I am using Yola.com for some of my sites dealing with Jamaican history. Those that are most complete deal chiefly with schools and education. Do check them out!
. . . sites well on the way
The Collegiate School, Kingston, Jamaica
One of Jamaica's most prestigious schools, today all but forgotten.
One of Jamaica's most prestigious schools, today all but forgotten.
Father Raphael of Jamaica
This site deals with the career of a remarkable and somewhat mysterious Black Jamaican who became a priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
This site deals with the career of a remarkable and somewhat mysterious Black Jamaican who became a priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
Fern Gully, Jamaica
This site provides some information on one of Jamaica's most famous landscape features.
This site provides some information on one of Jamaica's most famous landscape features.
Jamaicans at Howard
An account of the Jamaican men and women who studied at Howard University between 1890 and 1940.
An account of the Jamaican men and women who studied at Howard University between 1890 and 1940.
Rockfort Gardens
Rockfort Gardens, situated in the bend of the Windward Road where it turns down towards the Harbour, was one of Kingston's premier entertainment venues between 1899 and the 1940s, but is today all but forgotten.
Rockfort Gardens, situated in the bend of the Windward Road where it turns down towards the Harbour, was one of Kingston's premier entertainment venues between 1899 and the 1940s, but is today all but forgotten.
Kingston's Great Fires
So far this is a bare outline of the story of Kingston's fires, but I will fill in the gaps as time goes on.
So far this is a bare outline of the story of Kingston's fires, but I will fill in the gaps as time goes on.
. . . work still in progress
information on some of the excellent teachers in Jamaica in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
cycling through Jamaica's history
how the bicycle came to Jamaica and what happened after that
how to get around the city
Jamaican International Exhibition 1891
This site is barely started, but it is a project I have been working on in various media ever since we put on a centenary Exhibition at Wolmer's Girls' School in 1991.
This site is barely started, but it is a project I have been working on in various media ever since we put on a centenary Exhibition at Wolmer's Girls' School in 1991.
. . . just an ordinary Jamaican
some pages devoted to the lives of ordinary Jamaicans.
some pages devoted to the lives of ordinary Jamaicans.
Kingston University College
This is a start on an account of the University College at Hope in the 1890s.
This is a start on an account of the University College at Hope in the 1890s.
Montego Bay Academy
A brief outline history of an important Presbyterian educational institution in Jamaica.
A brief outline history of an important Presbyterian educational institution in Jamaica.
'hulks' in Kingston Harbour, c 1806
visit another Jamaican history site
email me at - jamaica.history(at)outlook(dot)com
