Parishes of Jamaica or divided between neighbouring parishes. At the peak, 1841–1865, there were 22 (the current 14 plus those listed below). The current set of parishes was established in 1866 with the elimination of the 8 listed below (roughly by county): Surrey: Middlesex: Parishes of Jamaica Administratively, Jamaica is divided into fourteen parishes. They are grouped into three historic counties, which have no administrative relevance. Every parish has a coast; none is landlocked. The traditional county towns were Savanna-la-Mar for Cornwall County, Spanish Town for Middlesex County, and Kingston for Surrey County. The parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew together form the
Spanish settlement in Jamaica Spaniards arrived on the island for gold and silver but to his absence in Jamaica, they generally abandoned, being based only on the coastal plains, mainly in the northern part of the island. So, Jamaica became a center mainly supply and descanso. However, from 1595, pirates, buccaneers and English privateers began to attack the island with some frequency, in order to challenge the papal bull, which stated that all territories of the new world belonged to the kingdoms of Castile and Portugal. In 1596 attack, was followed by other developed in 1603, 1640 and 1643. Thus, the Spanish were forcibly