The islands listed in this section are distinct from other islands that one may find scattered along the coast of England and Scotland in that while they may be considered part of "The British Isles," most possess a certain degree of independence and self-government. The Isle of Man, for instance, is a self-governing British Crown dependency. The Channel Islands are a mixed bag, including some that belong to France and some that are British dependencies, and some that aren't generally listed among the "Channel Islands" at all. Heligoland isn't even in British waters; it's in the North Sea, but was governed by Britain from 1807 to 1890. The Isles of Scilly are the only group that are directly governed by Britain; they were once a part of Cornwall, but are now an independent authority.

The Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Leisure Hour, 1860)

The Isle of Man (Harper's Monthly, 1875A)

Home Rule in the Isle of Man, by Richard Wheatley (Harper's Monthly, 1887B)

Manxland People, by Magister Monensis (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1884)

How We Fared in Manx-land, by Deborah Platter (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1892)

The Channel Islands

The Channel Islands (Leisure Hour, 1860)

The Channel Islands (Harper's Monthly, 1875B)

Recent Progress in the Channel Islands, by M.G. Mulhall (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1881)

[Jethou] An Unknown Channel Island (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)

[Herm, Jethou and Sark] Three Proprietary Islands, by Arthur Girdlestone (Windsor, 1898A)

The Scillies

The Giants of the Scilly Islands (Demorest, 1880)

Among the Scillies (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1891)

The Flowery [Scilly] Islands, by Sir George Newnes, Bart. (The Strand, 1897A)

A Summer in the Scillies, by J. William White (Atlantic Monthly, 1894)

Heligoland

Heligoland is now owned by Germany, but at the time of these articles the archipelago was owned by Britain.

[Heligoland] A Snug Little Island, by James Manson (Little Folks, 1883)

Sunday Under the Shadow of Heligoland, by the Rev. F. Hastings (Quiver, 1889)

Heligoland, by Walter Armstrong (English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)

• See Scotland for information on the Scottish Isles.