Saint Lawrence, Jersey

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The arched entrance to Morel Farm, a National Trust for Jersey property in St. Lawrence, bears the date inscription 1666. Along with Hamptonne and Le Rât cottage, it is one of the notable examples of rural architecture in the parish

Saint Lawrence (Jèrriais: St Louothains) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The parish covers 5,258 vergées (9.5 sq. km.) and occupies the centre of the Island.

Museums

Cidermaking traditions are preserved at Hamptonne using a horse-drawn granite apple crusher and wooden two-screw press

Hamptonne, the Country Life Museum, occupies restored farm buildings in the parish. An apple orchard preserves native Jersey cider apple varieties and the preinseu (cider press house) is the focus of the annual Faîs'sie d'cidre cidermaking festival using traditional equipment and methods. The ITV drama Under the Greenwood Tree was mostly filmed here

The Jersey War Tunnels (known as the German Underground Hospital) are a major relic of the engineering works undertaken by the occupying German forces 1940–1945. They also serve as a memorial to the many slave-workers pressed into labouring on such projects during the Second World War.

Vingtaines

• La Vingtaine de la Vallée
• La Vingtaine du Coin Hatain
• La Vingtaine du Coin Motier
• La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Nord
• La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Sud

Demographics

External links

• [Saint Lawrence]

Parishes of Jersey
St Brélade | St Clement | Grouville | St Helier | St John | St Lawrence | St Martin | St Mary | St Ouen | St Peter | St Saviour | Trinity

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