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  • Collection: Parish Churches of Jamaica

St. Peter's Church, Alley

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View of St. Peter's Anglican Church, commonly known as the Alley Church, situated in Alley, Clarendon. This Anglican Church was founded between 1671 and 1675, as the parish church of Vere. It is lauded as being one of the oldest churches in the…

Hanover Parish Church, Lucea, Hanover

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A view of the Hanover Parish Church. The Church was built in the year 1725 - two years after the parish of Hanover came in to being in the year 1723. Jamaica Archives' records reveal that the Church had its first baptism in 1725, first burial in…

Portland Parish Church (Christ Church)

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Front view of the Portland Parish Church, also known as Christ Church. The church is one of the most historic buildings in the parish of Portland and was built in 1840.

Falmouth Parish Church

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View of the oldest public building in the town of Falmouth - the Falmouth Parish Church of St. Peter the Apostle. It was built in 1795 on lands donated by Edward Barrett. Several graves are in the churchyard.

Portland Parish Church interior

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Interior of the Portland Parish Church also known as Christ Church.

Portland Parish Church

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View of the front and right side of the Portland Parish Church (Christ Church).

Date stone at the Parish Church of St. Ann

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Photograph of a date stone at the St. Ann Anglican Parish Church. The stone is dated November 26, 1884 and has a sign resembling the masonic sign etched into it.

St. Mary Parish Church

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Photograph of the St. Mary Parish Church, erected on June 5, 1861. In the church yard are several tombstones; a clock tower is also attached to the church.