Saint Brelade

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Saint Brelade



St Brelade's Bay is one of the island's most popular beaches


Saint Brelade is the south-western parish of Jersey. Its population is around 9,560, and it borders only one other parish, Saint Peter. The parish is the second-largest parish by surface area, covering 7,103 vergees, which is 11% of the total land surface of the island.

1976 stamp
1976 stamp

Derivation

The name of the parish is derived from a 6th century Celtic or Welsh "wandering saint" named Saint Branwalader or Saint Brelade (also Branwallder, Broladre, Brelodre, Brélade), who is said to have been the son of the Cornish king, Kenen. He is also said to have been a disciple of Samson of Dol, and worked with this churchman in Cornwall and the Channel Islands.

History

St Brelade's Church is situated at the western end of St Brelade's Bay, an unusual situation being comparatively distant from historic centres of population. The small Fisherman's Chapel alongside contains mediaeval frescoes which survived the Reformation. According to folklore, the reason for the siting of the parish church is that originally parishioners intended to build the church inland, much nearer to the homes of the congregation. However les p'tits faîtchieaux (the little people) who had their temple in a nearby dolmen were disturbed by the construction of the foundations and, every night, would undo the construction work and magically transport all the tools and materials down to the shoreline. Eventually the humans gave up and built the church where the fairies had indicated.


Beaches

St Brelade has some of the most popular bays in Jersey, with St Brelade's Bay, Ouaisné, Portelet and parts of both St Ouen's Bay and St Aubin's Bay falling within the parish boundaries. The town of Saint Aubin was originally a fishing port and historically the main centre of population in the parish, but residential development at Les Quennevais has shifted that centre of population.

The traditional nickname for St Bréladais is carpéleuses (caterpillars).

Saint Brelade

Vingtaines

The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes as follows:

  • Vingtaine de Noirmont
  • Vingtaine du Coin
  • Vingtaine des Quennevais
  • Vingtaine de la Moye

St Brelade was formerly divided into two electoral districts but now elects four Deputies across the whole parish

Twin towns

St Brelade is twinned with:

References

  • Jersey Folk Lore, John H. L'Amy, Jersey 1927

External links

Art

The parish has a small collection of oil paintings on display in the Parish Hall, featured in the Your Paintings project.

Click on any image to see a full-size version

Constables

16th Century Brelade Alexandre 1527, 1537-1538 [1] Edouard Dumaresq 1531, 1549-1551 [2] Brelade Alexandre 1537 [3] Jacquet Horman 1538-1546 [4] Edouard Dumaresq 1549-1551
Jean Pipon 1551-1553 [5] Guillaume Bisson 1555-1567 [6] Richard Pipon 1567-1586, 1592-1594 [7] Jacques Pipon 1586-1587 [8] Edouard Bisson 1587-1592, 1594-1601 [9]
Richard Pipon 1591-1594 [10]
17th Century Nicolas Bisson 1601-1615 [11] Jean Seale 1615-1621 [12] Thomas Seale 1621-1629 [13] Thomas Pipon 1629-1644 [14] Jean Seale 1644-1651 [15]
Edouard Anley 1652-1657 [16] Edouard Pipon 1657-1675 [17] Pierre Maret 1675-1690 [18] Pierre Seale 1689-1693 [19] Josué Pipon 1693-1695 [20]
Richard Pipon 1695-1701 [21]
18th Century Philippe Pipon 1700-1704 [22] Jacques Pipon 1704-1708 [23] Thomas Pipon 1708-1713 [24] Jean Le Brun 1713-1718 [25] Philippe De Carteret 1718-1723 [26]
Philippe Le Couteur 1723-1752 [27] Josué Pipon 1752-1758 [28] Edouard Remon 1758-1769 [29] Thomas Pipon 1769-1771 [30] Philippe Robin 1771-1774 [31]
Elie Pipon 1774-1776 [32] Jacques Pipon 1776-1779, 1782-1794 [33] Edouard Remon 1779-1782]] [34] François Valpy dit Janvrin 1794-1795 [35] Josué Pipon 1795-1800 [36]
19th Century Jacques Remon 1800-1809, 1814-1817) [37] George Philippe Benest 1809-1814 [38] Jacques Remon 1814-1817 [39] Jean Valpy dit Janvrin 18171820 [40] Jean Orange 1820-1826 [41]
Jean Le Couteur 1826-1832 [42] Jacques Remon 1832-1838 [43] Gedeon Le Bas 1838-1844 [44] George Philippe Benest 1844-1860 [45] Philippe Le Brun 1860-1863
Josué Brayn 1863-1869 [46] Jean Carrel 1869-1875 Philippe Jean Benest 1875-1878 [47] John Alfred Seale 1878-1903 [48]
20th Century Josué Alexandre 1903-1909 John Edouard Le Boutillier 1909-1913 James Horman Le Boutillier 1913-1928 Guy Fortescue Burrell de Gruchy 1928-1937 Walter Benest 1937-1945
Hedley Ernest Le Rossignol 1945-1953 John Hamon Chévalier 1953-1968 Maxwell John De La Haye 1968-1981 Leornard Geoffrey Downer 1981-1987 Enid Clare Quenault 1987-1999
Maxwell Robert de la Haye 1999-2002
21st Century Mike Jackson 2002-
St Brelade's municipality in 1900
The parish from the air in 1992
  • Thomas Pipon
    Thomas Pipon
  • John Seale
    John Seale
  • Gedeon Le Bas
    Gedeon Le Bas
  • John Le Boutillier
    John Le Boutillier
  • James Le Boutillier
    James Le Boutillier
  • Guy de Gruchy
    Guy de Gruchy
  • Walter Benest
    Walter Benest
  • Hedley Le Rossignol
    Hedley Le Rossignol
  • John Chevalier
    John Chevalier
  • Maxwell John de la Haye
    Maxwell John de la Haye
  • Len Downer
    Len Downer
  • Enid Quenault
    Enid Quenault
  • Maxwell Robert de la Haye
    Maxwell Robert de la Haye

Gallery

  • A parish election in the early 20th century
    A parish election in the early 20th century
  • The parish Honorary Police in 1900
    The parish Honorary Police in 1900
  • The parish fire engine in 1904
    The parish fire engine in 1904
  • St Brelade cattle show at Les Quennevais in 1939
    St Brelade cattle show at Les Quennevais in 1939
  • The parish fete at St Aubin
    The parish fete at St Aubin
  • Fiquet Bay
    Fiquet Bay
  • An entry in the parish fete in about 1950
    An entry in the parish fete in about 1950
  • Another entry in a later fete
    Another entry in a later fete
  • 1946
    1946
  • John Alfred Seale, Constable at the beginning of the 20th century
    John Alfred Seale, Constable at the beginning of the 20th century
  • An aerial view of the parish in 1945
    An aerial view of the parish in 1945
  • This stone marks the boundary with St Peter - picture taken in 1981
    This stone marks the boundary with St Peter - picture taken in 1981
1981 stamps
1981 stamps

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Exact dates not known. Mentioned as Constable in a 1527 Cattel Court act. Died in office in 1538
  2. ↑ Son of Jurat Thomas of St Brelade and Georgette, nee Hamptonne, daughter of Jurat Guillaume. Appointed Jurat in 1544. Exact dates of first term not known. Believed to be the same person who served from 1549
  3. ↑ Second term
  4. ↑ Sworn in 12 February 1538
  5. ↑ Ancestor of La Moye Pipons, who provided many Constables and Jurats
  6. ↑ Centenier in 1549. Died in office in March 1567, leaving six or seven daughters and co-heirs
  7. ↑ Grandson of Guillaume, above. Seigneur of Luce de Carteret. Charged on a number of occasions for failing to meet the parish's obligations for road maintance and other military matters
  8. ↑ Only served for 11 months during the period when the Court had ruled that Constables' terms of office should be just one year
  9. ↑ Son of Leonard. Seigneur of Luce de Carteret. Obtained permission to resign in 1601 on moving to St Lawrence. Became Constable of that parish shortly afterwards
  10. ↑ Second term. Died in office
  11. ↑ Son of Philippe. Nephew of Guillaume, Constable in 1555
  12. ↑ Elected with permission to have two Centeniers elected. Died in office
  13. ↑ Son of Germain. Died without issue in 1631
  14. ↑ Son of Jacques, son of Richard; and Elizabeth, nee Dumaresq. Zealous Royalist. Elected Jurat in 1655
  15. ↑ Son of Jean, son of Germain, brother of Jurat Thomas Seale. Removed from office by Parliamentarians. Died in 1670
  16. ↑ The absence of records for this period mean that exact dates for Edward Anley's term are not known. Discharged 28 February 1657 for permitting unlicensed taverns in the parish. Descended from the St Peter Anleys, but settled in St Brelade following his marriage to Collette Scelle, daughter of Pierre
  17. ↑ Eldest son of Jurat Thomas Pipon of La Moye. Served as Parliamentary Constable and continued in office after the Restoration. A rare, if not unique, example. Re-elected in 1675 but he could not be sworn-in, having moved to live outside the parish. Died 1681
  18. ↑ Seigneur of Franc Fief, elder son of Elie Maret and Suzanne, nee Dumaresq, Dame of Franc Fief. Pierre encountered difficulty in representing the fief after the death of his mother because he was not a native Jerseyman, having been born in Normandy. Died 1703
  19. ↑ Previously Centenier and Procureur du bien Public. Militia captain. Married Marie de Carteret, daughter of Jurat Francois, Seigneur of Vinchelez de Haut
  20. ↑ Eldest son of former Constable Edouard. Greffier of the Royal Court for several years, Jurat in 1701 and Lieut-Bailiff in 1715. Seigneur of the Fief des Vingt Livres
  21. ↑ Of Le Coin, descended from Jean Pipon, younger son of Richard Pipon, Constable in 1567, above. Died in 1617.
  22. ↑ Seigneur of Noirmont, Receiver-General 1696-1716, Jurat 1725
  23. ↑ Eldest son of Jacques, of St Aubin, who was the younger son of Jurat Thomas, 1644. Surveillant of St Brelade in 1704. Died a724.
  24. ↑ Son of Jacques. Younger brother of Jacques, who preceded him. Buried in 1735 in Bath Abbey Church
  25. ↑ Previously Centenier. In 1718, after serving two consecutive terms, Le Brun was discharged. He died in 1726
  26. ↑ Younger son of Jean de Carteret, son of Francois, Seigneur of Vinchelez de Haut. Settle in St Aubin after his marriage to Elizabeth Le Couteur, daughter of Jean
  27. ↑ Previously Centenier. Discharged 1731, but reinstalled two days later
  28. ↑ Of La Moye. Son of Jurat Josue Pipon, Lieut-Bailiff in 1715. Became Jurat in 1758 and Colonel of the South-West Regiment of the Militia in 1759
  29. ↑ Younger son of Nicolas, Centenier of St Peter and Militia Captain, and Jeanne de Carteret, nee Pipon, sister of Josue, Lieut-Bailiff in 1715. Settled in St Brelade to Marie Dauvergne, eldest daughter and principal heir of Philippe. In 1760, Lieut-Colonel of the South-West Regiment
  30. ↑ Son of Josue. Elected at age of 30, Advocate of Royal Court since 1761. Deputy Master of the Hunt in 1759, Attorney-General in 1771. Assisted in the preparation of the 1771 Code of legislation and chosen by the States as their Deputy to submit the work to the Privy Council
  31. ↑ Jurat in 1776. Founder in 1765 of Robin, Pipon and Company, of Cape Breton Island, Canada; merchants owning both fisheries and ships. Lived in St Aubin
  32. ↑ Seigneur of Noirmont. Jurat 1776
  33. ↑ Second son of Thomas and Anne, nee Lempriere. Re-elected twice in 1779 but refused to be sworn because he was Receiver-General. The Privy Council eventually ruled that the two roles were not incompatible and after being succeeded by Edouard Remon for one term, he stood again and was re-elected
  34. ↑ Son of Edouard, former Constable, above. Died in 1799
  35. ↑ Previously Centenier. Constable for only eight months because he was elected Jurat. Eldest son of Brelade Valpy dit Janvrin and Elizabeth, nee de Lecq, daughter of Francois and Catherine, nee Hamon
  36. ↑ Born 1766, eldest son of Thomas, of La Moye. Solicitor-General. Died without issue in 1840
  37. ↑ Son of former Constable, Edouard, above. Merchant and shipowner at St Aubin. Major, Jersey Militia Artillery
  38. ↑ Resigned 1814 on appointment as Jurat
  39. ↑ Second term. Served nine years 1800-1809, above
  40. ↑ Brother of former Constable, Francois, above
  41. ↑ (1766-1854), son of Jean and Marie, nee Pipon
  42. ↑ Eldest son of Lieut-General John Le Couteur, of Bellevue. Became Jurat, Viscount in 1842, and knighted
  43. ↑ (1788-1869, eldest son of Jacques Remon, former Constable, above
  44. ↑ Beaten in election by Jean Vincent, but took office when Vincent declined to swear an oath of fidelity to the Anglican Church. Married Esther Payn, daughter of Thomas. Later moved to St Peter and became Constable there in 1852
  45. ↑ Born in Guernsey. Served five consecutive terms. Nephew of former Constable George Philippe Benest, above.
  46. ↑ Lieut-Colonel in Militia
  47. ↑ (1828-1878) died in office
  48. ↑ Served nine consecutive terms. Solicitor. Died Redhill, Surrey, 1904
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