Linstead is a town in the
parish
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of
St. Catherine,
Jamaica
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in the
West Indies
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. In 1991 its population was 14,144. It is located 12 mi/19 km NNW of
Spanish Town
Spanish Town ( jam, label= Jamaican Creole, Panish Tong) is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the Spanish and British capital of Jamaica from 1534 until 1872. T ...
.
Description
Close to
Ewarton and
Windalco
United Company RUSAL, international public joint-stock company (russian: МКПАО «ОК РУСАЛ», MKPAO «ОК RUSAL») is the world's second largest aluminium company by primary production output (as of 2016). It was the largest until ov ...
Ewarton works, a large aluminum plant employing many of the local population. Often employing a
job share scheme as work in the area is scarce.
It holds a Grand Market celebration each
Christmas Eve
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when people come out and fill the streets, small shops sell toys and other Christmas gifts, and events and parties are held in the square.
It was popularized in the song
Linstead Market.
Schools
*
Charlemont High School
*
Linstead Primary and Junior High School
*Dinthill Technical High
*Rosemount Primary and Junior High
* Redwood primary school
Victoria All Age*Trinity Preparatory
*Saint Dominic Preparatory School
*Bread of Life Christian Academy
*Mickleton Preparatory
*Victoria Primary
*Wakefield Primary
*McGrath High School
Notable natives
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Joseph Hill - singer (
Culture
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)
*
Clive Hunt
Clive Hunt (born 31 May 1952) is a Jamaican reggae multi-instrumentist, arranger, composer and producer.
Biography
Hunt was born in Linstead, St. Catherine, Jamaica. He learned the trumpet while at Stony Hill Approved school, and joined th ...
- musician and reggae producer
*
Hedley Jones - musician
*
Leslie Laing - Olympic gold medalist in 4x400 m relay.
*
Keith Anthony Morrison
Keith Anthony Morrison, Commander of Distinction (C.D.), born May 20, 1942),"Resume"
Keith Anthony Morrison. is a Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consisten ...
- athlete
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Arthur Wint - Olympic gold medalist in the 400
References
Populated places in Saint Catherine Parish
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