SAINT LAWRENCE, JERSEY


The arched entrance to Morel Farm, a National Trust for Jersey property in St. Lawrence, bears the date inscription ''1666''. Along with Hamptonne and Le Rât cottage, it is one of the notable examples of rural architecture in the parish

'Saint Lawrence' (Jèrriais: St Louothains) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The parish covers 5,258 vergées (9.5 km²) and occupies the centre of the Island.

Contents
Museums
Vingtaines
Demographics
External links

Museums


Cidermaking traditions are preserved at Hamptonne using a horse-drawn granite apple crusher and wooden two-screw press

Hamptonne, the Country Life Museum, occupies restored farm buildings in the parish. An apple 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.
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Vingtaines


The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes:

★ La Vingtaine de la Vallée

★ La Vingtaine du Coin Hatain

★ La Vingtaine du Coin Motier

★ La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Nord

★ La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Sud
St. Lawrence is one electoral district and elects two Deputies.

Demographics


Population
1991 1996 2001
4561 4773 4702
Statistics beginning 1991

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Saint Lawrence

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