Saint John

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Saint John



St John's Village


Saint John is in the north of Jersey and borders Saint Mary on its west, Trinity to the east, and Saint Lawrence and Saint Helier on its south. Saint John is the second least populated parish of Jersey, having only 2,618 residents as of 2001

1976 stamp
1976 stamp
2015 stamp showing a country lane in autumn
2015 stamp showing a country lane in autumn

The cliffs of the parish's north coast afford some of the best views in Jersey. After Trinity, it has the second highest point in Jersey at Mont Mado (473 ft). The parish covers 4,846 vergees.

Mont Mado granite was quarried historically. The largest quarry is now that of Ronez on the north coast.

Route du Nord was constructed during the German Occupation as a scheme to provide work. The road is now dedicated to the men and women of Jersey who suffered from 1939-1945.

Vingtaines

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

  • Vingtaine du Nord
  • Vingtaine de Hérupe
  • Vingtaine du Douet

Twin towns

St John is twinned with:


Parish church

Parish buildings

Constables

16th Century Simon Sarre 1524-1531 [1] Simon Malzard 1540-1545 [2] Nicolas Journeaux 1545-1549 [3] Edouard de Carteret 1549-1552 [4] Jean Hamon 1552-1555 [5]
Clement Journeaux 1555-1567 [6] Edouard Sarre 1570-1578 [7] Edouard Sarre 1578-1586 [8] Jean Esnouf 1586-1587 [9] Helier Le Marinel 1587-1597 [10]
Thomas Lempriere 1597-1617 [11]
17th Century Helier Le Marinel 1617-1626 [12] Simeon Esnouf 1626-1632 [13] Jean Esnouf 1631-1651 [14] Thomas Le Marinel 1652-1655 [15] Thomas Esnouf 1655-1660 [16]
Jean Esnouf 1660-1666 [17] Thomas Lempriere 1666-1676 [18] Nicolas de Carteret 1676-1681 [19] Nicolas Richardson 1681-1694, 1698-1706 [20] Josué Lempriere 1694 [21]
Nicolas Richardson 1698-1706 [22]
18th Century Abraham de Carteret 1706-1737 [23] David Anley 1737-1765 [24] Jean Dolbel 1765-1770 [25] Jean Le Quesne 1770-1775 [26] Jean Le Couteur 1775-1778 [27]
Philippe Le Couteur 1778-1781 [28] George Syvret 1781-1784 [29] Jean Arthur 1792-1795 [30] Philippe Nicolle 1795-1798 [31] Philippe Dumaresq 1798-1801, 1802-1803 [32]
19th Century Moise Gibaut 1803-1810, 1811-1815 [33] Jean Nicolle 1810-1811 [34] Moise Gibaut 1811-1814 [35] Jean Nicolle 1815-1818, 1822-1825, 1829-1832, 1835-1838 [36] Philippe Picot 1832-1835, 1841 [37]
Jean Nicolle 1835-1841 [38] Philippe Gibaut 1841-1863 [39] John Picot 1863-1870 [40] Philippe Neel 1870-1879 [41] Thomas Falla 1882-1896 [42]
Charles Mauger 1896-1906 [43]
20th Century Herbert Falla 1906-1909 [44] Philip Melmoth Baudains 1921 John Le Masurier 1930 Terence Le Marinel 1945 Clifford Le Vesconte 1953
Wilfred Tomes 1973 John Le Sueur 1980

External links


Gallery

  • The parish church and St John's Hotel behind the war memorial
    The parish church and St John's Hotel behind the war memorial
  • The heart of the village in the late 19th century
    The heart of the village in the late 19th century
  • A lane in the parish in the 1920s
    A lane in the parish in the 1920s
  • A lane close to St John's Church
    A lane close to St John's Church
  • St John's Church Post Office in 1930
    St John's Church Post Office in 1930
  • Oak Lane
    Oak Lane
  • Saline Bay
    Saline Bay
  • North coast rocks
    North coast rocks
  • A St John lane - click to see the full-size image and spot the 'hidden' man
    A St John lane - click to see the full-size image and spot the 'hidden' man
  • North coast cliffs
    North coast cliffs
  • Country scene
    Country scene
  • The cliffs at Les Mouriers, a 1902 photograph
    The cliffs at Les Mouriers, a 1902 photograph
  • 1933 aerial photograph by Aerofilms
    1933 aerial photograph by Aerofilms
  • 1933 aerial photograph by Aerofilms
    1933 aerial photograph by Aerofilms
  • Albumen print of St John lane
    Albumen print of St John lane
  • Sorel in 1891
    Sorel in 1891
  • St John's Hotel tennis courts
    St John's Hotel tennis courts
  • Commemorating the climbing of the steeple
    Commemorating the climbing of the steeple
  • 1904
    1904
  • Oak Lane, 1906
    Oak Lane, 1906
  • A parish lane in 1911
    A parish lane in 1911
  • St John 's Hotel, patron F Salou
    St John 's Hotel, patron F Salou
  • St John's Village with the Fremont television mast and north coast behind - 1970s
    St John's Village with the Fremont television mast and north coast behind - 1970s
  • St John's Village in the 1970s
    St John's Village in the 1970s
  • 1960s
    1960s
  • The church gates in 1950
    The church gates in 1950
  • St John's Hotel in 1950
    St John's Hotel in 1950
  • St John's Hotel in 1950
    St John's Hotel in 1950
  • Honorary Police in 1947
    Honorary Police in 1947
  • St John's Hotel 1920s
    St John's Hotel 1920s
  • St John's Hotel 1920s
    St John's Hotel 1920s
  • 1954 roadworks
    1954 roadworks
  • 1954
    1954
  • 1954
    1954
  • A quiet lane in the parish
    A quiet lane in the parish
  • Polling day at the parish hall in a 1954 election for Senators
    Polling day at the parish hall in a 1954 election for Senators
This picture appeared in Facebook captioned Giffard Bay, which is on the St John north coast of the island. We have our doubts that the location has been correctly identified and are investigating further. The view does not match any of the north coast's sandy beaches and we suspect that it might not have been taken in Jersey
Aerial view of the village in 1977
The parochial Honorary Police in 1999

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Exact dates unclear. The first of his family to be Constable
  2. ↑ Spelling of family name may have been a variant. Died before 1554 when his heirs conducted a partage of his property
  3. ↑ Jurat at same time
  4. ↑ Illegitimate son of Bailiff Helier de Carteret. Sworn in 31 August 1549. Former Viscount. Married about 1540 the widow of Michel Sarre, son of Simon, in Chapelle de Lecq
  5. ↑ Son of Jourdain, Centenier of St John in 1507
  6. ↑ Eldest son of Nicolas, former Constable, above. Seigneur of St Jean La Hougue Boete. Jurat
  7. ↑ Sworn in 13 Jun 1570. Eldest son of Michel Sarre, son of Simon. Born about 1525. In 1545 he revoked the actions his tuteur had done to his prejudice. Died about 1578 while in office. Succeeded by his son
  8. ↑ Son of predecessor. Died in 1586 leaving a single daughter Rachel, who married Thomas Lempriere, son of Michel, Seigneur of Augres, Constable of St John, Jurat
  9. ↑ Sworn in 7 May 1586, for a single year under new Royal Court control over term of office of Constable. Probably born in St John in 1558, son of Raulin and Jeanne, nee Grossier, daughter of Nicolas
  10. ↑ Sworn in 13 May 1587. Previously Centenier. Son of Nicollas. Died in July 1608
  11. ↑ Sworn in 3 October 1597 at a States sitting. Younger son of Michel Lempriere, Seigneur of Dielament. Thomas settled in St John at his wife Rachel, nee Sarre's, property. Jurat in 1617 and died in 1649
  12. ↑ Son of Helier, Constable in 1587. Allowed to resign 1626. Died 1654. His daughter Elizabeth married Philippe Fleury, of Trinity
  13. ↑ Son of Thomas. Sworn in at Cour de Catel sitting in October 1626. Allowed to retire in 1632. Eldest son of Thomas and Genette, nee Le Marinel, sister of William. Married Rachel Lempriere, daughter of Thomas, Constable in 1597. One of the leaders of the parliamentary party in Jersey, nominated Jurat by Cromwell but died before being sworn in, in 1655
  14. ↑ Son of Jean, Constable in 1586, above, and Marie, nee Machon, daughter of Laurens. Royalist who ceased functions in 1651, resuming in 1660 after the Restoration
  15. ↑ Born in 1605 the son of Matthieu and Jeanne, nee Le Sebirel. Exact dates not known but he signed a document as Constable in June 1652. Appointed Jurat by Cromwell in 1655. Died in 1664
  16. ↑ Son of Simeon Esnouf, former Constable, who died eight days before the swearing-in of his son. Left office at Restoration
  17. ↑ Returned to office after Restoration. Requested to resign because of old age in 1666 and died three years later. Recorded as serving 36 years, including interregnum of Parliamentary rule
  18. ↑ Sworn in 18 October 1666 at age of 22. Grandson of Thomas Lempriere, Constable in 1597. Died in 1678 at age of 34
  19. ↑ Sworn in 11 May 1676. Son of William, son of Nicolas, and descended from Edouard, Constable in 1549. Re-elected in 1681 but excused on grounds of earlier service
  20. ↑ Sworn in 4 June 1681. Son of Nicolas Richardson, of St Martin. Discharged at his request in 1694
  21. ↑ Son of Thomas, Constable in 1666, above.
  22. ↑ Second term
  23. ↑ Son of Nicolas, Constable in 1678. Sworn in 28 September 1706 aged 23. Died in office after 30 years 11 months
  24. ↑ A second, successive long-serving Constable, previously centenier. Born 1697, son of Thomas and Marguerite, nee Mauger. Ordered by the Royal Court to give notice of parish assemblies to Edouard Le Maistre, Seigneur of St Jean la Hougue Boete, in 1750, and, the following year, to apologise to him for failing to give him a convening notice. Allowed to retire in 1765 and died in 1768
  25. ↑ Sworn in 26 April 1765, previously Centenier. Born 1717 the son of Jean and Esther, nee Gruchy. Married Marie de Quetteville, daughter of Thomas, of St Martin, and died in 1797
  26. ↑ Sworn-in 6 August 1770. Born 1736, the son of Jean, of Mourier, and Suzanne, nee Le Maistre, daughter of Jean and Anne, nee de Carteret, of St Jean La Hougue Boete. Left Jersey for the East Indies in 1775 'in search of his fortune'. Died in 1783. His only brother also died without issue. Their only sister Suzanne, married Henry de Jersey, of Guernsey, in 1763
  27. ↑ Elected, and sworn in 2 May 1775 after his predecessor left the island. Elder son of Jean Le Couteur and Marie, nee Poingdestre, and father of Lieut-General Jean Le Couteur, of Bellevue, St Aubin. Died in 1794 at an advanced age
  28. ↑ Brother of predecessor. Died in 1797
  29. ↑ Sworn-in 19 May 1781 at a States sitting when General Conway was present. Born in 1746, son of Thomas Syvret, of La Queruee, Constable of St Martin, 1752, and Louise, nee Le Cras. Settled in St John following his marriage to Florence Le Maistre, daughter of Edouard, Jurat and Seigneur of St John La Hougue Boete. Died aged 39 in 1785, found dead on a public road.
  30. ↑ A three-way election to replace George Syvret, with a contested result, left the parish without a Constable for eight years. In 1784 Thomas Lempriere received 58 votes, Jean Arthur, 68, and Philippe Nicolle, a single vote. Lempriere challenged the result, and the parish was represented by successive Centeniers, including election winner Jean Arthur. In 1792 senior Centenier and Chef de Police Jean Marett wrote to the States to say that his health would not permit him to sit in a position for which he had not been sworn-in, and the situation in St John was so embarrassing that he would no longer act as chef de police unless forced to by law. Lempriere was ruled to be living in another parish and the Royal Court admitted Jean Arthur as Constable
  31. ↑ Son of Philippe, and Elizabeth, nee Mauger. Jurat in 1809
  32. ↑ Brother of Sir Jean Dumaresq, Lieut-Bailiff. When standing for re-election in 1801 Philippe beat Jean Arthur by three votes, leading to complaints from the latter of illegal practices. The case was put before the Greffier and went in Dumaresq's favour. In 1803 it was reported to the Court that he had sold his house and land and left the island, and was then 'a prisoner of war in France'. A new election was ordered
  33. ↑ Sworn in on 17 December 1803. A native of St Lawrence, the son of Moise and Anne, nee Payn. He settled in St John after his marriage to Anne Poingdestre, daughter and co-heir of Philippe. Previously Centenier
  34. ↑ Younger son of Philippe and Elizabeth, nee Mauger, and brother of previous Constable Philippe Nicolle. Sworn in on 3 February 1810. Censured by the Lieut-Bailiff on 30 July that year for criticising the Lieut-Governor, Sir George Don. Removed from office in 1811 for resisting the orders of the Commander in Chief regarding the defence of the island. Re-elected in 1815, see below
  35. ↑ Second term
  36. ↑ Attempted to regain seat in 1814 but was defeated by two votes (92-90) by Pierre Dallain. The result was investigated, along with Nicolle's elegibility to stand again. In 1815 the Court declared the result a draw, and ordered a new election, which Nicolle won. On 16 August 1816 the Rev Michel William Lusignan, Rector of St John, brought a complaint to the Royal Court concerning the calling of an ecclesiastical assembly by the Constable. This resulted in a long legal action. In 1818 Pierre Gruchy complained that in the election on 8 March Nicolle had been supported by those who did not have the right to vote in beating him by 85 votes to 75. Amid claim and counter-claim the Court ruled on 25 May 1819 that Nicolle had been fairly elected, but Gruchy appealed to the Privy Council, which confirmed Nicolle's election on 22 June 1822, leading to his swearing-in. In October 1825 his re-election was contested by Moses Gibaut, who had been beaten by 124 votes to 110. It was not until 4 July 1829 that Gibaut withdrew and Nicolle could be sworn in again. Although defeated by Philippe Picot in 1832, he stood yet again in 1835 and was elected for his final term. He died in 1846
  37. ↑ The son of Philippe, of Herupe, and Jeanne, nee Baudains, he was baptised in Trinity in 1790. After losing out to the previous Constable at the end of his first term, he stood again in 1841, but only served three months before being elected Jurat
  38. ↑ Final term
  39. ↑ Born in 1797, elder son of Moise, Constable in 1803. Brought stability to the parish with 22 years in office
  40. ↑ Son of Charles Picot, younger son of Jurat Philippe Picot. Sworn-in 28 February 1863
  41. ↑ Brother of Jean Neel, Constable of Trinity in 1858. May have served further term. The Rev J A Messervy shows nobody in office 1879-1882)
  42. ↑ Born in 1835, the elder son of Thomas Falla, son of Isaac, and Henriette, nee Gibaut, daughter of Moise, former Constable of St John, above
  43. ↑ First sworn in 19 December 1896. After completing his third term, he left Jersey in 1906 with his family to settle in Western Australia
  44. ↑ Of Les Buttes, only son of Thomas Falla, Constable in 1882
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