Trewlawny 250th Anniversary

NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 3 TRELAWNY 250TH ANNIVERSARY would not be complete without mention of the late Professor the Honourable Rex Nettleford, inter- nationally recognised cultural icon, and supercentenarianViolet Brown, who, in 2017, was the oldest verified person in the world. Trelawny is also distinguished by the uncommon occurrence of hav- ing a monument erected in honour of a slave woman called Eve. The monument is located in the old slave village on Hyde Estate. The parish is also blessed with the popular Glistening Waters, which is only one of four such locations in the world and the only location where the luminary reaction can be seen 365 days of the year regardless of the temperature or the weather. Along with the rest of Jamaica, I salute you Trelawny. Happy 250th! OLIVIA ‘BABSY’ GRANGE Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport MESSAGE CONTINUED FROM 2 T HE SETTLERS in St James (named after His Royal Highness, James – Duke of York) had once complained that their parish was too large. Some had a hard time getting to the parish capital (Montego Bay) to transact busi- ness. They wrote to the Assembly, asking that the parish be divided in April 1733, and the governor, Major-General Robert Hunter, was informed that the name‘New Brunswick’ should be given to the proposed new parish. However, 37 years would pass before the new parish was actually formed. This first bill for the partition of St James that was submitted to the House of Assembly was thrown out, to the disappoint- ment of its supporters, but in 1770, however, another bill for this purpose was passed. In 1770, the new parish of Trelawny was formed and named after then Governor Sir William Trelawny, with the chief town being Martha Brae. However, Martha Brae’s size and location had made it unsuited to be the capital of the parish. Near Martha Brae, on the north coast of the island, was a small seaside village known as Martha Brae Point. This was renamed Falmouth, and it was so named to establish an additional link with Sir William Trelawny. Falmouth, in the county of Cornwall, England, was the birthplace of this Market Street, Falmouth c 1844 PLEASE SEE HISTORY , 4