Temple Hall, Jamaica
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Temple Hall is a predominantly residential community in northern
St Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...
,
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 ...
. It is named after the estate and great house which it adjoins. It is bounded to the east by the
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and is essentially a
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strung out along a short section of the
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at an elevation of about .Reference: UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet L, 1967. To the east of the river is a ridge and
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which overlooks the settlement and is also called Temple Hall.


History of the estate

First owned by
Thomas Temple Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet (January 1613/14 at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England – 27 March 1674 at Ealing, Middlesex) was an English proprietor and governor of Acadia/Nova Scotia (1657–70). In 1662, he was created a Baronet of Nova Sc ...
, Temple Hall estate was at first a sugar estate but later became an experimental area for many crops. It is where Sir
Nicholas Lawes Sir Nicholas Lawes (1652 – 18 June 1731) (sometimes "'Laws'" in contemporary documents) was Governor of Jamaica from 1718 to 1722. Early life Nicholas Lawes was born in 1652 to Nicholas and Amy Lawes. Knighthood He was a British kni ...
(1652-1731) introduced the cultivation of coffee to the island in 1728. Lawes was governor of Jamaica from 1718–22 and married Temple's daughter, Susannah, in 1698 being given the estate as a dowry. Laws also experimented with the growing of tobacco, and set up the first printing press. James Hall inherited the estate and sold it in 1733 to Thomas Howe of St Catherine. Subsequent owners were Abraham Alexander Lindo (1811), George Atkinson (1831) E Reid (1845) Simon D Soutar (late 1800s, early 1900s) and the Crosswell family who were still in possession in 1978. Onis Johnson, Dr. Ionie Johnson and son Cedric Johnson from Craft Hill Claredon and St Andrew inherited the Estate in 1978. Great House burn down in 1978. The cottage was not affected. The Great House redesign and restore in 1979 by the Johnson family. Johnson family Sold the property to the Mr. Smith in 1999 after Mr. Onis Johnson got sick. His son did not want the property. The great house has recently been converted to a convention centre and is used for weddings and other outdoor functions.


See also

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List of cities and towns in Jamaica The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica. Definitions The following definitions have been used: *City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designati ...
*List of schools in Jamaica


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{{Plantation Great Houses in Jamaica Neighbourhoods in Kingston, Jamaica Populated places in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Plantations in Jamaica