The

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of Saint Thomas ("St. Thomas") is found in the centre of

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. It is one of only two landlocked parishes in the island, the other being

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to the south. Saint Thomas is represented in the

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by Cynthia Forde. Hon. Miss Cynthia Y. Forde, J.P., M.P.
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Geography

Populated places

There are no cities in St. Thomas. The central village of the parish is Welchman Hall. The eponymous St. Thomas Church is located west of Rock Hall on Highway 2A. The majority of the population lives in the extreme southwest of the parish, in the catchment area of Bridgetown. The biggest places there are Welches, Redmans and

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. Shop Hill, White Hill and Edgehill are centrally located in the southwest. Welchman Hall is in the center, Rock Hall in the West and Clifton Hill in the east. The north is sparsely populated. The parish contains the following major villages: Smaller villages and hamlets are:

Parishes bordering Saint Thomas

* Saint Andrew - ''Northeast'' *

- ''Southeast'' * Saint James - ''West'' * Saint Joseph - ''East'' *

Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

- ''Southwest''

Education

In 1997, the Government of Barbados under the Ministry of Education in an attempt to create more spaces for the increase in entrants into secondary schools, opened the St. Thomas Secondary School, the precursor of the Lester Vaughan Secondary School, named after a distinguished Barbadian who assisted in the transformation of the educational sector as well as wrote the National Pledge of Barbados. To date, the Lester Vaughan School is the youngest secondary school and one of the most technologically advanced in the island. The Barbados Association for Children With Intellectual Challenges operates the Challenor School for both children and adults with

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Geography

Populated places

Parishes bordering Saint Thomas

Education

Places of interest

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