UCL

York Valley

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (5)

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
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
John Laidlaw
1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
Dugald Stewart Laidlaw
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
James Laing
1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
John Laidlaw
1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
Dugald Stewart Laidlaw

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 321 (York Valley)
£1,188 0S 2D

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 88(Tot) 47(F) 41(M)  
[Name] York Valley Estate  
 

Returned by Francis Rainsford, manager for an unnamed owner. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Joseph.

 
T71/340 314-317
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 72(Tot) 40(F) 32(M)  
[Name] York Valley  
 

Returned by John Laidlaw, attorney of an unnamed owner. St. Joseph.

 
T71/351 228
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot) 35(F) 28(M)  
[Name] York Valley Estate  
 

Return of an unnamed owner; returned by John Laidlaw as attorney. The decrease list shows the assumed cause of death of the enslaved people listed. St. Joseph.

 
T71/358 173
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 71(Tot) 35(F) 36(M)  
[Name] York Valley  
 

Returned by D S Laidlaw, attorney of Jas. Laing, owner; 14 enslaved people were transferred from Laing's Good Hope Estate in St. Davids . St. Joseph.

 
T71/360 149-150
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot) 36(F) 26(M)  
[Name] York Valley  
 

Returned by John Laidlaw attorney of James Laing Esq., owner; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Joseph.

 
T71/362 330 - 332
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot) 36(F) 27(M)  
[Name] York Valley Estate  
 

Returned by Dugald S. Laidlaw, attorney for an unnamed owner. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Joseph.

 
T71/363 135-136