Drax Hall Estate (Q494024)
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LBS-PLA-EST-04463
- LBS-PLA-EST-04463
- LBS-PLA-EST-e2334
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Drax Hall Estate
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Drax Hall Estate
In 1757 sugar production was 126 tons and rum 31 puncheons but by 1832 that had increased to 300 tons and 140 puncheons. In 1832 there were 275 enslaved people working at Drax Hall. As a coastal estate Drax Hall also produced pimento as a secondary crop. The increased productivity over the period was in part a result of improvement to the mill. There were several wind mills on the estate as well a
s a cattle mill. By the end of the eighteenth century a new water mill increased efficiency and is visible on the Robertson map of 1804. This was positioned in the centre of Drax Hall cane fields. The water was channeled from St. Ann Great River. The overseer's house was called Guildhall and was located towards the coast to the far side of the works - this building was plotted on the 1851 plan of
the estate. The 'negro grounds' were located in the same place in both the 1758 and 1851 plans - on the hilly margins of the estate, close to the provision grounds.The Sewell family later purchased Drax Hall Estate and today the property is in the hands of Drax Hall Limited, a subsidiary of the Gulf and Western Corporation.
18°25'59.419"N, 77°10'53.908"W
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18°26'7.296"N, 77°10'39.558"W
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