St Thomas Parish, Jamaica

St Thomas Parish, Jamaica (Caribbean).

Its chief town and capital is Morant Bay.

Geography: It is situated on the south eastern tip of the island in the county of surrey, bordered by the parish of St Andrew to the west, Portland to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south and east. Notably, it is the 9th largest parish with a land area of 742.2 km2 (286.5 sq. miles). The land mass of St Thomas ranges from the peaks of the Blue Mountains and John Crow Mountains down to sea-level.

Brief History: The parish once known as Saint Thomas in the East was named after Thomas Hickman (Lord Windsor), Governor of Jamaica in 1662. In later years, bands of Maroons settled in the St. Thomas Mountains and eventually joined with those in Portland thus forming the “Windward Maroons.” They would play a critical role in the events that were to unfold. The history of St Thomas Jamaica is now most popularly associated with the events of 1865 (Morant Bay rebellion) – events which led to Jamaica’s Assembly being dissolved and the island’s status being changed to that of a Crown Colony.

Those events of over a century ago have also made Paul Bogle and George William Gordon National Heroes to modern Jamaicans and made Stony Gut and Morant Bay names which stir powerful emotions.

The parish is the birthplace of the Right Honourable Paul Bogle, designated in 1969 as one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes.

The Rt. Excellent Paul Bogle, National Hero, was a Baptist deacon from the district of Stony Gut in Portland. He led the Morant Bay rebellion on October 11th, 1865, which a group of people from the surrounding areas went to the then capital, Spanish Town, petitioning the Governor for an improvement in the conditions of the peasantry.

⭐Monuments and Historic Buildings:
Morant Bay Courthouse
Stokes Hall Great House
Morant Bay Fort
Morant Bay Lighthouse
Stony Gut, Site of Bogle Chapel

Be sure to explore its history, most outstanding attractions and find things to do In St Thomas Jamaica on your vacation.

⭐Points of interest:
0:00 Intro
00:12 Bull Bay, Kingston
01:18 St Thomas/St Andrew Parish Border
01:24 Bull Bay, St Thomas
03:11 9 Miles Bull Bay
04:37 11 Miles Bull Bay
06:27 Grants Pen
14:08 Albion
17:03 Yallahs
18:28 Yallahs Fire Station
20:19 To Yallahs Primary School
20:32 Mundecot River
21:35 Yallahs Square
24:00 Louden Hill
24:33 Yallahs Pond
25:54 Pamphet
28:14 Casa Lagoona Hotel
29:29 Jamintel Earth Satellite Station Site
29:58 Green Wall
30:41 White Horses
36:50 Rozelle Falls (same as Roselle Falls, Rozzelle Natural Roadside Spring)
39:58 Belvedere
40:48 Duhaney Pen
42:21 Morant Bay
43:02 Morant Bay Roundabout
43:09 To Seaforth
43:09 To Reggae Falls
44:45 St Thomas Parish Court
45:23 Rudolf Elder Park (Morant Bay Park)
45:44 Morant Bay Plaza
48:24 Lyssons
49:07 Princess Margaret Hospital
50:26 Lyssons Beach
50:56 To Lyssons Primar School
51:45 Lyssons Park
53:09 Retreat
55:18 Prospect
54:04 To Retreat Beach
57:09 Prospect Primary School
57:39 Leith Hall
58:48 Leith Hall Cemetery
59:51 Port Morant
59:54 Bowden Harbour
1:01:50 Land Top
1:03:31 To Port Morant Primary / Bath St Thomas
1:14:27 Pleasant Hill
1:14:42 To Winchester
1:15:22 Stokes Hall
1:16:37 Golden Grove
1:17:17 Golden Grove Cemetry
1:20:10 All Stars Sports Village
1:20:32 Golden Grove Police Station
1:20:53 To Dalvey/Duckenfield
1:24:56 To Wheelerfield/Bath St Thomas
1:24:58 To Rowlandsfield
1:25:30 Amity Hall
1:27:20 Amity Hall Primary & Infant School
1:28:29 Amity Hall Community Center
1:37:54 Portland/St Thomas Parish Border

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