Find out what makes our Island so special, read some of the heritage stories and discover our Island story

According to an entry for 20 September 1862 in the Jersey Shipping Register, the Prospero was a 198-ton brig built in FC Clarke’s yard.

Marcel Moore, her art and life

Discover sites of civilian wartime protest and defiance in Occupied Jersey during World War II.

Discover the history of Jersey during the Viking era, we'll take a closer look at the political and cultural landscape.

Caroline Trachy was a pioneering campaigner for women’s rights in the quest for equality in Jersey. Here’s her story.

Jean Le Capelain was often compared to the artist J M W Turner, and was sometimes referred to as ‘the Jersey Turner’

A brief history of the German Occupation of Jersey, from 1 July 1940 to 9 May 1945

Although it is very small, just nine miles by five, Jersey has an incredibly rich history and heritage of myths and legends.

History

The story of Jersey