The Parish of St. Thomas (or as it was formerly called St. Thomas-in-the-East) is one of the oldest parishes in the island.

Albion was a sugar estate in St. Thomas located on the delta of the Yallahs River about a mile off the main highway. It gave its name to a light coloured sugar called Albion since this is the first place it was made (around 1870). The old factory is now in ruins though the aqueduct, which brought water from the Yallahs River, can still be seen. The aqueducts and ruined mill house are listed among the historic monuments of the parish of St. Thomas.

Bath Botanic Gardens located in St. Thomas is the second oldest botanical garden in existence in the Western Hemisphere (the oldest is on the island of St. Vincent). The government established the garden in 1779. At this garden, many of the plants introduced to Jamaica were first planted, among them Cinnamon, Mango, Jackfruit, Croton and Bougainvillea. The garden is much smaller today than when it was first established and bears little trace of its former glory.

The Bath of St. Thomas the Apostle is the official name of the Bath Mineral Spring (or Bath Fountain). The spring was discovered by a runaway slave in the 1690s. When he found the warm waters of a pool deep in the forest healed ulcers on his legs that had plagued him for years, he braved his master’s wrath and returned to tell him about the marvelous discovery.

Bath Mineral Spring is remarkable in that the water comes from both hot and cold springs. The water is mixed before it is fed into the baths so the proper temperature is attained.

Bull Bay and Cow Bay are adjoining bays in St. Thomas so called because cattle used to be slaughtered and cured nearby.