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24 Tucker Avenue, former residence of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Alexander Bustamante Churches, cemeteries & tombs Jamaica Free Baptist Church, August Town Road
The Jamaica National Heritage Trust is responsible for the promotion, preservation, and development of Jamaica's material cultural heritage (buildings, monuments, bridges, etc.). [1] The organisation maintains the list of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica. [4] It is chartered by The Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act, 1985. [5]
Edinburgh Castle, an estate and now ruined great house in Saint Ann, was built by Jamaica's earliest recorded serial killer, Lewis Hutchinson. [1] [2] It had two circular, loopholed towers diagonally at opposite corners. [1] The ruins are on the list of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica.
1686 English guinea showing the Royal African Company's symbol, an elephant and castle, under the bust of James II. Originally known as the Company of Royal Adventurers Trading into Africa, by its charter issued on 18 December 1660 it was granted a monopoly over English trade along the west coast of Africa, with the principal objective being the search for gold.
Newcastle is a settlement in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Formerly a military hill station for the British Army it is now a training centre for the Jamaica Defence Force. The Blue Mountain and John Crow Mountain National Park in which Newcastle is located was established in 1992.
Jamaica National Heritage Trust information board at the site of Stewart Castle. Stewart Castle was a sugar plantation in Trelawney, Jamaica. [1] It was established in 1754 by local planter James Stewart. [2] It was inherited by his son, known as James Stewart II, who mortgaged the estate in 1799.
In the 1760s, he came to Jamaica to head an estate called Edinburgh Castle. He was said to have legally obtained the house (now a ruin) but to have maintained his group of cattle through the theft of strays from neighbours. This would not be the only accusation made against Hutchinson.
The estate was originally called "Roxbro Castle". [1] Over the years the great house became derelict until, despite renovation proposals, it was destroyed by fire in 1968. [ 1 ] As of 2012 [update] there are again proposals from the Jamaica National Heritage Trust to restore the building.