Trinity, Jersey

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Trinity


Location of Trinity in Jersey	Coat of arms of Trinity

Island

Jersey, Channel Islands

Area

12.3 km²

Population

2718

- density

221.0/km²

Boundary stone on the border of Trinity and Saint John, dated 1881

Trinity (French: La Trinité, Jèrriais: La Trinneté) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is in the north east of the island.

Trinity has the reputation of being the most rural of Jersey's parishes, being the third-largest parish by surface area with the third-smallest population. The parish covers 6,817 vergées (12.3 sq. km.). It is home to the headquarters of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society at the Royal Jersey Showground, the States Farm and Jersey Zoo at Les Augrès Manor.

The coat of arms of the Parish of Trinity shows the Shield of the Trinity diagram.

The Parish church, with its distinctive white pyramidal spire, is a notable landmark.

The Le Vesconte memorial (erected 1910) takes the form of an obelisk at a crossroads commemorating Philippe Le Vesconte (21 December 1837 - 21 August 1909) who was 10 times elected Constable between 1868-1877 and 1890-1909.

Among prominent natives of the parish (les Trinnetais) is Sir Arthur de la Mare (1914 - 1994), a retired ambassador and diplomat in Japan, Thailand and Singapore, who wrote Jèrriais literature in the Trinity dialect.

In folklore, the area of Bouley has been reputed to be haunted by the Tchian d'Bouôlé (Black Dog of Bouley), a phantom dog whose appearance presages storms. The story is believed to have been encouraged by smugglers who wanted to discourage nocturnal movements by people who might witness the movement of contraband at the harbour in Bouley.

Trinity Manor is the home of the Seigneur of Trinity. One of the feudal duties of the holder of this fief is to present the Monarch with a pair of mallards when he or she visits the Island. This is now the responsibility of Pamela Bell the new Dame of Trinity Manor.