St Peter's known officially as Saint Pierre du Bois (English

English language

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: "St. Peter in the Wood") is a parish in Guernsey

Guernsey

Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

. It is the centre for the Guernsey Western Parishes which includes Torteval

Torteval, Guernsey

Torteval is the smallest of the ten Guernsey parishes. Its name comes from the Guernésiais words for 'twisting valley'. The full title being Ste Phillipe du Torteval. It is the westernmost parish of Guernsey and is part of the Guernsey Western Parishes. The parish is split in two by the parish of St...

, St Saviour's

St Saviour's, Guernsey

St Saviour is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey.People from Saint Sauveux were traditionally nicknamed "fouormillaons" in Guernésiais....

 and the Forest

Forest, Guernsey

The Forest is a parish in Guernsey. It is the highest parish on the island, with altitudes of up to about 100 m. The full title being Ste Margurite de la Foret after the parish church....

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The old Guernesiais nickname for people from Saint Pierre was etcherbaots which means beetles.

Geography

The parish is located in the West of the Island and has borders with the parishes of Torteval, St. Saviour's, Forest and St. Andrew's

St Andrew's, Guernsey

Saint Andrew is located in the centre of Guernsey and as such is the only parish on the island to be landlocked.The post code for addresses in this parish starts with GY6.-Geography:...

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The parish is mainly countryside with a small village in the centre. The parish church

Parish church

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 is one of the most unusual in the islands as it is built at the bottom of a small valley

Valley

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 and the interior of the church is not flat but diagonal in appearance. The Parish Church is a short distance away from the western community centre usually known as "Styx".

Notable people

• Sampson Avard
  Sampson Avard
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  , the leader of a band of Mormon
  Mormon
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   vigilantes called the Danites, which existed in Missouri during the period of the 1838 Mormon War.

Beaches

The coastline includes:

• Rocquaine Bay
• Le Crocq du Sud
• Chateau du Rocquaine
  Fort Grey
  Fort Grey, colloquially known as the "cup and saucer", is a Martello tower located on a rock in Rocquaine Bay on the west coast of Guernsey. The French called the rock upon which the tower was built the Chateau de Rocquaine...
  
  
• L'Eree
• Fort Saumarez
• Lihou
  Lihou
  Not to be confused with Lihou Reef National Nature ReserveLihou is a small tidal island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. It lies off the west coast of Guernsey and is the most westerly point in the Channel Islands. Coordinates: . The island was bought by the States of...