St Brelade, Jersey

Historical Description

Brelade, St, a parish in the SW of Jersey. It contains the town of St Aubin, which has a post office under Jersey. Acreage, 3157; population, 2253. St Brelade Bay, 1½ mile SW of St Aubin, has a horse-shoe outline about¾ of a mile wide, shows charming features, and is a favourite resort on account of its mild climate, its blue waters, and its lovely sands. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Patron, the Crown. The church stands on the W side of the bay, and was consecrated in 1111. The "Fisherman's Chapel" in the churchyard possesses some rude remains of frescoes, and dates from about 750. There are two good hotels in the parish.