Kingston Parish Church

Lonely Planet review

The gleaming white edifice facing William Grant Park's southeast corner is Kingston Parish Church, today serving a much reduced congregation of true Kingstonians - those 'born under the clock' (within earshot of its bell). The original church was destroyed in the 1907 earthquake and was replaced (in concrete) by the existing building.

Note the tomb dating to 1699, the year the original church was built. Admiral Benbow, the commander of the Royal Navy in the West Indies at the turn of the 18th century, lies beneath a tombstone near the High Altar. Marble plaques commemorate soldiers of the West Indian regiments who died of fever or other hardships during colonial wars.