Vingtaine de la Quéruée

Vingtaine de la Quéruée is one of the five vingtaines of St Martin in the Channel Island of Jersey.[1] The vingtaine is roughly rectangular in shape, bordering the Parish of Trinity to the west and the Parish of St Saviour to the south-west.

The Vingtenier de la Quéruée is currently Mr M Stevens enrolled through the Honorary Police of St Martin.[2] The Connétable of St Martin is Ms K Shenton Stone, as elected unopposed in the 2018 Jersey General Election.[3]

Notable properties in the vingtaine include the Farmers Cricket Club Ground which opened in 2005 and La Préférence, a Victorian residence and subsequent childrens' home which was sold by the Government of Jersey for private development in 2014.[4]

The vingtaine is celebrated in the naming of the orchid Phragmipedium Vingtaine de la Quéruée bred and cultivated by the Eric Young Orchid Foundation, registered in 2015 with the Royal Horticultural Society.[5]

The vingtaine has long been associated with the Le Maistre family of Jersey, who are believed to denote their surname to La Croix au Maitre in the northern extremity of the vingtaine.[6] The vingtaine is similarly associated with the Quérée family who historically lived in Parishes of St Martin and Trinity. It is noted that Catherine Querée, born about 1535 and dying in 1615, was baptised in the neighbouring Parish of Trinity.[7]

See also Vingtaine de Faldouet; Vingtaine du Fief de la Reine; Vingtaine de Rozel and Vingtaine de l'Eglise.

References

  1. ↑ Microfiche of the 1901 Census for Jersey, Public Record Office reference 1+ RG13/5315
  2. ↑ https://parish.gov.je/StMartin/Pages/Administration.aspx Website of St Martin's Parish Administration
  3. ↑ https://www.vote.je/candidates-2018/stone-karen-18/ Voting forum for Jersey
  4. ↑ https://www.gov.je/Government/PlanningPerformance/Pages/MinisterialDecisions.aspx?docid=4D45305A-AA31-4F2D-83C1-30A491A3FBE7 Ministerial decision regarding La Preference
  5. ↑ http://bluenanta.com/orchid/100988443/hybrid_detail/?tab=gal&uncertainty= Orchid database
  6. ↑ https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Le_Maistre Le Maistre family page
  7. ↑ https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Queree Queree family page


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