Saint Lawrence, Jersey
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Saint Lawrence is one of the twelve parish
es of Jersey
in the Channel Islands
. The parish covers 5,258 vergée
s (9.5 km²) and occupies the centre of the Island.
Much of the parish is inland, though it has a short stretch of coastline in St. Aubin's Bay. It borders Saint Peter and Saint Mary to the west, Saint John to the north and east, and Saint Helier to the east.
orchard preserves native Jersey cider
apple varieties and the preinseu (cider press house) is the focus of the annual Faîs'sie d'cidre cidermaking festival using traditional equipment and methods. The ITV drama Under the Greenwood Tree
was mostly filmed here
The Jersey War Tunnels
(previously known as the German Underground Hospital) are a major relic of the engineering works undertaken by the occupying German forces 1940–1945. They also serve as a memorial to the many slave-workers pressed into labouring on such projects during the Second World War.
s for administrative purposes:
St. Lawrence is one electoral district and elects two Deputies.
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
es of Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
in the Channel Islands
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
. The parish covers 5,258 vergée
Vergée
A vergée, or vergee, is a unit of area, a quarter of the French acre. Other spellings include vergie and vrégie. It is not an SI unit. The SI unit of area is the square metre.The term derives from Latin virga...
s (9.5 km²) and occupies the centre of the Island.
Much of the parish is inland, though it has a short stretch of coastline in St. Aubin's Bay. It borders Saint Peter and Saint Mary to the west, Saint John to the north and east, and Saint Helier to the east.
Museums
Hamptonne, the Country Life Museum, occupies restored farm buildings in the parish. An appleApple
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...
orchard preserves native Jersey cider
Cider
Cider or cyder is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content from 2% abv to 8.5% abv or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, such as Germany and America, cider may be termed "apple wine"...
apple varieties and the preinseu (cider press house) is the focus of the annual Faîs'sie d'cidre cidermaking festival using traditional equipment and methods. The ITV drama Under the Greenwood Tree
Under the Greenwood Tree
Under the Greenwood Tree or The Mellstock Quire: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published anonymously in 1872. It was Hardy's second published novel, the last to be printed without his name, and the first of his great series of Wessex novels...
was mostly filmed here
The Jersey War Tunnels
Hohlgangsanlage 8
Hohlgangsanlage 8 was a partially completed underground hospital complex in St. Lawrence, Jersey, built by German occupying forces during the occupation of Jersey during World War II. Over of tunnels were completed...
(previously known as the German Underground Hospital) are a major relic of the engineering works undertaken by the occupying German forces 1940–1945. They also serve as a memorial to the many slave-workers pressed into labouring on such projects during the Second World War.
Vingtaines
The parish is divided into vingtaineVingtaine
A vingtaine is a political subdivision of Jersey. They are subdivisions of the various parishes of Jersey, and one, La Vingtaine de la Ville , in Saint Helier is further divided into two cantons.St...
s for administrative purposes:
- La Vingtaine Haut de la Vallée
- La Vingtaine Bas de la Vallée
- La Vingtaine du Coin HatainVingtaine du Coin HâtainVingtaine du Coin Hâtain is one of the five vingtaines of St Lawrence Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey....
- La Vingtaine du Coin MotierVingtaine du Coin MotierVingtaine du Coin Motier is one of the five vingtaines of St Lawrence Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey....
- La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis NordVingtaine du Coin Tourgis NordVingtaine du Coin Tourgis Nord is one of the five vingtaines of St Lawrence Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey....
- La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis SudVingtaine du Coin Tourgis SudVingtaine du Coin Tourgis Sud is one of the five vingtaines of St Lawrence Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey....
St. Lawrence is one electoral district and elects two Deputies.