UCL

Walwyn's then Cooper's Hill

Barbados

Estate Details

Associated People (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1784 [LA] → Owner
William Blenman
1806 [EA] - 1813 [LA] → Seller
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl Harewood

Notes

This estate was sold in 1806 by Edward, 1st Earl of Harewood to Thomas Went in 1806, then repossessed and re-sold (reportedly to William Hinds Prescod) in 1813. The estate had belonged to the Blenman family and been seized by the Lascelles c. 1784. To date it has not been traced in either the Slave Registers or the compensation records.

Sources

Letter of attorney from Lord Harewood to Richard Cobham to sell Cooper Hill Estate 06/04/1813 https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.35465438