Built in about 1525 on the site of the Spanish Chapel of the Red Cross, this cathedral stands today as the oldest ecclesiastical structure in the British Empire (outside of the United Kingdom). When the British conquered the Spanish in 1655, the English destroyed the existing cathedral, and built in its stead an Anglican church […]
Ferry Inn Established on April 17, 1864 under, “An act for the ferry between St. Catherine and St. Andrew”, the Ferry Inn was first built as “a tavern or victualling-house near the Ferry. It became the most important posting house in the island and was especially popular with the wealthy. The lower floor of the […]
Location On the southern coast of Jamaica to west of St. Andrew, east of Clarendon and south of St. Mary and St. Ann. Political Divisions South-East East- Central South North- West South- West Central West- Central North- East South- Central Area 1192.4 sq. km. (460.4 sq. miles) Population Size 499,600 (ESSJ 2010 figure) Housing Housing […]