Vingtaine de Samarès
La Vingtaine de Samarès | |
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 Samarès Manor in 2011 | |
  La Vingtaine de Samarès The vingtaine shown within the Channel Islands | |
| Coordinates (Samarès Manor):49°10′26″N2°4′37″W/ 49.17389°N 2.07694°W | |
| Crown Dependency | Jersey,Channel Islands |
| Parish | Saint Clement, Jersey |
Vingtaine de Samarèsis one of the threevingtainesof the Parish ofSt. ClementinJersey,Channel Islands.[1]
It takes its name from thesalt marsh[2]that used to occupy much of the area of this low-lying coastal vingtaine.
Samarès used to be served by theJersey Eastern Railway.The local train station was opened on 7 August 1873, and closed on 21 June 1929. The station building still exists, and is now a private house.[3]
Places in the vingtaine[edit]
- Samarès Manor
- Samarès primary school[4]
- Mont Ubéand its dolmen[5]
- La Grève d'Azette, a sandy beach which spans fromLe DicqtoLa Motte
- FB Playing Fields,sports pitches and facilities
- Rocque Berg, the Witches' Rock connected with beliefs of witchcraft
- La Motte,atidal islandand prehistoric site
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The former train station -
A house on Rue de Samarès -
The dolmen at Mont Ubé
See also[edit]
Footnotes and references[edit]
- ^ISLAND PLAN 2002: CHANGES TO BUILT-UP AREA BOUNDARY (P.77/2005) – SECOND AMENDMENT (P.77/2005 AMD.(2))– COMMENTS
- ^"Claim by an individual concerning the drainage of Samarès Marsh".
- ^"Samarès Station".Disused Stations.Retrieved9 October2012.
- ^"Samares Primary School".Vle.jeron.je. Archived fromthe originalon 2 August 2012.Retrieved9 October2012.
- ^"Le Dolmen de Mont Ube".
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