"Barbados is considered the most British of the West Indies, and its historic churches, which wouldn't be out of place in an English village, help it claim that title. On the site of olderchurches that were destroyed by fire and hurricanes, some dating as far back asthe 17th century, St. John’s Parish Church is an early-1800s dark stone Gothic gem. Though the earliest St. John's church was constructed in 1645, the one that stands today is largely from 1836, replacing a building destroyed by a hurricane in 1831. Its remarkable pulpit is made of ebony, mahogany, locust and other local woods. Many prominent figures are buried in the graveyard, whichhas views of the coast."