Torteval, Guernsey

Torteval (Guernésiais: Tortévas) is the smallest of the ten parishes of Guernsey, one of the western parishes.[1] Its name comes from the Guernésiais words for "twisting valley". The parish is split in two by the parish of St. Pierre du Bois, with the part in the east known as Torteval. The detached peninsula to the west is named Pleinmont-Torteval. It includes the westernmost point in Guernsey, and a nature reserve. The reserve, designed for birds in the 1970s, was to be redeveloped for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.[2]

Torteval

Tortévas
Parish
Location of Torteval in Guernsey
Crown DependencyGuernsey, Channel Islands
Government
 • Electoral districtWest
Area
 • Total3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total1,017
 • Density330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01

In Guernésiais, people from Torteval were nicknamed "ânes à pid dé ch'fa", or "donkeys with horse's hooves".

In the centre of the parish is a church designed by John Wilson and built in 1818, with the oldest bell in the Channel Islands, dating from 1432. The church is built on the site of an earlier church, consecrated on 4 November 1140, that had fallen into disrepair.[3]:68 The current church has the tallest steeple in Guernsey, which is intended to be used as a sea mark. It was proposed in 1849 to install a light on the steeple, but after inspection by Trinity House it was found unsuitable.[4]:30

The postal code for street addresses in this parish begins with GY8.

The parish produces a regular magazine called Les Tortévalais.[5]

Features

Politics

Torteval comprises part of the West administrative division with Forest, St. Saviour's and St. Pierre-du-Bois

In the 2016 Guernsey general election there was a 3,188 or 74% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) being Al Brouard, Andrea Dudley-Owen, Emilie Yerby, David De Lisle and Shane Langlois.

References
  1. "Torteval-Parish-Guernsey". Guernsey Information. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. BBC Guernsey (2011). "Torteval nature reserve to be renewed for jubilee". Bbc.co.uk. BBC News. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  3. Berry, William. The history of Guernsey from the remotest period of antiquity to the year 1814.
  4. Dafter, Ray (2003). Guernsey Sentinel. Matfield Books. ISBN 0-9540595-1-4.
  5. "Behance". www.behance.net. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  6. "The Pleinmont Fairy Ring". BBC.
  7. "Torteval Parish Memorial, Guernsey". Great War CI.
  8. "Fort Pezeries". Visit Guernsey.
  9. Dillon, Paddy. Channel Island Walks. Cicerone Press Limited, 1999. ISBN 9781852842888.
  10. "Pleinmont Observation Tower". Visit Guernsey.
  11. "NAVAL RANGE-FINDING TOWER (MP3)". Festung Guernsey.
  12. "Batterie Dollman". Festung Guernsey.
  13. "PROTECTED BUILDINGS". Environment - Guernsey government.
  14. "Channel Islands Marine Conservation Society Recommended beaches". thebeachguide.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  15. "Guernsey Abreuvoirs". La Société Guernesiaise.
  16. "In pictures: Scarecrows take over Torteval". BBC.

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