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The History of Jersey You don’t have to scratch too far beneath the surface to experience Jersey’s rich and multi-layered history. From Stone Age dolmens and ancient burial grounds to traces of island defences and wartime occupations, on the island of Jersey, history’s within easy reach.
250,000 BC Palaeolithic cave-living hunter gatherers were Jersey’s earliest residents. 6000 BC Jersey becomes an island after splitting from the Normandy peninsula. 4000 BC During the Neolithic period, communities settle and make their home in Jersey, the island’s many standing stones and burial chambers (including La Hougue Bie) date from these times.
555 AD The hermit St Helier who gives Jersey’s capital its name and who lived on a small rocky islet near Elizabeth Castle is murdered by raiders. 20