St Helier picture gallery

From Jerripedia

An impression of St Helier in the 16th century. Unless a large number of these buildings were demolished and the town's layout subsequently changed dramatically, it is unlikely that it actually looked anything like this

This enlargement of a section of a painting of St Helier, viewed from the west, by George Heriot, dated 1790, is believed to give a much better impression of what the town was like at the time. Shortly after this a dramatic population growth saw the town expand considerably. This painting is in the collection of the British Library

Another artist's impression of a section of 18th century St Helier. The drawing seems to display a considerable degree of artistic licence. It is possible that the church on a hillside on the left is meant to be St Saviour's Parish Church, rather than the town church, which was on the shoreline

This gallery shows general pictures of St Helier. Pictures of individual streets and districts and the Harbour will be found on other pages. See also One hundred views of St Helier, a personal view of the town and some of its older buildings. Click on image to see larger picture

St Helier viewed from Victoria College in the 1970s
A view over the town in 1968
St Helier viewed from Fort Regent
Town Mills in 1789
'St Hillary'
View over the town in 1880
This is St Helier, viewed from the sea in 1868 - or is it? That's the description which came with the picture in 2016, although it did not look much like St Helier. Now we are are told that it is from a book of 1786 views around the British Isles. Further research suggests that the engraving, a print from which is in the British Museum, was made in 1868 from an earlier drawing by Clint (presumably George Clint, who lived from 1770 to 1854). It still does not look much like St Helier and we are investigating further.
1880s
1940s
View over St Helier from the west
An 1833 painting by P H Rogers
Hermitage, 1789

View from Fort Regent in 2021

And looking in the opposite direction in about 1806 - a sketch by Henry Irwin

An early engraving of the view from the sea
Heriot painting from 1789
Heath painting from 1757
Town Mills, 1789
Long-serving town secretary Capt Thomas Le Seelleur
St Luke's District viewed from Fort Regent
St Helier's Day pilgrimage
St Helier's Day
St Helier House
1880
The town viewed from St Thomas' Church
1856, by G B Willis

Despite the banking failures of earlier years almost causing the total collapse of Jersey's financial system, the Parish of St Helier was still issuing its own banknotes in the 1890s ...

... over half a century after this one was issued

1865
St Helier at night
Town Church in the 1860s
Town Mills in 1893
Town rooftops
Town rooftops
The town viewed from St Saviour
A view of the town from Victoria College
A picture captioned 'Town houses and villas and girls school', but which is the school?
Saint Helier in 1709
St Helier in 1903
St Helier in 1865
The General Hospital area photographed by Baudoux
A Baudoux photograph from Westmount in 1875
A view of St Helier in the 1830s painted by Philip Hutchings Rogers
St Helier in 1879
St Helier from Victoria College
Ships off St Helier
The town from the sea
A painting by J Heath in 1758
The legend of Saint Helier
A plan of the small town in 1781

A 2018 drone photograph of St Helier's Waterfront area. The whole of the central area in the picture, including the underpass, is on land reclaimed in the late 20th century

The town in 1691
A panoramic view of the town from the west
An aerial view of St Helier in 2011
A picture from 1834
Town rooftops in 1977
Town rooftops in 1977
Town rooftops in 1977
The Royal Hotel dining room ready for a St Helier municipal dinner in 1919
Sealing ballot boxes for a parochial election
Le Capelain gallery at the Town Hall
St John's Road with the town behind in the 1890s
A Visite Royale in 1914
1901
Election for Constable in 1956 - Picture Evening Post
St Helier visite royale 1896
'A view of St Hillary'
A picture of the town by renowned 20th century photographer Francis Firth

21st century aerial view

St Helier viewed from Fort Regent
Elizabeth Lane
A view of the town from Trinity Hill in the 1880s, by Ernest Baudoux
1951 aerial photograph by Aerofilms
1933 aerial photograph by Aerofilms
Honorary Police dinner menu
Honorary Police official photograph, 1961
1836
1853, Philip Ouless
A drawing of the view from St Saviour
St Helier House old people's home
View over St Helier by Francis Frith
A view from the west in the 1870s
A view from Fort Regent. The Weighbridge is at the bottom left
1772
1857
Aerial view of the west of the town in 1933
A view of the town from the west by Asplet and Green
Victoria and Almorah Crescents
Town Clerk George Le Masurier seals a ballot box for a parish election
A view from the west
A view from the west, photographed by Percival Dunham
A view from the west, photographed by Percival Dunham
A view from the west, photographed by Percival Dunham
A picture in the British Library entitled 'View from Moulin Pois' 1790
This picture by George Heriot, of which an enlarged section is shown at the top of the page, was painted by George Heriot in 1790 and is in the British Library
St Helier's rooftops in 1875, with the Halkett Place market, with its glass dome, in the centre
An aerial photograph of the Waterfront and town behind in the 2000s
A view of the town from the north in the 19th century
View of the town from Fort Regent in 1973
An order for material for a young child - an early form of welfare
Parish refuse lorries
Honorary police, 1971