Hanover Parish Church

The Hanover Parish Church was constructed in 1725 and is one of the oldest buildings in western Jamaica. The building and churchyard contain monuments to several individuals of note, such as John Castello, publisher of the Falmouth Post and former Anglican clergyman Walter Jekyll, author of Jamaican Song and Story and My Green Hills of Jamaica . Read more...

Kingston Parish Church

Officially named the Parish Church of St Thomas the Apostle, the original building of the Kingston Parish Church is thought to have been constructed following the devastating Port Royal earthquake in 1692. Ironically, the building was destroyed in the 1907 quake. The current church was constructed on its foundations and consecrated in 1911. The clock tower on the western end of the building was erected in memory of those who died in World War 1. The Kingston Parish Church has served as the state church of the island from the 17th century. Read more...

Manchester Parish Church

St Mark's Anglican Church, located in Mandeville, was completed and consecrated in 1820. The chancel and timber clerestory were added and the tower erected in the 19th century. The church’s organ loft was used as a jail during the slave rebellion of 1832. Read more...

Portland Parish Church

The Portland Parish Church, also called Christ Church, was built in 1840 on land indentured from John Dean and Jane Brown in September 1836. The building was severely damaged during the 1907 earthquake. The communion vessels are from the original Parish Church, which was located at Richmond Hill Road. Read more...

St Andrew Parish Church

The original building of the St Andrew Parish Church was constructed near Waterloo Road. The current site was first established in the 1680s, but was destroyed by the 1692 earthquake. The foundation of the current church was laid that same year and the building completed in 1700. It was named after the apostle Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. Until the disestablishment in 1870, the St Andrew Parish Church was the only Anglican Church in the parish. It was declared a national monument by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust on April 3, 2003. Read more...

St Ann Parish Church

The St Ann Parish Church was completed in September 1871. It was consecrated by His Lordship the Bishop of Kingston, Rt Reverend Reginald Courtney, on September 20, 1871 as the Church of 'St Anne.'  It is located on the corner of Main Street and Church Street, in close proximity to the St Ann’s Bay Court House. Read more...

St Catherine Parish Church

The St Catherine Parish Church, also known as the Cathedral Church of St James or Spanish Town Cathedral, was built in 1666 on the site of the Roman Catholic Chapel of the Red Cross, which was destroyed when the British seized Jamaica in 1655. The church became the first Anglican cathedral outside of England in 1843 and is the oldest one in the English-speaking Caribbean. It was destroyed in the 1714 hurricane then fell into disrepair and was reconstructed in 1901, only to be damaged in the 1907 earthquake. Read more...

St Elizabeth Parish Church

The original building of the Black River Parish Church, St John the Evangelist, was constructed around 1700. The date of construction of the current building is uncertain. An inscription indicates that the tower foundation was laid in 1837, but it is thought that the main body was possibly built around 1774. Read more...

St James Parish Church

The St James Parish Church was built between 1775 and 1782. It is dedicated to St James the Great, patron Saint of Spain. The church was severely damaged in the 1951 hurricane, but repair work resulted in only minor departures from the original design. Read more...

St Mary Parish Church

The St Mary Parish Church sits at the west end of Port Maria. It was built in 1861 on the edge of the bay and is considered one of the most picturesque structures in Jamaica. The church won a Heritage in Architecture award in 1987. Read more...

St Thomas Parish Church

The St Thomas Parish Church was constructed in 1865 when the original building, located at Church Corner, was abandoned because of dilapidation. The east wall of the Church has a brick with the date 1865 inscribed into it. Read more...

Trelawny Parish Church

The Falmouth Parish Church in Trelawny, also known as St Peter’s Anglican, was built in 1795. It is the oldest public building in the town. The land was donated by Edward Barrett, grandfather of celebrated English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who sold 170 acres of land for the establishment of the town. Read more...

Westmoreland Parish Church

The Westmoreland Parish Church, also called St George’s Parish Church, was constructed in 1903 on the foundation of an older church built in 1797. It is dedicated to St George, the patron saint of England and of soldiers. The foundation stone was laid on St Georges Day (April 23) in 1903 and the church was consecrated on the following St George’s Day. The building was damaged in the 1957 earthquake that affected western Jamaica. Read more...