Saint Peter, Jersey
Encyclopedia
Saint Peter is one of the twelve parish
es of Jersey
in the Channel Islands
. It is in the west central part of the island. It is the only parish with two separate coastlines, stretching from St. Ouen's Bay in the west to St. Aubin's Bay in the south, and thereby cutting St. Brelade off from other parishes. The parish is the fourth-largest parish by surface area, covering 6,469 vergée
s (11.6 km² (4.5 sq mi))
It borders four other parishes:
A large portion of the parish is occupied by Jersey Airport
.
The traditional nickname for St. Pierrais is ventres à baînis (limpet bellies), perhaps because their parish sticks to two coasts like limpet
s.
s for administrative purposes as follows:
The parish forms one electoral district and elects one Deputy.
run primary school with 164 students in 2009. The fee-charging St. George's Preparatory School
is located at La Hague Manor, Rue de la Hague, which is wholly owned by The Jersey Educational Trust.
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...
. It is in the west central part of the island. It is the only parish with two separate coastlines, stretching from St. Ouen's Bay in the west to St. Aubin's Bay in the south, and thereby cutting St. Brelade off from other parishes. The parish is the fourth-largest parish by surface area, covering 6,469 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 (11.6 km² (4.5 sq mi))
It borders four other parishes:
- Saint OuenSaint Ouen, Jersey-Cueillettes:Unlike the other parishes of Jersey, the subdivisions of this parish are not named vingtaines, but cueillettes . Vingteniers are still elected, however, in the cueillettes.*La Petite Cueillette*La Grande Cueillette...
to the north - Saint MarySaint Mary, Jersey-External links:**...
to the north-east - St LawrenceSaint Lawrence, JerseySaint Lawrence is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The parish covers 5,258 vergées and occupies the centre of the Island....
to the east - St BreladeSaint Brélade, JerseySaint Brélade is one of the twelve parishes of the Bailiwick of Jersey. Its population is around 9,560, and it occupies the southwestern part of the island. It is the only parish to border only one other parish, St. Peter...
to the south
A large portion of the parish is occupied by Jersey Airport
Jersey Airport
-Busiest routes:Some airlines offer services between Jersey and other destinations with an intermediate stop at Guernsey. There are also periodic charter flights to European holiday destinations, Madeira and ski destinations operated by airlines such as Aurigny Air Services, Europe Airpost, Palmair...
.
The traditional nickname for St. Pierrais is ventres à baînis (limpet bellies), perhaps because their parish sticks to two coasts like limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
s.
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 as follows:
- La Vingtaine du Douet
- La Vingtaine de St. Nicolas
- La Grande Vingtaine
- La Vingtaine des Augerez
- La Vingtaine du Coin Varin
The parish forms one electoral district and elects one Deputy.
Education
St. Peter's School is located in La Rue du Presbytère, and is a stateSovereign state
A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither...
run primary school with 164 students in 2009. The fee-charging St. George's Preparatory School
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
is located at La Hague Manor, Rue de la Hague, which is wholly owned by The Jersey Educational Trust.
Notable residents
- Gilbert O'SullivanGilbert O'SullivanGilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again ", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No...
resides in Saint Peter with his wife Aase and their two children. - Caroline LeSueurCaroline LeSueurCaroline LeSueur was a Mormon pioneer and one of the founders of St. Johns, Arizona.LeSueur was born Caroline Le Gresley on June 11, 1814, in Velle Babet, Jersey, Channel Islands. She married John Le Sueur in 1836 at St...
, a Mormon pioneer and one of the founders of St. Johns, ArizonaSt. Johns, ArizonaSt. Johns is the county seat of Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 180, mostly west of where that highway intersects with U.S. Route 191. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 3,538....
. - Augustus Asplet Le GrosAugustus Asplet Le GrosAugustus Asplet Le Gros or Augustus Aspley Le Gros was a Norman language poet from Jersey and a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey.- Biography :...
, a Norman language poet and a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey. - George William de CarteretGeorge William de CarteretGeorge William de Carteret, George William de Carteret, George William de Carteret, (1869 St Peter, Jersey - 4 September 1940, was a Norman language journalist and writer from Jersey.Working as a farmer in St Peter, George William de Carteret wrote, under the nom de plume Le Caouain (the owl), a...
, a Norman language journalist and writer - Peter VincentiPeter VincentiPeter Vincenti is a footballer who plays for League Two side Aldershot Town as a midfielder or a striker.Vincenti began his career at Jersey football side St. Peter, after progressing through the Jersey Football Association's centre of excellence. He spent two years with the club, playing for the...
, footballer