Chapelton is a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

Clarendon Parish, Jamaica Clarendon () is a Parishes of Jamaica, parish in Jamaica. It is located on the south of the island, roughly halfway between the island's eastern and western ends. Located in the Parishes of Jamaica#Counties of Jamaica, county of Middlesex Count ...

and the former parish capital.

Name

According to a longtime resident:Chapelton - An Oral History
, Myrel Elaine Moss (Sister Moss), golocaljamaica.com, 2003-01-01.

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.Kathy Alison
Picasa, 2009-01-03.

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 Brown's Town is one of the principal towns in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, St. Ann Parish, Jamaica.Brown's Tow ...

.UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G & H, 1973.

Rail

From 1925 to 1974 Chapelton was served by

Chapelton railway station Chapelton railway station serves the hamlet of Chapelton, part of the civil parish of Tawstock in the English county of Devon. It is a rural station on the Tarka Line to , from at milepost 207 from . It is the least used station in Devon ...

on the 21 mile railway branch line from

May Pen May Pen is the capital and largest town in the parish of Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Clarendon in Middlesex County, Jamaica, Middlesex County, Jamaica. It is located on the Rio Minho river, and is a major market centre for the parish. The popula ...

to Frankfield.

Notable people from Chapelton

Dennis Alcapone Dennis Alcapone, born Dennis Smith, is a Jamaican reggae Deejay (Jamaican), DJ and Record producer, producer. In 2018, he received the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation from Andrew Holness.Johnson, Richard (2018)'Clean up your act!'", ''Ja ...

Everton Blender Everton Blender (born 21 November 1954) Everton Dennis Williams, in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a reggae singer and producer, known for his smooth, crooning, tenor vocals, up-tempo arrangements, and spiritually uplifting themes, successfully bridgin ...

Toots Hibbert Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, (8 December 1942 – 11 September 2020) was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. A reggae pioneer, he performed for six decades and ...

Linton Kwesi Johnson Linton Kwesi Johnson Order of Distinction, OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poetry, dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in th ...

Barrington Levy Barrington Ainsworth Levy (born 30 April 1964) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist from Clarendon, Jamaica. Career In 1977, Levy formed a band called the Mighty Multitude, with his cousin, Everton Dacres; the pair released "My Bla ...

Freddie McGregor Fredrick "Freddie" McGregor (born 27 June 1956, in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a Jamaican singer, musician and record producer. His music career began when he was seven years old. Biography In 1963 he joined with Ernest Wilson and Peter Austin to ...

* Raphael Morgan (Robert Josias Morgan) *

Levi Roots Keith Valentine Graham (born 24 June 1958), better known as Levi Roots, is a Jamaican-British businessman and celebrity chef who came to prominence on the fourth series of the British TV show ''Dragons' Den'' successfully pitching his Reggae R ...

Jah Shaka Jah Shaka ( – 12 April 2023), also known as the Zulu Warrior, was a Jamaican reggae/dub sound system operator who operated a South East London-based, roots reggae Jamaican sound system since the early 1970s. His name is an amalgamation of the ...

Cocoa Tea Colvin George Scott (3 September 1959 – 11 March 2025), better known as Cocoa Tea, was a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter. Life and career Born in the fishing village of Rocky Point, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica on 3 September 1959, Cocoa ...

References

External links

* Photos

{{Authority control Year of establishment missing Populated places in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica