St. Aubins, Jersey - Harbour - RP postcard by Photo Precision, local pmk 1955

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• Picture / Image:  St. Aubins Harbour, Jersey - real photo 
• Publisher: Photo Precision Ltd., St. Albans (No. 2296)
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  2d brown Wilding
• Postmark(s): St Aubins 1955 cds
• Sent to:  Basford, Chelmsford Road, Elstead, Essex
• Notes / condition: Has some wear at edges and corners due to postal use.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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St. Aubin (Jèrriais: Saint Aubîn) is a town and port in St. Brelade in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands. It is located on the western end of St. Aubin's Bay, on the south coast of the island, opening out into the Gulf of Saint-Malo.

St. Aubin was originally a fishing village[1] and the historic economic centre of the island. The Jersey Railway historically terminated in the town, at what is now the parish hall.[2] The Railway Walk, a trail following the route of the former Jersey Railway to La Corbière, starts from St Aubin.[3]

The town is the civil administrative centre for the parish of St. Brelade, however ecclesiastically, the parish church is located in St. Brelade's Bay. It retains a much more historic character than St. Helier, whose architecture has changed as the centre of Jersey's finance industry.

Its name refers to Saint Aubin, the 6th Century C.E. bishop of Angers, and may reflect the name of a long-disappeared chapel.

The town has been referred to various as a town[4] or a village. In Jersey, "town" is generally used as slang for the largest town on the island, St. Helier.

History

At the beginning of the 17th century, there was no quay in or road to St Aubin. At this time all the homes in the town were on the hillsides or up Mont les Vaux. In 1648, the States ordered the construction of a pier, however there was still no road to the island's capital.[5]

Although St. Helier seems to have always been the Bailiwick's administrative capital and held the island's major market, St. Aubin was historically the centre for international trade, particularly during the Newfoundland cod-fishery. This is because it was the only large port on the island. St. Helier only had a small quay until 1840, however after the development of the St. Helier harbours, it displaced St. Aubin as the major trading post.[6]:43

In 1844, the road between St. Helier and La Haule (St Aubin's Road) was finished. That same year, the road between La Haule and St. Aubin opened too, finally connecting St. Aubin to the island's larger town.[5]

In the 19th century, the town of St. Helier experienced a large amount of growth due to the industrialisation of the island and immigration from France and England. St. Aubin did not follow the same pattern of growth, being constrained by its hilly geography.