Parnassus Estate (Q494573)
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LBS-PLA-EST-05565
- LBS-PLA-EST-05565
- LBS-PLA-EST-e2921
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Parnassus Estate
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LBS-PLA-EST-05565
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Statements
Absentee-owned from 1759 when Henry Dawkins II migrated from Jamaica to Britain.The estate was 15 miles south of Friendship and Lucky Valley and was located on the flood plains of the Rio Minho. Higman notes that planter-historian Edward Long considered this part of Clarendon to be inferior to the upper parts of the parish. It was drier and less advantageous in terms of access to water supplies to
power the mills. Most of the southern plantations of Clarendon continued to rely on cattle and wind power to run the mills. Parnassus was dominated by flat land which facilitated cane growing although it lacked the heights required for water to gain enough force to drive a mill. There were 15 cane fields shown on a map by James Cradock in 1758. Alongside this there were small fields under pasture
around the works, gardens, stockyards, provision grounds, grass, waste lands and slave houses. There was also an area designated 'Land in possession of Free Negroes.'
17°55'37.016"N, 77°15'46.760"W
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17°55'45.847"N, 77°15'52.153"W
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17°55'49.033"N, 77°15'45.288"W
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