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.
• Police Station.
• 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 from May Pen to Frankfield.

Notable people from Chapelton

• Dennis Alcapone
• Everton Blender
• Toots Hibbert
• Linton Kwesi Johnson
• Barrington Levy
• Freddie McGregor
• Raphael Morgan (Robert Josias Morgan)
• Levi Roots
• Jah Shaka
• Cocoa Tea

See also

• List of cities and towns in Jamaica

References

External links

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