A year or so ago, Dr. Ivor Connolley of Falmouth Heritage Renewal asked me to join them for a site visit to Stewart Castle. I was unable to go but I was curious and intrigued. A castle – in Jamaica? Where was this Stewart Castle and why hadn’t I heard of it before? But as happens sometimes, life got in the way and I forgot about Stewart Castle. Then on...

One of the first things you notice when you enter the Falmouth Parish Church of St. Peter the Apostle (St. Peter’s), is its colorful stained glass windows. The most eye-catching one sits over the altar and is flanked by the Apostle’s Creed, the Lord’s Prayer and the Ten Commandments. The first church in the parish of Trelawny and one of the oldest on the island, St. Peter’s was built in...