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Some St Helier Cottages

St Helier is one of the largest parishes in Jersey and also the largest town in the Channel Islands. It is believed that it was originally settled at some time around the Roman invasion of Gaul. Helier is the patron saint who was martyred in Jersey and after whom the parish and town are named. The medieval hagiographies depicting Helier show a small fishing village on the dunes. There was an Abbey founded at St. Helier in 1155 on L'Islet, a tidal island adjacent to the Hermitage. Later on this was fortified and turned into Elizabeth Castle, named after Queen Elizabeth I by the governor of the island, Sir Walter Raleigh.