Isles of Scilly Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; or "") is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in both England and the United Kingdom, being over further south than the most southerly point of the British mainland at Lizard Point. The population of all the islands at the 2011 census was 2,203. Scilly forms part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, and some services are combined with those of Cornwall. However, since 1890, the islands have had a separate local authority. Since the passing of the Isles
Constitutional status of Cornwall English". On the "Mappa Mundi", circa 1300, now in Hereford Cathedral, Cornwall (as "Cornubia") is one of the very few regions within Britain to be named individually. The significance and relevance of this is unclear; the map belongs to a category of map known as Complex (Great) World Maps and its depiction, within such a world context, should be seen in parallel with related contemporaneous material. The phrase "England and Cornwall" ("Anglia et Cornubia") has been used on occasion in post-Norman official documents referring to the Duchy of Cornwall: William Caxton's 1480 "Description of Britain" debated whether or not Cornwall