Blue Castle 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 'Bluecastle Estate, Westmoreland' at least between [Source: Legacies of British Slave-ownership (relevant page), cited 2019]
Falmouth Post (Jamaica), February 27, 1877
Several awards were made to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia 1876
in the Jamaica Section of the:
[...]
For Rum: Georgia Estate, Amity Hall Estate, Blue Castle Estate,
New Works Estate, Lansquinet Estate, Hordley Estate.
[Source: Jamaican Family Search, cited 2019]
Handbook of Jamaica 1905:
Sugar estate in cultivation in Jamaica in the year 1903-1904
Name of estate | Blue Castle |
Owner | Samuel H. Morris |
Attorney of owner | |
Acres cane | 198 |
Acres other | 1,283 |
Type of mill | Steam |
Process of manufacture | Centrifugal |
Hhds * sugar | 281 |
Punchns * rum | 191 |
[Source: Jamaican Family Search, cited 2019]