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It was built about 1810, and is a two-story, temple form brick dwelling. Unlike most of the James River Plantations Aberdeen was built back from the River along the old river road (now Rte 10). It features a pedimented gable roof and a diminutive entrance portico supported by Doric order columns. It was listed on the National Register of ...
The plantation was also meant to sever the ties of the Gaelic clans of Ulster with those from the Highlands of Scotland, [9] as it meant a strategic threat to England. [10] The colonists (or "British tenants") [11] [12] were required to be English-speaking, Protestant, [6] [13] and loyal to the king. Some of the landlords and settlers, however ...
Below the falls at Richmond, many James River plantations had their own wharves, and additional ports and/or early railheads were located at Warwick, Bermuda Hundred, City Point, Claremont, Scotland, and Smithfield, and, during the 17th century, the capital of the colony at Jamestown.
Bremo, also known as Bremo Plantation or Bremo Historic District, is a plantation estate covering over 1,500 acres (610 ha) on the west side of Bremo Bluff in Fluvanna County, Virginia. The plantation includes three separate estates, all created in the 19th century by the planter, soldier, and reformer John Hartwell Cocke on his family's 1725 ...
Plantation is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.It is situated south of the River Clyde and is part of the former Burgh of Govan. [1] It lies approximately between the areas of Cessnock and Ibrox to the west, Kingston to the east, and Kinning Park to the south.
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The Privy Council of Scotland hired Robert Jameson's ship to carry the king to Kintyre. Robert Jameson was instructed to hire sailors in Ayr and borrow suitable weapons and cannon in the town. This expedition was cancelled. [11] James VI had planned to dispossess the landholders and install a colony of settlers from Fife.
Curles Neck Plantation (also known as Curles Neck Farm) is located between State Route 5 and the north bank of the James River in the Varina district of Henrico County, Virginia. One of the great James River Plantations , Curles Neck has remained in active use for almost 400 years and remains a privately owned working farm which is not ...