[2] The first Spanish settlement in Jamaica was also at Sevilla la Nueva, now called Seville, just to the west of Saint Ann's Bay.

[3] After 1655, when the English captured Jamaica, St Ann's Bay gradually developed as a fishing port with many warehouses and wharves.

[4] St. Ann’s Bay is also home to Jamaica’s first prison, and is a reflection of the town’s early importance and position of authority.

[5] One of Jamaica’s most famous citizens, Marcus Garvey, was born in St. Ann’s Bay in 1887, and spent his childhood and early youth in the locality before moving to Kingston in 1903.

Cardiff Hall, situated to the West of Saint Ann's Bay, was a plantation house owned by John Blagrove.