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Scilly Islands (sĭl`ē), officially Isles of Scilly, archipelago of more than 150 isles and rocky islets, off Cornwall, SW England, 28 mi (45 km) from Land's End. On the rocky coasts, marked by lighthouses and lightships, scores of ships were wrecked, notably Sir Clowdisley Shovell Shovell, Sir Clowdisley, or Sir Cloudesley Shovel , 1650–1707, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he burned enemy ships at the battle of La Hogue in 1692 and was joint commander of the English fleet in 1693.
..... Click the link for more information. 's fleet in 1707. The mild climate and heavy rainfall are a flourishing atmosphere for subtropical plants. Flower growing for Bristol and London markets is one of the leading occupations. Vegetable production and tourism are also economically important. Five of the isles are inhabited—St. Mary's, Tresco, St. Martin's, St. Agnes, and Bryher. On the largest, St. Mary's, is the capital, Hugh Town, with the 16th-century Star Castle at which Prince Charles (later Charles II) stopped in 1645 on his flight to Jersey Jersey , island (2005 est. pop. 90,800), 45 sq mi (117 sq km), in the English Channel, largest of the Channel Islands, which are dependencies of the British crown. It is 15 mi (24 km) from the Normandy coast of France and SE of Guernsey.
..... Click the link for more information. . On Tresco are Oliver Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver , 1599–1658, lord protector of England. Parliamentary General

The son of a gentry family, he entered Cambridge in 1616 but probably left the next year.
..... Click the link for more information. 's Tower, ruins of a 10th-century abbey, and the residence of the lord proprietor of the islands. The isle of Samson has ancient stone monuments.

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