St Mary’s Anglican Church stands on a knoll overlooking the remains of the sugar factory, not far from the ruins of the Montpelier great house. It’s a lovely cut-stone building, moldering but all the more beautiful for that, with a cornerstone that dates back to 1847.
St Mary’s Anglican Church
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
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