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This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption.
John Coffin was a descendant of the ancient Coffin family of Portledge, lords of the manor of Alwington [53] (in which parish was situated Yeo Vale), and married Ann Matthews (died 1839, buried at Bath, [54] daughter of William Matthews of St John's Island, South Carolina. [55]
William Atherton (31 May 1742 – 30 June 1803), was a merchant and wealthy landowner from Lancashire, England, who operated and co-owned sugar plantations in the former Colony of Jamaica. He was a slave owner , as well as an importer of slaves from Africa .
This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.These houses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest colony in the West Indies. [1] Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were worked by enslaved African people [ 2 ] until the aboltion of slavery in 1833.
McKamey Manor is a haunted house attraction that is known for bringing its visitors' worst fears to life. It was founded by Russ McKamey around 2001, and quickly developed a loyal fan base.
Biographer Ann Thwaite writes that while the rose garden at Mayham Hall may have been "crucial" to the novel's development, Maytham Hall and Misselthwaite Manor are physically very different. [24] Thwaite suggests that, for the setting of The Secret Garden , Burnett may have been inspired by the moors of Emily Brontë 's 1847 novel Wuthering ...
Goulburn was associated with two different claims, he owned 277 slaves in Jamaica and received a £5,601 payment at the time (worth £671,415 in 2025). [6] [7] Goulburn was a member of the Canterbury Association from 27 March 1848. [8]