HANOVER: 300 YEARS A JAMAICAN PARISH

The parish of Hanover was formed in 1723, when a small, but influential group of residents from Lucea, which was then geographically the “North side of the parish of Westmoreland,” sought to have the area made into a separate parish. At first, the new parish of Hanover was to have been named Sophia, after the mother of the king, George I but the Council in Jamaica, overruled the Assembly, and chose the name Hanover, after the German domain of the British Royal Family. The formation of the parish of Hanover in 1723, in Jamaica, took place just four years, prior to the death of King George I, in 1727. Get the book "The Story of Hanover - A Jamaican Parish", referenced in this video, which details the history of Hanover here: https://amzn.to/3IT3q3K