Saint Lawrence

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Saint Lawrence



St Lawrence is the central parish of Jersey, stretching north from St Aubin's Bay

1976 stamp
1976 stamp

Saint Lawrence covers 5,258 vergees and occupies the centre of the Island. Most of the parish is inland, though it has a short stretch of coastline in St Aubin's Bay. It borders St Peter and St Mary to the west, St John to the north and east, and St Helier to the east.

Vingtaines

The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes:

  • Vingtaine Haut de la Vallée
  • Vingtaine Bas de la Vallée
  • Vingtaine du Coin Hatain - named after the Hatain family (Hasteyn, Hastain)
  • Vingtaine du Coin Motier - from old French moutier meaning monastery
  • Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Nord - named after the Tourgis family who owned the fief des Arbres in 1292 [1]
  • Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Sud

St Lawrence shares an electoral district with St John and Trinity, which elects four two Deputies.

Twin towns

St Lawrence is twinned with:

Churches

There are two Anglican churches in the parish. Aside from the parish church itself, the church of St Matthew at Millbrook boasts a unique interior. It was reconstructed in 1932 for Lady Trent, in memory of her late husband, the former Jesse Boot. The interior fittings of carved glass were commissioned from the renowned French glass designer Rene Lalique; it is said that the soft furnishings are an exact match for the blue colour in the trademark sign of Boots the Chemist. Lady Trent also gave Coronation Park, adjoining the church, to the island in 1953, having created the park in 1937.

Millbrook

Millbrook, a large district in the south of the parish, began to develop as a residential area in the early 19th century, and is now almost entirely built up.

A St Lawrence valley

The Manifeste of 1646

1788 census

Further reading

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 Pierre Le Veslet 1525, 1531[2] Clement Lempriere 1531- [3] Laurens Hamptonne 1539 [4] Jean Gibaut 1551, 1558 [5] Henry Hamptonne 1572 [6]
Edouard Hamptonne 1584 [7] Helier Hamptonne 1586 [8] Edouard Hamptonne 1587 [9]
17th Century Edouard Bisson 1604-1616 [10] Abraham Bisson 1616-1621 [11] Nicolas Gibaut 1621-1629 [12] Benjamin Bisson 1629-1631 [13] Jean Mahaut 1631-1637 [14]
Gilles de Gruchy 1637-1643 [15] Jean Bailhache 1643-1652, 1660-1663 [16] Thomas Le Goupil 1652-1655 [17] Elie Le Gros 1655-1660 [18] Jean Bailhache 1660-1663 [19]
Nicolas Bailhache 1663-1667 [20] Nicolas Bailhache 1667-1671 [21] Philippe Maret 1671-1671 [22] Edouard Bisson [23] Abraham Bisson 1677-1687 [24]
Josue Ahier 1687-1703[25]
18th Century Raulin Benest 1703-1705 [26] Philippe Le Boutillier 1705-1721 [27] Jean Le Hardy 1721-1729 [28] François Marett 1729-1732, 1734-1747 [29] Abraham Bisson 1747-1764 [30]
François Marett 1761-1767 [31] Pierre Mauger 1767-1770 [32] Benjamin Bisson 1770-1773 [33] Gedeon Dallain 1773-1786 [34] Pierre Mauger 1786-1789 [35]
Richard Le Feuvre 1790-1793 [36] Pierre Mauger 1793-1795 [37] Jean Luce 1795-1798 [38] Jean Poingdestre 1798-1801 [39]
19th Century Philippe Marett 1805-1807 [40] Francois Marett 1807-1810 [41] Jean Langlois 1810-1813 [42] Gédéon Dallain 1813-1816 [43] Jean Langlois 1816-1828]] [44]
Pierre Marett 1828-1831 [45] Edouard Léonard Bisson 1831-1832 [46] Pierre Marett 1832-1835 [47] Tom Dupré 1835-1841 [48] Jean Gédéon Dallain 1841-1847 [49]
Jean Morel 1847-1856 [50] Jean Le Gros 1856-1862 [51] Francois Marett 1862-1866 [52] Edouard Denize 1866-1875 [53] Edouard Gibaut 1875-1877 [54]
Philippe Bichard 1877-1880 [55] Clement Le Gros 1880-1889 [56] Edward Voisin 1889-1908 [57]
20th Century

External links

Gallery

You can't believe everything you read on a postcard. This LL card describes St Lawrence Parish Hall as the parish church, which is next door, and appears in another LL card at the start of the gallery below

Click on any image to see full-size version

  • LL postcard
    LL postcard
  • A lane in the parish
    A lane in the parish
  • Visite du chemin
    Visite du chemin
  • Parish outing in 1890
    Parish outing in 1890
  • A municipal outing in 1922
    A municipal outing in 1922
  • The original architect's drawing of the parish hall
    The original architect's drawing of the parish hall
  • St Lawrence Arsenal photographed by Albert Smith
    St Lawrence Arsenal photographed by Albert Smith
  • The parish hall
    The parish hall
  • 1908
    1908
  • Carrefour Selous
    Carrefour Selous
  • Three Oaks
    Three Oaks
  • CarrefourSelous, 1954
    CarrefourSelous, 1954
  • CarrefourSelous, 1954
    CarrefourSelous, 1954
  • CarrefourSelous, 1954
    CarrefourSelous, 1954
  • Photograph by Laurens of St Lawrence Sunday School teachers in 1903
    Photograph by Laurens of St Lawrence Sunday School teachers in 1903
The parish honorary police in 1945
  • Pump at Ruette d'Avranches in St Lawrence
    Pump at Ruette d'Avranches in St Lawrence
  • Rue du Haut
    Rue du Haut
  • The parish hall
    The parish hall
  • St Lawrence road in 1909
    St Lawrence road in 1909
  • A St Lawrence lane in 1922
    A St Lawrence lane in 1922
  • St Lawrence tramway, built in the 19th century to carry quarried stone to the coast
    St Lawrence tramway, built in the 19th century to carry quarried stone to the coast
  • A St Lawrence valley
    A St Lawrence valley
  • The parish arsenal ...
    The parish arsenal ...
  • ... and the pub and shop opposite
    ... and the pub and shop opposite
  • A St Lawrence honorary police Baton de Justice
    A St Lawrence honorary police Baton de Justice
  • The parish arsenal
    The parish arsenal
  • Mont Misere
    Mont Misere
  • Fields at Cap Verde
    Fields at Cap Verde
  • The parish arsenal pump
    The parish arsenal pump
  • a 1924 advert for the parish carnival
    a 1924 advert for the parish carnival
The municipality in 1989
Few areas of the island have remained unchanged over the past 60 years, particularly in the six parishes which touch the sea along the south coast. But as this aerial picture of the heart of St Lawrence shows, when compared with the recent Google satellite image below it, there are exceptions. The photograph was taken from a Dakota aircraft in 1959. It shows the parish hall and adjoining parish church cemetery towards the bottom left. Most of the fields can be seen to have remained the same shape, and although some of the farms have a few additional buildings, the only significant development is that of Clos du Sommier, built around the former parish arsenal between the parish hall and parish primary school

Notes and references

  1. ↑ St Lawrence - A celebration of our Parish, a history of parish life published for the millennium (1999)
  2. ↑ Full dates not known. Mentioned in documents in 1525 and 1531 as Constable, also as clercq (probably Greffier). The area of the parish called Ville au Veslet is named after the family. Pierre predates parish registers
  3. ↑ Exact dates not known. Not in Messervy list but shown by him as Jurat later
  4. ↑ Sworn in 9 Sept 1539. He became an advocate of the Royal Court in 1544 and a Jurat in 1549. Seigneur of the fief Luce de Carteret and Captain of the parish in 1549
  5. ↑ Probably the son of Philbert Gibaut, married to one of the daughters of Simon Sarre, Constable of St John, and brother-in-law of Laurens Hamptonne his predecessor
  6. ↑ Sworn in 18 Jun 1572. Although not mentioned in Payne’s Armorial, he was the eldest son of Laurens, (Constable 1539), he died without issue in 1583. His heirs were his brothers Helier and Edward
  7. ↑ Sworn in 20 Jun 1584. The brother of Henry and uncle of Edouard, son of Nicolas, Constable in 1587.
  8. ↑ Sworn in 7 May 1586 for only one year, at a time when the Royal Court had fixed the period of office of a Constable at one year; sworn in for second term on 8 Jul 1592. A son of Laurens, Constable 1539. He was procureur du bien public in 1580. Helier married Héliere Journeaux
  9. ↑ Sworn in 13 May 1587. Son of Nicolas, grandson of Laurens, Constable 1539 and Seigneur of the fief Luce de Carteret. He asked to be discharged from office on 10 Jun 1592 after a long service to the parish. He was imprisoned in Mont Orgueil Castle for his debts and forced to sell his properties, first Le Manoir de Malorey and then in 1601, Manor House
  10. ↑ Sworn in 12 May 1604. Son of Leonard Bisson, Seigneur of the fief Luce de Carteret. He moved from St Brelade, where he was Constable in 1601, when he purchased Manor House from his Hamptonne cousins. He died in December 1616
  11. ↑ Sworn in 21 December 1616. Elder son of Edouard, Constable 1604, he died without issue in 1621. His brother Benjamin was his heir
  12. ↑ Sworn in 15 October 1621. He was fined 10 francs by the Royal Court on 13 Jul 1626, half to the king half to the poor, for not having followed the orders of the government “during these contagious times”. 1626 was a year of plague in the island
  13. ↑ Sworn in 20 October 1629, aged about 28. Son of Edouard, Constable 1604, and seigneur of the fief Luce de Carteret. He became a jurat in 1631 and was one of the five commissioners of parliament in 1643. He died in 1647 and was buried at St Lawrence on 19 December 1647. Quai Bisson in St Aubin, where he owned a house, was named after him
  14. ↑ Sworn in 21 May 1631. He was a Centenier from 1621. Seigneur of the Fief de la Roniole and son of Helier Mahaut, who sold the fief des Arbres to Helier Dumaresq in about 1597. He died shortly before 29 April 1637
  15. ↑ Sworn in 27 April 1637. Sworn in as a parish centenier in 1633. A son of Noel de Gruchy of Trinity, he occupied in 1637 a house in St Lawrence that had belonged to Abraham Hamptonne. He asked to be discharged from office on 12 December 1643. His son Elias became mayor of Southampton in 1682
  16. ↑ Son of Nicolas, sworn in 23 Dec 1643. He was forced out of office at the end of 1651 with the arrival in power of the parliamentarians. He retook office in 1660 after the Restoration
  17. ↑ The role of constable was almost non-existent during the parliamentary period. Thomas Le Goupil was originally from St Brelade, but his mother was a Gibaut from St Lawrence, a relative of Philippe, son of Louis, and descended from Jean Gibaut, Constable 1551. Thomas died about 1655, the date at which Elie Le Gros was appointed tuteur to his children
  18. ↑ Captain of the parish in 1652, he asked to be discharged from office on 23 Apr 1659
  19. ↑ Second term
  20. ↑ Sworn in 20 February 1663. In 1666, during a court hearing, several people were cited for indiscipline against the Constable during a militia revue. Discharged from office on 24 Oct 1667 in view of his old age, he died the following year
  21. ↑ Son of Jean, sworn in 29 October 1667. Nicolas married Jeannne Bailhache, a relative. In August 1668, during a court sitting, he was reported for having 'left the country without the Bailiff’s or justices’ permission' in view of the fact that he was a member of the States
  22. ↑ Sworn in 15 May 1671. Son of Philippe and Seigneur of the Fief des Arbres. He was Constable for only 2½ months as he was sworn in as a Jurat on 3 June 1671
  23. ↑ Sworn in on 10 June 1671 and 1 May 1675. Eldest son of Benjamin Bisson, Constable 1629. He was Seigneur of the Fief Luce de Carteret and like his father also became a Jurat on 17 November 1677. He died unmarried and was buried in St Lawrence on 6 September 1682
  24. ↑ Sworn in 25 November 1677. he was the brother and heir of Edouard, above. He was buried in St Lawrence in November 1687
  25. ↑ Sworn in 22 November 1687. Eldest son of the Rev Josue Ahier, Rector of St Lawrence, and Elisabeth, nee Hamptonne, eldest daughter and heiress of Laurens Hamptonne, Jurat and Lieut-Bailiff. He asked to be discharged from office in September 1703 and died in 1721
  26. ↑ Sworn in 27 September 1703. He was the eldest son of Raulin Benest and Sara, nee Bailhache, and married Elizabeth, sister of Josue Ahier, Constable, above. He only served for 15 months before he died in January 1705
  27. ↑ Sworn in 29 January 1705. He was Centenier from 27 June 1696. He married Marthe, daughter of Daniel Valpy dit Janvrin, of St Brelade, and Judith, nee Esnouf, and died in 1723
  28. ↑ Son of Jean Le Hardy, Advocate of the Royal Court from 1694. Became Attorney-General in 1729. Wrote a petition to George II and the Privy Council concerning the troubles of 1730
  29. ↑ Sworn in 22 July 1729. He was the son of Philippe Marett, a younger son of the Dame of La Haule, and had been an Advocate since 1721. When he came to be sworn in for his second term, in 1732, Jurat Michael Lempriere objected on the grounds that he had lodged a man under arrest. It took two years for the opposition to be lifted and only on 13 September 1734 was he sworn in for a second term. He served for a total of five terms, giving up office when he was elected a Jurat in 1747. In 1748 François purchased the Fief qui fut a l’Eveque d’Avranches, which is mostly in Trinity, and renamed his property Avranches Manor
  30. ↑ Sworn in 4 April 1747. He was descended from Abraham, Constable 1677, and seigneur of the Fief Luce et Carteret. He died, unmarried, and was buried in St Lawrence in Sept 1764
  31. ↑ Sworn in 8 October 1761. He was the eldest son of François, Constable in 1729, and was sworn in as an Advocate on 17 January 1765. He became Seigneur of Avranches on the death of his father and a Jurat on 22 Aug 1767
  32. ↑ Sworn in 22 August 1767. An advocate from 1756 and served as deputy Attorney-General for several periods. He was Seigneur des Arbres and died in 1780
  33. ↑ Sworn in 1 September 1770. He was the son of Benjamin and Judith Madeleine, nee de Baudenis, and brother of Edward, Rector of St Lawrence. He died without heirs in 1783
  34. ↑ Sworn in 8 October 1773. He was the great-grandson of Pierre Dallain, a French refugee who came to Jersey at the end of the 17th century. He served four terms as Constable, sworn in again on 7 December 1776, 21 Dec 1779 and 28 Dec 1782. He was previously a churchwarden and Centenier. He died in 1820 aged about 89
  35. ↑ Sworn in 14 Jan 1786. He was the son of Pierre, Constable in 1767, and was sworn in as an Advocate on 23 June 1769. He married Marie Marett, sister of François, Constable in 1761
  36. ↑ The election in January 1789 to replace Pierre Mauger was contested by Richard Le Feuvre and Gedeon Dallain. Le Feuvre’s win was appealed against and only on 16 June 1790 was judgment given in his favour allowing him to be sworn in. He was the eldest son of the Rev Richard Le Feuvre, Rector of St Peter, and Sara, nee Bisson, daughter of Abraham. He served as Centenier from November 1788. He died in Feb 1803
  37. ↑ There was again a contested election with Richard Le Feuvre seeking re-election, opposed by Pierre Mauger, the former Constable. Mr Le Feuvre finally conceded on 3 October 1793. Mauger was elected a Jurat on 11 Apr 1795
  38. ↑ Sworn in 21 April 1795. He lived at La Chesnée, was a Captain in the Militia and died in 1818
  39. ↑ Sworn in 1 May 1798. He was the son of Jean Poingdestre and Suzanne, nee Le Maistre
  40. ↑ In the election on 3 May 1801, Philippe Marett beat the outgoing Constable by three votes. Jean Poingdestre opposed the result claiming that agents of Marett had used illegal means during the election. There followed a long series of court cases and appeals, with the senior Centenier, Jean Langlois, acting as chef de police during the period. In 1805 Jean Poingdestre withdrew his appeal and his rival was sworn in. He was an Advocate, was sworn in a Jurat on 6 June 1807 and served as Lieut-Bailiff. He was the eldest son of Philippe Marett and heir to his uncle Francois, seigneur of Avranches, who died in 1801. He married Ann Mauger, his cousin and daughter of Pierre Mauger, seigneur des Arbres and Constable in 1786 and 1793. His wife was the sole heir when her father died in 1807
  41. ↑ Sworn in 8 June 1807. The younger brother of Philippe (above), he served as centenier and also Deputy-Viscount. He died in February 1811, aged 34, and his wife Jeanne Bouton survived only two more years
  42. ↑ sworn in 11 Jun 1810. He was the eldest son of Philippe Langlois of the Maison de Bas and Marie daughter of Francois Luce. He had been chef de police during the period of the disputed 1801 election. He was promoted Major in the St Lawrence battalion in 1812
  43. ↑ Sworn in 17 June 1813. He was the son of Gedeon Dallain, Constable 1773, and Catherine, nee Le Montais. He died in 1847 aged 79
  44. ↑ Sworn in for his second term on 25 June 1816. He served a further three terms; sworn in again on 12 July 1819, 27 July 1822 and 31 July 1825
  45. ↑ Sworn in 18 August 1828. He was the eldest son of Philippe Marett, Constable 1805
  46. ↑ Seeking re-election in August 1831, Pierre Marett failed by 10 votes to defeat his rival, who obtained 110 votes. Marett contested the result of the election on the usual grounds without success. Elected Jurat on 3 May 1832, Edouard was the son of the Rev Amice Bisson, Rector of St Lawrence, and Jane, nee Le Maistre
  47. ↑ Sworn in for a second term on 7 May 1832 after Nicolas Bisson elected Jurat
  48. ↑ Sworn in 23 Jun 1835 after a contested election against Jean Gedeon Dallain, which he won with a majority of 28; Dallain quickly withdrew his appeal. Tom Dupré was born in about 1786, the son of George Dupré and Jeanne Amy
  49. ↑ Sworn in 31 July 1841 and again 7 August 1844. He was the son of Gédéon Dallain, Constable 1813, and Esther, nee Simonet. His second term was during the period of political parties. Rivalries between the Rose party, represented by Dallain and the Laurel party, the supporters of Pierre Marett. Rates lists and rateable values were rigged in favour of one group and against their opponents and each party had its support in the two rival newspapers
  50. ↑ Laurel: sworn in 5 April 1847 after another disputed election and again on 14 Sep 1850
  51. ↑ Rose: sworn in 5 April 1856 and again on 30 April 1859. The election in 1853 was contested for over three years, during which time Jean Le Gros, who had disputed the 1847 election result, was chef de police. He died in 1868 at the age of about 58
  52. ↑ Sworn in 10 May 1862 and 20 May 1865. He was the youngest son of Philippe Marett, Constable 1805. Like his father he became a Jurat on 24 Mar 1866 and a Lieut-Bailiff
  53. ↑ Served three terms, sworn in for the first time on 7 April 1866 and then on 17 April 1869 and 27 April 1872. He was the only member of this family, living in the parish for approximately 600 years, to serve as Constable
  54. ↑ Sworn in 15 May 1875. He died in office in 1877 aged 56
  55. ↑ Died aged 54 in 1880, a short time after his term ended
  56. ↑ Sworn in 20 March 1880. Jurat, 24 August 1849
  57. ↑ Sworn in for first time 14 September 1889. Served six terms
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