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Proposal for plaque honouring man behind early map

News imageJersey Heritage Detailed black-and-white historical map of St Helier, Jersey, dated 1834 and credited to Elias Le Gros. The map shows a dense network of streets and buildings at the town centre, surrounded by fields, gardens and open land. The harbour and shoreline of St Aubin’s Bay run along the bottom edge, while Fort Regent is depicted prominently near the lower right. Decorative borders frame the map, and an ornate title cartouche in the upper-right corner reads “States of the Island of Jersey” with a compass rose beside it. Fine linework labels streets, roads, landmarks and property boundaries throughout the map.Jersey Heritage
Elias Le Gros drew a detailed visual of St Helier in 1834, said Jersey Heritage

A planning application to erect a plaque honouring the man who produced an early map of St Helier has been submitted.

Elias Le Gros, described as a cartographer, teacher of navigation, surveyor and civil engineer, drew the first detailed visual of Jersey's town in 1834. He died in 1859.

Applicant Peter Hargreaves proposed honouring him with a plaque on the Grade 2 listed Piquet House in the Royal Square.

The application proposes putting the plaque below the "unusual" sundial on a wall of the building, which was also drawn by Le Gros in 1825.

Jersey Heritage said the map was possibly the earliest accurate one of St Helier, but added there were other maps sketched in the 18th Century.

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