Saint Saviour
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Saint Saviour
Laying the foundation stone of the parish hall
Saint Saviour is the island's second most populous parish. It borders St Helier, forming part of its urban sprawl, and four other parishes. It has the shortest coastline of any parish, with a tiny section at Le Dicq
Vingtaines
The parish is divided into six vingtaines:
- Vingtaine de Maufant
- Vingtaine de Sous la Hougue
- Vingtaine des Pigneaux
- Vingtaine de la Grande Longueville
- Vingtaine de la Petite Longueville
- Vingtaine de Sous l'Église
The parish is divided into three electoral districts:
- District No. 1 (Vingtaine de la Petite Longueville) elects two Deputies
- District No. 2 (Vingtaine de Sous l'Église) elects two Deputies
- District No. 3 (Vingtaines de Maufant, de Sous la Hougue, des Pigneaux and de la Grande Longueville) elects one Deputy
Demographics
Saint Saviour is Jersey's second-largest parish, with 12,491 residents in 2001. However, the population in Saint Saviour is shrinking.
Twinning Links
The parish is twinned with Villedieu les Poêles in Normandy.
Militia muster
Art collection
The parish hall contains two oil paintings featured in the Your Paintings project.
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Landscape; Charles Poingdestre -
Theodore Le Gallais, 1892; John St Helier Lander
Constables
| 15th Century | Johan Poingdestre 1462 [1] | George Lempriere 1464 | |||
| 16th Century | Clement Lempriere 1531 [2] | Johan Nicolle 1539-1546 [3] | Thomas Poingdestre 1546-1549 [4] | Edouard Messervy 1549-1552 [5] | Thomas Lempriere 1552 [6] |
| Hostes Nicolle 1558-1561 [7] | Clement Messervy 1561-1572 | Jean Poingdestre 1572-1580 [8] | Aaron Stocall 1580-1586 1592-1597 | Edouard Poingdestre 1586-1587, 1597-1611 [9] | |
| Benjamin La Cloche 1587-1591 [10] |
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| 17th Century | Benjamin La Cloche 1611-1624 [11] | Jean Messervy 1624-1629 [12] | Aaron Stocall 1629-1645 [13] | Philippe Dumaresq 1645-1650 [14] | Etienne Anthoine 1650-1651 [15] |
| Clement Gallie 1652-1660 [16] | Jean De Carteret 1660-1669 | George La Cloche 1669-1676) [17] | Richard Dumaresq 1676-1694 [18] | Charles Poingdestre 1694-1702 [19] | |
| 18th Century | Benjamin La Cloche 1702-1703 [20] | Amice La Cloche 1703-1713 [21] | Nicolas Dumaresq 1713-1725 [22] | Philippe Bandinel 1743 | Jean Poingdestre 1725-1740 [23] |
| Richard Dumaresq 1740-1744 [24] | Philippe Bandinel (1744-1755) [25] | Edouard Estur 1755-1758 [26] | Jean Poingdestre 1758-1770 1776-1779[27] | Edouard Mourant 1770-1773 [28] | |
| Thomas Le Hardy 1773-1776, 1779-1782 [29] | Jean Poingdestre 1776-1779 [30] | Thomas Le Hardy 1779-1782 [31] | Jean Poingdestre 1782-1785 [32] | Jean Dumaresq 1786-1801 [33] | |
| 19th Century | Abraham Aubin 1801-1807, 1817-1820 [34] | Philippe Le Vavaseur dit Durell 1807-1813 | Philippe Gaudin 1814-1817 [35] | [[Descendants_of_Antoine_Aubin|Abraham Aubin 1817-1820 [36] | Jean Pelgué 1820-1829 [37] |
| Abraham Aubin 1829-1832, 1833-1836 [38] | Philippe Arthur 1839-1842 [39] | François Godfray 1842-1860 [40] | Abraham Aubin 1860-1866 [41] | Thomas Anthoine 1866-1872 [42] | |
| William Philippe De Gruchy 1872-1878 | John Vaudin 1878-1883 [43] | Henry Nicolle Godfray 1883-1884 [44] | Stanley Edwin Malet 1884-1886 [45] | Théodore Le Gallais 1886-1892 [46] | |
| James-John Ereaut 1892-1904 | |||||
| 20th Century | John Arthur Perrée 1908 | Leslie Thomas Anthoine 1923 | George Le Breton 1964 | Leonard James Norman 1976-1986 | |
| 21st Century | Jack Roche | Peter Hanning 2007-2013 | Kevin Lewis 2022- |
Gallery
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The parish hall before the extension was built -
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Maison des Pauvres, now the Victoria Cottage Homes -
Beau Desert Lane -
St Saviour Occupation Tapestry team -
Victoria Cottage Homes in 1906 -
Longueville Road -
A visite du branchage -
Visite du branchage -
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A view of the parish in 1904 from the St Louis observatory tower -
An aerial view of part of the parish, with College Field in the left foreground -
Water tower at the former Bashford's Nurseries site at Longueville -
Honorary Police formal portrait in 1935 -
Parish workers in about 1970 -
1874 advert in Chronique de Jersey for dog tax
Patier Lane
Notes and references
- ↑ Son of Bailiff Johan Poingdestre
- ↑ Jurat c1524
- ↑ Seigneur of Longueville, later Attorney-General
- ↑ Son of George. Advocate. Buried on 11 May 1566, in front of the west door of St Saviour's Church
- ↑ Centenier in 1542, Solicitor-General in 1562 and later Jurat
- ↑ Probably of Maufant
- ↑ Bailiff in 1561
- ↑ Son of George
- ↑ Resignation accepted in 1611. Father of Jean, Lieut-Bailiff 1669
- ↑ Of Longueville. Buried 12 July 1610
- ↑ Son of previous Constable, above. Seigneur of Longueville. In office for 13 years before appointment as Jurat. A diary he kept survives. It covers the years 1617-1652 and is full of news and gossip of the times, including information on a number of houses which survive to this day
- ↑ Son of Jurat Aaron Messervy. Studied at St John's College, Oxford. Buried 1634
- ↑ Son of former Constable of this name. Long period of office. Re-elected 1645, but resigned on health grounds
- ↑ Resigned 1650
- ↑ Centenier since 1645. Retreated into private life with arrival of the Parliamentarians
- ↑ (1587-1668), Son of Jean, married Esther Payn. Played an important role in Jersey during the Civil War
- ↑ Born 1649, son of Carteret. Married Jeanne de Carteret. Seigneur of Longueville. Jurat 1676
- ↑ Allowed to resign in 1694
- ↑ Son of Lieut-Bailiff Jean Poingdestre. Elected Jurat in 1702
- ↑ Sworn in 29 August 1702, died June 1703. Younger son of George La Cloche, Seigneur of Longueville, Jurat
- ↑ Advocate of Royal Court. Elected Jurat 1713
- ↑ Son of Richard. Jurat 1725
- ↑ Son of former Constable Charles, above. Remained in office for 15 years until appointed Jurat
- ↑ Brother of Nicolas, above. Elected Jurat in 1747 but refused to take office on health grounds
- ↑ Seigneur of Meleches. Died in office, 1755. Gave the land on which the Hospital was built
- ↑ Nephew of historian Philippe Falle
- ↑ Seigneur of Anneville
- ↑ Centenier from 1755. Died 1791
- ↑ Younger son of Jean Le Hardy, Jurat 1740-1775 and Lieut-Bailiff
- ↑ See above, Jurat 1779
- ↑ See above. Died 1798
- ↑ Son of Jean, see above
- ↑ Of Gros Puits. Elected 1785, beating Jean Poingdestre by 72 votes to 71. Poingdestre challenged the poll and both candidates accused each other of illegal activity. Poingdestre did not pursue his claim and in September 1786 the Court ordered Dumaresq to be sworn in. Died 1705
- ↑ Previously Centenier. Re-elected 1804
- ↑ Younger son of David and Jeanne, nee Aubin, of St Martin. Re-elected in 1817 by a majority of 66 votes he asked not to be sworn in. The Court agreed and ordered a new election.
- ↑ Abraham Aubin won the new election by 74 votes but asked not to serve, having already served two consecutive terms, see above. He later changed his mind and agreed to be sworn in. Died in 1832, aged 78
- ↑ Beat Philippe du Heaume by 92 votes to 81 in re-election vote in 1823. Du Heaume challenged the result but withdrew his complaint after a few weeks. Died in 1847 aged 79
- ↑ Son of former Constable, see above. Challenged in 1832 election by Jean Pelgue, son of George, who did not drop his complaint until the following year. Beaten by 80 votes to 78 in 1836 by Jean Hammond. Both continued to claim victory for three years, but then both withdrew and a new election was held
- ↑ Seigneur of Longueville
- ↑ Son of Hugh. Re-elected five time. Had already been Constable of St Helier in 1830, and St Martin in 1834
- ↑ Sworn in January 1860 and again in February 1863
- ↑ Sworn in February 1866 and again in February 1869
- ↑ Jurat in 1883 and Petty Debts Court judge in 1887
- ↑ Deputy of St Helier 1881-1883; States Treasurer 1886; Jurat 1908
- ↑ Became Impots principal agent
- ↑ Receiver-General in 1899, died 1903
