ST. AUBIN, situated on the western shore of the bay of that name, is the second town in the island, in the parish of St. Brelade. The roads from St. Helier and the Jersey railway both run round the shores of the bay, the entrance to which is nearly 3 miles across, and when the tide is down, the sands, which extend nearly all over the bay, can be traversed to a considerable distance; a small stream flows into the bay at St. Aubin’s. The town has a station close to the harbour on the Jersey railway and is 4 miles west from St. Helier. The small harbour is bounded by a pier, erected in 1693, 300 feet in length. On account of the distance from the town of the parish church of St. Brelade, a new church was erected here in 1899-91, on the site of the former chapel, at a cost of £4,700, defrayed by several of the inhabitants; it is an edifice of granite and consists of chancel, nave and aisles, the columns of the arcades being of pink granite: there are 400 sittings. The living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £160, in the gift of the Dean of Jersey, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Charles Arthur Watson B,A. of the University of London. Here is a French Congregational chapel, built in 1809 and seating 160, also Methodist and Calvinstic chapels, St. Aubin’s tower or fort, which stands out in the bay, nearly opposite the harbour, is a rectangular structure, about 120 feet in height, with square turrets at the angles: the entrance is by a round headed gateway, above which is the inscription, “G. H. R. 1742”: the fort is easily accessible at low tide, but is at present unoccupied.

St. Brelade’s parish school is at St. Aubin’s.