Surrey (also Surry) is the easternmost and the smallest by area of the three historic

counties A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

into which

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

is divided. It was created in 1758, and is divided into four parishes. Jamaica parishes numbered2

History

Jamaica's three counties (Surrey, Middlesex and Cornwall) were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British

county court A county court is a court based in or with a jurisdiction covering one or more counties, which are administrative divisions (subnational entities) within a country, not to be confused with the medieval system of ''county courts'' held by the high ...

system. Surrey was named after the English county in which

Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...

is found. Kingston was its

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Parish

⁽¹⁾ Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish together form ''Kingston and St Andrew Corporation''.
⁽²⁾ Kingston Parish does not encompass all of Kingston.

References

{{Authority control Counties of Jamaica 1758 establishments in the British Empire