Trinity, Jersey
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Bouley Bay which is a small harbour in Trinity.
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| Crown Dependency | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Government | ||
| • Connétable | John Le Sueur Gallichan | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | Ranked 3rd | |
| Elevation | 124 m (407 ft) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 3,156 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (660/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | GMT | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01 (UTC) | |
| Postcode district | JE3 | |
| Postcode sector | 5 | |
| Website | www |
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Trinity (French: La Trinité, Jèrriais: La Trinneté) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands, and located the north east of the island. Les Platons is the highest point in Jersey.
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 km2 (4.7 sq mi)). It is home to the States Farm, the Durrell Wildlife Park at Les Augrès Manor, the headquarters of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society at the Royal Jersey Showground, and the Pallot Heritage Steam Museum.
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.
Trinity Manor is the home of the Seigneur of Trinity. Athelstan Riley purchased Trinity Manor in 1909. Finding the manor house in a ruined condition, he undertook an elaborate restoration (or "imaginative reconstruction", which has been criticised as turning the building into a French style château). The reconstruction was carried out 1910-1913 by C. Messervy to designs by Sir Reginald Blomfield. One of the surviving 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. The current holder of the title is Pamela Bell, as Dame of Trinity.
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