Quétivel mill

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The Quétivel Mill

The Mill of Quétivel ( French Le Moulin de Quétivel ) is a restored water mill in the municipality of Saint Peter on the Channel Island of Jersey . It is located east of "St Peter's Village" in the valley of the same name (or la Vallée de Saint-Pierre ) at the foot of Mont Fallu.

Origin of name

From the place name Quétivel. No old spellings and mentions. It is assumed that the first component Queti is the old Norse nickname Ketill "Kessel". For comparison, there are place names in continental Normandy such as Quettehou ( Department Manche , Chettellehou 1042), Quettetot (Department Manche, ketetot vers 1200), Quettreville-sur-Sienne (Department Manche, Chetelvilla 1124 - 1133), Quetteville ( Department Calvados ) etc. and the surnames Quétil , Quetil , Quétel , Quetel , which are still common in Normandy today.

The derivation of the second element -vel is more problematic. It is often written that it is the Old Norse word vellir "planes" (plural of vǫllr ). The scenic location of the mill next to a small meadow in a valley makes it very difficult to associate it with plains. In addition, the word vǫllr / vellir in Norman toponymy has never been discovered by specialists.

The origin of the gentlemen's de Quetteville family in Jersey is unclear, either they come from the mainland or not. There is no Quetteville in Jersey, in which case Quétivel is said to be a minor form for Quetteville. The / i / very often opens to / ɛ / in the Norman language .

A Fief es Quettevaux is also mentioned. If it is a plural form of Quétivel, it could be a former * Quetteval "Tal des Quétil" (such as Grainval "Tal des Grimr").

history

The mill was in operation from the beginning of the 14th century to the 19th century. Then it was restarted briefly during the Second World War. In 1969 it was partially destroyed by fire, but was then rebuilt under the supervision of the National Trust for Jersey until 1979 and restored to a fully functional condition. The new millstone was imported from France and is said to work for about 100 years.

During the reconstruction, numerous construction and components from 3 other decaying or no longer used mills (Tesson, Gargate and Grand-Vaux) were used.

Today the Quétivel mill is the only remaining of the original eight mills in the valley. It grinds whole wheat flour for bread for the local population and can be visited from time to time.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ François de Beaurepaire, Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Manche , éditions Picard 1986. pp. 108 and 180.
  2. ^ Charles le Quesne, A constitutional history of Jersey , London 1856. p. 90.

Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′ 31.1 "  N , 2 ° 9 ′ 41.2"  W.