Saint Thomas in the Vale Parish was one of the historic

parishes of Jamaica The parishes of Jamaica are the main units of local government in Jamaica. They were created following the English Invasion of Jamaica, settlement of Jamaica in 1655. This administrative structure for the Colony of Jamaica developed slowly. H ...

created following

colonisation 475px, Map of the year each country achieved List of sovereign states by date of formation, independence. Colonization (British English: colonisation) is a process of establishing occupation of or control over foreign territories or peoples f ...

of the island by the

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. It was in the centre of the island in Middlesex County but was abolished in 1866 when it was merged into

Saint Catherine Parish Saint Catherine () is a parish in the south east of Jamaica. It is located in the county of Middlesex, and is one of the island's largest and most economically valued parishes because of its many resources. It includes the first capital of Ja ...

. It is not to be confused with Saint Thomas in the East Parish, now just known as Saint Thomas Parish, which was so named to differentiate the two.

Representatives in the House of Assembly

The parish elected two members to the

House of Assembly of Jamaica The House of Assembly was the legislature of the British colony of Jamaica. It held its first meeting on 20 January 1664 at Spanish Town. Cundall, Frank. (1915''Historic Jamaica''.London: Institute of Jamaica. p. 15. As a result of the Morant B ...

. * 1677:

Fulke Rose Fulke Rose (10 April 1644 – c. March 1694) was a British physician and early colonist of Jamaica. He was one of the principal buyers in Jamaica of slaves taken by the Royal African Company and had extensive land-holdings on the island. He c ...

, George NedhamAmerica and West Indies: September 1677
British History Online

References

External links

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