Hanover Parish Church, Lucea, Hanover

Hanover Parish Church, Lucea, Hanover

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 1727, and its first marriage in 1749. Early records also revealed that the Church was built on the foundations of an older, Catholic church built by the Spaniards. It was the only one in the island with a steeple. However, the steeple was badly cracked in the 1957 earthquake and was taken down. Hanover Parish Church has been declared a National Monument by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust.

Lucea (Hanover, Jamaica); Churches - Jamaica; Church Buildings - Jamaica - Hanover

NLJ Photograph Collection

D0004195

Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the National Library of Jamaica.

JPEG

Photograph