 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. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1093x1371, 1329 KB) Boundary stone between parishes of St. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1093x1371, 1329 KB) Boundary stone between parishes of St. ...
The Centre Stone at Sion in St. ...
Jèrriais is a form of Norman language spoken in Jersey in the Channel Islands. ...
A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...
The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ...
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. A vergee or vergée is a measure of area. ...
Jersey Zoological Park (or simply Jersey Zoo) is a 25 acre (100,000 m²) zoological park established in 1959 on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and author Gerald Durrell (1925-1995). ...
Sculptures of dodos top the entrance to the manor The Manor House from the gardens Les Augrès Manor is a 16th century manor house in the parish of Trinity in Jersey. ...
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. The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. ...
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. ...
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. 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...
Jèrriais literature is literature in Jèrriais. ...
A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...
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. Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group. ...
The monstrous black dog reputed to haunt Bouley Bay in Jersey is depicted on this pub sign Barghest, Bargtjest or Bargest is the name given in the north of England, especially in Yorkshire, to a mythical monstrous goblin-dog with huge teeth and claws. ...
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. Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud or fee, consisted of heritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a vassal knights service (usually fealty, military service, and security). ...
Binomial name Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies (Common Mallard) (Greenland Mallard) (Mexican Duck) The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos (litt: flat billed duck[1])), also known in North America as the Wild Duck, is a common and widespread dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America...
Subdivisions Trinity is divided into the following vingtaines: Image File history File links Trinity-Parish-Jersey-Coat-of-Arms-thumb. ...
Image File history File links Trinity-Parish-Jersey-Coat-of-Arms-thumb. ...
The Shield of the Trinity or Scutum Fidei is a traditional Christian visual symbol which expresses many aspects of the doctrine of the Trinity, summarizing the first part of the Athanasian Creed in a compact diagram. ...
A Vingtaine (literally group of twenty in French) is a political subdivision of Jersey. ...
- La Vingtaine de la Ville-à-l'Évêque
- La Vingtaine de Rozel
- La Vingtaine du Rondin
- La Vingtaine des Augrès
- La Vingtaine de la Croiserie
Trinity elects one Deputy.
Demographics 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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