Scenery, part II. SEPAC'2009 issue

Perforation type: 13 ¾x13 ¼

Subject:

55 pences. Quetivel mill** in St. Peter's Valley*

 

Additional:

*St Peter’s Valley is an extensive wooded valley situated in the parish of St Peter. The wood covers an area of approximately 20 hectares and is divided into two relatively equal parts, Les Cotil Don Gaudin and Le Cotil Don Tesson. Both comprise of several additional habitats in the form of a pond, streams and a wet meadow.

This very attractive valley woodland comprises predominantly pendunculate oak interspersed with sweet chestnut and sycamore. A large part of the woodland was felled during the German Occupation, and the trees have since regrown resulting in the present day ‘coppice stools’.

 

**One of the attractions of St Peter's Valley is Quétivel Mill, with its overshot water wheel. It was one of 38 watermills in the Island, and was first mentioned in 1309. It was in use from the 14th to the 19th centuries. It fell into disrepair, until the German occupying forces ordered that it should be repaired to grind grain again. It has been restored in 1979 to working order by the National Trust and grinds its own flour. Apart from the machinery, the mill includes a display of Neolithic quern stones found in Jersey, an exhibition on the history of milling and a video room where you can watch a 20 minute film about Quétivel. Our mill shop sells fresh stone-ground floor as well as a range of gifts, many of which are locally produced. Outside, there is a small garden where over 50 different types of herb flourish.

 

 

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Used information was taken on Сulture24, That was Jersey и States of Jersey