Chapelton, Jamaica

Chapelton is a market town in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica and the former parish capital.

Name

According to a longtime resident:

Amenities

Clarendon College, secondary school.
Clarendon Hospital, built c1903, now a community Type 3 hospital.
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St Paul's Anglican Church, founded over 300 years ago.

Transport

Road

Chapelton is on the B3 road which climbs up from May Pen in the south, passes through the center of the town and continues north towards Brown's Town.

Rail

From 1925 to 1974 Chapelton was served by Chapelton railway station on the 21 mile railway branch line from May Pen to Frankfield.

Notable people from Chapelton