Blackheath Estate, Westmoreland


History

Information obtained by the Center for the Study of Legacies of British Slave-ownership at University College London:

Rum was distilled on the domain 'Blackheath Estate, Westmoreland' at least between 1757 and 1807.


Handbook of Jamaica 1905:

Sugar estate in cultivation in Jamaica in the year 1903-1904

Name of estateBlackheath
OwnerEustace Grieg
Attorney of ownerP.H. Grieg
Acres cane380
Acres other1,104
Type of millWater
Process of manufactureCentrifugal
Hhds * sugar554
Punchns * rum409
* 1 hoghead = 238 l, 1 puncheon = 318 l
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