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{{Location map|Jamaica|lat=18.3112|long=-77.9010|width=200|caption=Location of Cambridge in [[Jamaica]]|label=Cambridge}} '''Cambridge''' is a [[List of cities and towns in Jamaica|town]] in [[Jamaica]]. It is the main township of the parish of St James, nestled in mountains, fifteen (15) miles south east of the City of Montego Bay and its hub is historic Wilmot Max Ramsay Square <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Green|first=M. A.|date=October 1986|title=W. Max Ramsay|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com|journal=The Jamaica Gleaner|volume=CLII}}</ref>(Jamaica Gleaner, Thursday, 23 October 1986). Cambridge is located in the County of Cornwall. The chief "fruit-basket" of the parish, Cambridge is also the capital of the upper St James region.
{{Location map|Jamaica|lat=18.3112|long=-77.9010|width=200|caption=Location of Cambridge in [[Jamaica]]|label=Cambridge}} '''Cambridge''' is a [[List of cities and towns in Jamaica|town]] in [[Jamaica]]. It is the main township of the parish of St James, nestled in mountains, fifteen (15) miles south east of the City of Montego Bay and its hub is historic Wilmot Max Ramsay Square <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Green|first=M. A.|date=October 1986|title=W. Max Ramsay|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com|journal=The Jamaica Gleaner|volume=CLII}}</ref>(Jamaica Gleaner, Thursday, 23 October 1986). Cambridge is located in the County of Cornwall. The chief "fruit-basket" of the parish, Cambridge is also the capital of the upper St James region.


The inhabitants of the town of Cambridge (Latin, Cantabrigia){{citation needed|date=October 2018}} are called Cantabrigians{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} with their students going to traditional high schools—[[Cornwall College, Jamaica|Cornwall College]] (boys), [[Mount Alvernia High School (Jamaica)| Mt Alvernia]] (girls) and [[Montego Bay High School for Girls]]—all sited in the City of Montego Bay, the St James Parish Capital. There are a Basic, an Infant, a Primary and a Secondary High Schools in Cambridge with "the proposed Marco Brown Public Library."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com|title=Jamaica Gleaner|last=Robinson|first=Clover|date=10 December 1986|website=www.jamaica-gleaner.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref>
Cambridge students go to traditional high schools—[[Cornwall College, Jamaica|Cornwall College]] (boys), [[Mount Alvernia High School (Jamaica)| Mt Alvernia]] (girls) and [[Montego Bay High School for Girls]]—all sited in the City of Montego Bay, the St James Parish Capital. There are a Basic, an Infant, a Primary and a Secondary High Schools in Cambridge with "the proposed Marco Brown Public Library."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com|title=Jamaica Gleaner|last=Robinson|first=Clover|date=10 December 1986|website=www.jamaica-gleaner.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref>


Cantabrigians worship at, primarily, but not limited to: the St Stephen's Anglican Church (State), St Mary's Catholic Church, Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, Seventh Day Adventist Church, New Testament Church of God, Christian Fellowship Church, the Gospel Chapel, the Mt Reece Methodist Church and the Shortwood Baptist Church.
Cantabrigians worship at, primarily, but not limited to: the St Stephen's Anglican Church (State), St Mary's Catholic Church, Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, Seventh Day Adventist Church, New Testament Church of God, Christian Fellowship Church, the Gospel Chapel, the Mt Reece Methodist Church and the Shortwood Baptist Church.


The Cambridge empire includes: Upper and Lower (Bottom) Cambridges, Wilmot Max Ramsay Drive,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.westernmirror.com|title=Home Page|date=19 December 1984|work=Western Mirror|access-date=2017-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref> Ducketts, Cross Roads, Senior (with its Great River), White Sands, Rushea, Endeavour, Mt Horeb, Plumb, Fern, New Road, Bullman, Tank Road, Seven Rivers, Hazelymph(?), Bickersteth,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.westernmirror.com|title=Home Page|last=Wright|first=Howard G.|date=8 February 1986|work=Western Mirror|access-date=2017-05-29|language=en-US}}</ref> Richmond Hill and Mafoota.


==References: Google; The Jamaica Gleaner; The Western Mirror==
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Cambridge is a town in Jamaica. It is the main township of the parish of St James, nestled in mountains, fifteen (15) miles south east of the City of Montego Bay and its hub is historic Wilmot Max Ramsay Square [1](Jamaica Gleaner, Thursday, 23 October 1986). Cambridge is located in the County of Cornwall. The chief "fruit-basket" of the parish, Cambridge is also the capital of the upper St James region.

Cambridge students go to traditional high schools—Cornwall College (boys), Mt Alvernia (girls) and Montego Bay High School for Girls—all sited in the City of Montego Bay, the St James Parish Capital. There are a Basic, an Infant, a Primary and a Secondary High Schools in Cambridge with "the proposed Marco Brown Public Library."[2]

Cantabrigians worship at, primarily, but not limited to: the St Stephen's Anglican Church (State), St Mary's Catholic Church, Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, Seventh Day Adventist Church, New Testament Church of God, Christian Fellowship Church, the Gospel Chapel, the Mt Reece Methodist Church and the Shortwood Baptist Church.


References

  1. ^ Green, M. A. (October 1986). "W. Max Ramsay". The Jamaica Gleaner. CLII.
  2. ^ Robinson, Clover (10 December 1986). "Jamaica Gleaner". www.jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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