[1] On 20 December 1817 four clergymen - Joseph Knight, Samuel Lambrick, Robert Major and Benjamin Ward - and their wives left England and sailed to Ceylon on board the Vittoria.

[3][4] Part of the original Shivalingam of the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple was located in the Vicarage until 1995 when it was destroyed during the recapture of Jaffna by Sri Lanka armed forces and the platform where the shivalingam was mounted on can still be seen in the hallway of the vicarage.

After extensive repairs this church was opened to the public for worship on 25 July 1828 (St. James' day).

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