Grouville

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Grouville



Grouville is in the east of Jersey and is dominated by the broad sweep of the Royal Bay of Grouville. The parish covers a surface area of 4,354 vergees. It borders Saint Clement, Saint Saviour and Saint Martin

1976 stamp
1976 stamp

History

The parish of Grouville shares, with the neighbouring parish of Saint Martin, a dedication to Saint Martin of Tours. The ecclesiastical parish and parish church are dedicated to "Saint Martin de Grouville" to distinguish them from the parish of Saint Martin (historically 'Saint Martin le Vieux'). The Church of St Peter la Rocque was built in the 19th century.

The name 'Grouville' may derive from:

  • the small community established in what is now the parish by St Gerou (also known as Gervold or Geraldius), an ecclesiastical troubleshooter in the employ of Charlemagne in the 9th century AD;
  • 'Gros Villa' (great farm)
  • Geirr, the Viking leader after whom the Island may be named.

The Royal Bay of Grouville gained its royal epithet when it impressed Queen Victoria during her visit in 1846. The bay is popular with tourists for its broad sandy beach and shallow, warm water. It is also the main oyster producing area of Jersey, and was also formerly noted for the gathering of vraic (seaweed) for spreading on fields over the winter before planting potatoes the following year. Parishioners also used to burn vraic, giving rise to the traditional nickname of les Enfuntchis (the smoky ones, or the dim ones, in Jèrriais) shared by the Grouvillais and their neighbours in Saint Clement.

Inland, the parish is also home to Jersey's most noted archaeological site at La Hougue Bie, now a museum run by the Jersey Heritage Trust. A prehistoric artificial mound covers a passage grave aligned for the equinox. A mediaeval chapel, Notre Dame de la Clarté, built on the Neolithic mound, was converted in the 18th century to a folly-like residence, the Prince's Tower (demolished in the 1920s). During the Second World War, the occupying German forces constructed bunkers in and alongside the ancient mound, now also transformed for museum interpretation.

La Rocque was the site of the landing of the French forces on 6 January 1781. The skirmish at La Platte Rocque was ancillary to the Battle of Jersey.


The Royal Jersey Golf Club, Gorey Village, and Queen's Valley (now flooded to form a reservoir) are situated in the parish.

Vingtaines

Grouville is divided for administrative purposes into vingtaines as follows:

  • Vingtaine des Marais
  • Vingtaine de la Rue
  • Vingtaine de Longueville
  • Vingtaine de la Rocque

Grouville forms one electoral district and elects one Deputy.

The offshore islands, Les Minquiers, between Jersey and France, are part of the parish of Grouville.


Grouville features

Some of the important places in the parish

Twin towns

Grouville is twinned with:

Constables

16th Century Richard Mallet 1531 [1] Johan Mallet 1542-1550]] [2] Martin Jutize 1550-1552 [3] Jean Payne 1552-1558 [4] Martin Jutize 1559-1571 [5]
Etienne Le Demptu 1571-1586 [6] Francois Amy 1586-1587, 1608-1621 [7] Edouard Jutize 1587-1608 [8]
17th Century Francois Amy 1608-1621 [9] Jean Payn 1621-1629 [10] Philippe Amy 1629-1632, 1642-1643 [11] Jean Payn 1632-1642 [12] Philippe Amy 1642-1643 [13]
Jean Hooper 1643-1651 1660-1663[14] Clement Dumaresq 1652-1654 [15] Richard du Parcq 1655-1660 [16] Jean Hooper 1660-1663 [17] Helier de Carteret 1663-1666, 1675-1678 [18]
Josué Amy 1666-1668 [19] Philippe de la Garde 1668-1675 [20] Helier de Carteret 1675-1678 [21] Charles Le Hardy 1678-1691 [22] François Amy 16921695 [23]
Philippe Dumaresq 1695-1700 [24]
18th Century Philippe Amy 1701-1719 [25] Jean Le Hardy 1719-1725 [26] François Amy 1727-1736 [27] Jean Amy 1736-1739 [28] Pierre Marett 1739-1741 [29]
Elie Bertram 1741-1760 [30] George de Carteret 1760-1761 [31] Pierre Marett 1761-1764 [32] Thomas Labey 1764-1769, 1773-1776 François Marett 1769-1770 [33]
Jean Hooper 1770-1773, 1776-1779, 1792-1795 [34] Thomas Labey 1773-1776 [35] Jean Hooper 1776-1779 [36] Pierre Labey 1779-1782 Thomas Labey 1782-1785, 1798-1802 [37]
François Amy 1785-1792, 1802-1805 Jean Hooper 1792-1795 [38] Elie Bertram 1795-1799, 1805-1808 [39] Thomas Labey 1798-1802 [40]
19th Century François Amy 1802-1805 [41] Elie Bertram 1805-1808, 1817-1817 [42] Jean Hooper 1811-1814 Philippe Payn 1814-1817 [43] Thomas Hooper 1817-1820
Thomas Labey 1820-1823 [44] Charles Bertram 1823-1826 [45] Pierre Simonet 1826 -1832, 1833-1839 [46] George Aubin 1839-1842 [47] Jean Touzel 1842-1845
Durell Lerrier 1845-1854 [48] Thomas Filleul 1854-1875 [49] Abraham Mourant 1875-1878 [50] Philippe James Falle 1878-1887 [51] George James Pepin 1887-1905
20th Century Herbert Augustus Bertram 1916-1919 Peter Charles Le Maistre 1919-1929 Philip Francis Labey 1929-1938 Philip Briard 1938-1945 CharlesLe Huquet 1945-1948
StanleyEngland 1948-1954 Harold Brée 1954-1967 Anthony Chamier 1967-1982 Charles Le Maistre 1982-1989 Richard Le Sauteur 1989-
21st Century

Further article

Home for girls

In around 1854 Abraham Le Sueur, Rector of Grouville, founded a female orphans home. Inb 1862 the establishment, also known as the Home for Girls, moved into purpose-built premises on land opposite Grouville parish church.

At some date the home began to accept young boys with their older sisters. It continued in operation while the island was under German occupation during the Second World War. The home closed in 1959 and the girls were transferred to the Home for Boys, which became a mixed institution, subsequently renamed Haut de la Garenne.

Part of the Grouville premises were then used to rehouse the Junior Training Centre, formerly part of the Westaway Creche in St Helier.

The Grouville building was eventually demolished to make way for a housing estate

Gallery

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  • A view of Grouville from the parish church to Mont Orgueil Castle in the distance
    A view of Grouville from the parish church to Mont Orgueil Castle in the distance
  • Traditional dancers at a Grouville ceremony
    Traditional dancers at a Grouville ceremony
  • Grouville farmers
    Grouville farmers
  • The fiefs of Grouville
    The fiefs of Grouville
  • A parochial rate receipt
    A parochial rate receipt
  • Grouville coastline
    Grouville coastline
  • Weekend chalet on Grouville Common
    Weekend chalet on Grouville Common
  • The parish chool in 1954
    The parish chool in 1954
  • Miss Gibbons at Grouville School in 1953
    Miss Gibbons at Grouville School in 1953
  • La Hougue Lane, 1903
    La Hougue Lane, 1903
  • Poster for Sunday School celebrations
    Poster for Sunday School celebrations
  • Grouville Centenier's baton de justice
    Grouville Centenier's baton de justice
  • Baton de justice
    Baton de justice
  • Unveiling ceremony of the parish war memorial
    Unveiling ceremony of the parish war memorial
  • La Hougue
    La Hougue
  • Grouville Common]]
    Grouville Common]]
Grouville under snow on 9 January 2024, photographed from his drone by Paul Lakeman

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Combined offices of Jurat and Constable. Died 1537. Start and end dates uncertain
  2. ↑ Probably succeeded his father when he died, but no documentary proof of this
  3. ↑ Principal heir in 1547of Sire Philippe Jutize, priest, his brother
  4. ↑ Son of Charles. Lived near Hougue Bie. Died in office in 1558
  5. ↑ Probably the same as above. Died in office in 1571
  6. ↑ Died 1597
  7. ↑ Son of Clement. Constables could only remain in office for a year at this time. Stood again after death of successor in 1608
  8. ↑ Son of former Constable Martin Jutize, above. Died in office
  9. ↑ Second term. See above
  10. ↑ Son of Edouard. Constable and Procureur du bien Public at same time. Jurat in 1640. Lived atMaison des Pres
  11. ↑ Son of 1608 Constable Francois, above
  12. ↑ Seigneur of Ponterrin, elder son of Jean Payn, son of Anthoine, of Hougue Bie. Not closely related to Jean, previous Constable
  13. ↑ Second term. Resigned because of ill health after 15 months in office
  14. ↑ Royalist. Resigned with the arrival of Parliamentarians. Reinstalled at Restoration
  15. ↑ No record of swearing-in; Court rolls missing for 1651-1655. Younger brother of Helier, Constable of St Clement 1637. Died in office
  16. ↑ Resigned at Restoration
  17. ↑ First elected 1643-1651. Resigned under Parliamentary rule. Resigned again in 1663
  18. ↑ Younger son of Jurat Francois de Carteret, Seigneur of La Hague. Settled in Grouville after marriage to Marie Jutize, eldest daughter and principal heir of Edouard Jutize, son of Philippe, son of Edouard. Died 1687
  19. ↑ Previously Centenier. Resigned 1668. Younger son of Francois Amy, son of Francois, of Catillon de Bas, and Esther, nee Lempriere, daughter of Michel, Seigneur of Dielament. Lived at Pied de Catillon
  20. ↑ Died in office
  21. ↑ Second term. See above
  22. ↑ Younger son of Solicitor-General Jean Le Hardy. Suspended by Royal Court on 14 May 1691 for leaving the island without a passport from the Lieut-Governor. He did not attempt to excuse or justify himself and on 21 June 1692 the Court revoked his appointment and ordered a new election. He died in 1704
  23. ↑ Son of Josue, Constable in 1666. Died 1704
  24. ↑ Younger son of Jurat Benjamin Dumaresq and Elizabeth, nee De Carteret. Jurat 1711; died 1723
  25. ↑ Involved in a case before the Privy Council. As Chef de Charette on Fief de la Reine, he was exempted from the duty of supplying hay to the Receiver-General while he served as Constable. Queen's Sergeant Jean Filleul appealed to the Council, which overturned the Court's decision and required the Constable to perform the service in future. Resigned 1719
  26. ↑ Son of Charles. Jurat 1726
  27. ↑ Son of Francois. Resigned and discharged in 1731, but resumed office
  28. ↑ Died 1751
  29. ↑ Advocate 1726, deputy Attorney-General 1734. Died in office
  30. ↑ Owned and lived at Homestead. Died in office
  31. ↑ Died the year after he was elected. Son of Helier and direct descendant of Helier, Constable in 1663
  32. ↑ Son of Pierre, Constable in 1739, above. Denonciateur in 1734. Died in office 1764
  33. ↑ Son of predecessor Pierre. Only 22 when elected and died the following year
  34. ↑ Centenier before
  35. ↑ Second term. See above. Owner of La_Fontaine
  36. ↑ Second term
  37. ↑ Son of Pierre, who preceded him
  38. ↑ Third term
  39. ↑ Two terms. Grandson of Elie, Constable in 1741
  40. ↑ Second term
  41. ↑ Second term
  42. ↑ Second and third terms; died in office
  43. ↑ Son of Philippe, of La Pelotte, and Marie, nee Falle, daughter of Elie
  44. ↑ Probably son of earlier Constable Thomas, see above
  45. ↑ <Son of earlier Constable Elie, above
  46. ↑ Re-election in 1832 contested by Jean Falle. Simonet won by 102 votes to 91, but the result was challenged. Jean Falle withdrew his challenge in April 1833. Pierre Simonet was a tobacco importer
  47. ↑ Lived in Francheville area. Died 1847
  48. ↑ Jurat in 1854
  49. ↑ Died in 1881 at the age of 72. Parish deputy for seven years before Constable
  50. ↑ Solicitor of Royal Court, Deputy, then Constable. Died in office at the age of 47
  51. ↑ Younger son of Jean, of La Hougue, son of Jean, son of Elie
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