Jerripedia indexes
Because the Jerripedia team frequently searches census returns for a particular street - see our articles on businesses in King Street, Queen Street, Broad Street and other town streets - we have produced indexes for the areas covered by each district of St Helier in the censuses for 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891.
The first census in 1841 was not so well structured as those which followed and it is virtually impossible to identify streets in which recorded families lived, let alone property numbers.
We have decided to share our indexes with Jerripedia users, and will add indexes for 1901 and 1911 when they are complete.
It will be seen that the districts cover blocks of properties, so that opposite sides of a street often appear in different districts, and a long street, such as Bath Street, can appear in three or more different districts.
Our indexes generally show only those streets forming the boundaries of each districts, and smaller streets within the blocks are not mentioned. If you want to search for a property in one of those streets it will be necessary to refer to a map to determine within which block that street is located.
Note that for the 1881 census alone, St Helier was divided into seven larger areas A to G, but the district numbering system was retained. So, area A contained districts 1-8, Area B, 9 - 15, etc. The Ancestry search facility requires the area letter to be entered first, then the district number.
It will also be seen that, although the basic layout of the streets in the town of St Helier had been finalised by 1851, the names of some streets were changed during the second half of the 19th century. For example, George Street became Kensington Place; Cheapside was shortened and the southerly section was renamed Peirson Road. Morier Lane became incorporated into one end of Halkett Place and Grove Place was incorporated at the other end, leading to the complete renumbering of properties in the original section of Halkett Place.
