrecked 200 years ago, only Miles Bishop and John and Henry Clerk survived.[4] Another possible explanation is that the shape of the rock is similar to a bishop's mitre.[5]"

200 years ago? What year is that? And I thought the rock was recorded as Bishop Rock in Welsh in 1284, not 200 years ago. Also, what is St Agnes? Why are we talking about St Agnes. This article is about Bishop Rock and the relevance of this St Agnes should be specified. This section needs a lot of cleaning up. Too much obscurity. Gordon410 (talk) 11:33, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

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Guinness Record

This should be checked somehow. The CNN article is not strong evidence of this and the record may also not be current - there is an inhabited island in the St Lawrence seaway (Hub Island) that is now inhabited and may now hold the title. See also: https://www.laputa.it/is-bishop-rock-smallest-island-in-the-world/?lang=en Mike (talk) 22:23, 23 January 2018 (UTC)