Saint James’ Church, Jamestown
Saint James' Church is an Anglican church on the island of Saint Helena and is part of the Diocese of St Helena. It is situated in the capital Jamestown and is the oldest Anglican Church in the southern hemisphere; the present building was put up in 1774.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Saint James Church”, “Saint James, Jamestown”, “Saint James‘ Church”, and “St James‘ Church, Jamestown, Saint Helena”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Saint Helena and The Castle.
Museum of Saint Helena
Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Museum of Saint Helena is a museum on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean. It has an extensive collection covering the maritime, military and social history of the island over two floors.
The Castle
Government office
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Castle is the main government building of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located in Jamestown on the island of Saint Helena. The Castle is situated 340 feet north of Saint James’ Church, Jamestown.
High Knoll Fort
Castle
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
High Knoll Fort is a redoubt-style fort of the English East India Company on Saint Helena, an island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. High Knoll Fort is situated 1¼ miles south of Saint James’ Church, Jamestown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamestown and Half Tree Hollow.
Jamestown
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Half Tree Hollow
Village
Photo: Peter Neaum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Half Tree Hollow is the smallest by area of the eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Longwood
Village
Photo: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Longwood is a settlement and district of the British island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Longwood is situated 2½ miles southeast of Saint James’ Church, Jamestown.
Saint James’ Church, Jamestown
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Africa
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Latitude
-15.9253° or 15° 55′ 31″ southLongitude
-5.71807° or 5° 43′ 5″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Inception
1774Open location code
5CPP37FJ+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 254448055OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanGeoNames ID
11789829Wikidata ID
Q7401394
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Saint James’ Church, Jamestown” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聖詹姆斯教堂 (詹姆斯敦)”
- Chinese: “聖詹姆斯教堂”
- German: “St. James Church”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint James (Jamestown)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint James, Jamestown”
- Norwegian: “Saint James”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de São Jaime (Jamestown)”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de São Jaime”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Jacobo”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Jacobo”
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