St. Helier, capital of Jersey Island, on St. Aubin Bay, on the S. side; is well fortified by Fort Regent and Elizabeth Castle, on a rocky islet near the shore; has a college, public library, &c.; fishing and shipbuilding are important industries.
Population (circa 1900) given as 29,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
St. Helens * St. Ives