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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/20455-20790
TitleTurners Hall Sugar Plantation, Barbados
Date1721-1889
Extent336 items
LevelSubSubFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorTurners Hall sugar plantation, Barbados
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Administrative HistoryThe plantation at Turners Hall, in the parish of St Andrew, Barbados, dates back to at least 1668, when John Turner sold half of a 421 acre plantation to his stepson, Abel Alleyne. In 1746, Elizabeth Alleyne, the widow of Colonel Abel Alleyne, bequeathed the plantation to her niece, Mary Fitzherbert (c1721-1753), eldest daughter of Littleton Poyntz Meynell of Bradley and wife of William FitzHerbert (1712-1772). Members of the Alleyne family remained involved with the estate and appear to have acted as attorneys on behalf of the FitzHerberts.

Number of enslaved people on the estate:
1759 - 138 (45 men, 48 women, 27 boys, 18 girls) (D239/M/E/20751)
1804 - 176 (Barbados Department of Archives levy book RB9/3/7)
1817 - 137 (The National Archives slave register T71/522)
1823 - 138 (The National Archives slave register T71/530)
1826 - 194 (The National Archives slave register T71/537)
1829 - 174 (The National Archives slave register T71/543)
1832 - 147 (The National Archives slave register T71/550)
Administrative History SourcesLegacies of British Slavery website (www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/)
TermSugar plantations
Archivist NoteDate amended from 1739-1856 to reflect the covering dates of the records in this series, 18 July 2023, BS.
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
BarbadosCountry
Turners Hall PlantationSettlement
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