St Helier, market and seaport town and par. with ry. sta., Jersey, Channel Islands, 25 miles from St Peter Port, Guernsey, 133 from Southampton, and 300 (by the Thames) from London, 2125 ac., pop. 28,020; P.O., T.O., called Jersey, 6 Banks, 8 newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. St Helier is the chief town of Jersey, and has the Court-House or meeting-place for the States Assembly of the island. It is pleasantly situated on the E. side of St Aubin's Bay, and is protected by Fort Regent and Elizabeth Castle. Adjacent to Elizabeth Castle are the ruins of an old hermitage, the traditional abode of St Helier. The harbour, docks, and quays are spacious and commodious, and there is a considerable shipping trade. Shipbuilding and fishing are carried on, and there are foundries, breweries, and mfrs. of soap and candles; but St Helier is chiefly a watering-place, a summer resort, and a favourite place of residence, the mildness of the climate and the cheapness of provisions being great attractions. It is the terminus of the two railway lines of Jersey. On its E. side is Victoria College (1851).

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))