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Saint Lawrence (es of Jersey in the Channel Islands . The parish covers 5,258 Vergée s (9.5 sq. km.) and occupies the centre of the Island. MUSEUMS Hamptonne, the Country Life Museum, occupies restored farm buildings in the parish. An Apple orchard preserves native Jersey Cider apple varieties and the ''preinseu'' (cider press house) is the focus of the annual ''Faîs'sie d'cidre'' cidermaking festival using traditional equipment and methods. The ITV drama '' Under The Greenwood Tree '' was mostly filmed here The Jersey War Tunnels (known as the German Underground Hospital) are a major relic of the engineering works undertaken by the occupying German forces 1940–1945. They also serve as a memorial to the many slave-workers pressed into labouring on such projects during the Second World War . VINGTAINES The parish is divided into Vingtaine s for administrative purposes:
St. Lawrence is one electoral district and elects two Deputies. DEMOGRAPHICS EXTERNAL LINKS |
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