Fishermen’s Chapel
Fishermen's Chapel, St. Brelade's Bay, Jersey, JE3 8LL.
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The Fishermen's Chapel (French: Chapelle-ès-Pêcheurs, Jèrriais: Chapelle ès Pêtcheurs) is a small chapel located beside St Brelade's Church in St Brelade, Jersey, by the shore at the western end of St Brelade's Bay. The chapel's name was once thought to be associated with fishing guilds, but a more convincing theory suggests "pêcheurs" (fishermen) is a corruption of "pécheurs" (sinners), aligning with archaeological findings that it was a "chantry chapel" funded by a local family for masses for the dead.
Originally a timber building on the site of a 6th-century monastic church, it was rebuilt in stone in the 11th-12th century. For nearly 300 years, it remained a single-cell building until the 14th century when it was adapted as a chantry and burial place for a prominent family. The stone roof was raised in the 14th century. Medieval wall paintings were discovered in 1918. During the Reformation in 1550, it was converted into an armoury. Restoration work has been carried out over the years, with significant work in 1973, including retiling the roof and paving the floor with granite.
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Opening Hours
Open all year round, 8:30am - 7pm daily.
Contact
+44 (0) 1534 742302, [email protected] / [email protected]
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