New Hope 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 'New Hope Estate, Westmoreland' at least between 1774 and 1807.


Handbook of Jamaica 1905:

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

Name of estateNew Hope
OwnerJohn Hudson
Attorney of owner 
Acres cane170
Acres other1,792
Type of millSteam
Process of manufactureCentrifugal
Hhds * sugar140
Punchns * rum116
* 1 hoghead = 238 l, 1 puncheon = 318 l
[Source: Jamaican Family Search, cited 2019]

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