North Sound

North Sound is a settlement, former plantation, and former division in Antigua and Barbuda.

In 1725, the Division of North Sound was split into the Division of Old North Sound, and the Division of New North Sound, which became the Parish of Saint George.[1]

History

Plantation ownership history[2]
  • 1700 William Thomas (d.1718)
  • 1718 Hon. Geo. Thomas (d.1774)
  • 1736 Dr. Walter Tullideph (1736–1754)
  • 1777 Sir George Thomas (1748–1815)
  • 1780 William G. Thomas
  • 1829 Sir Geo. Thomas, Bart (662 acres – 295 slaves)
  • 1852 Sir Geo. Thomas, Bart. (602 acres)
  • 1860 George Estridge
  • 1870 Ms. Estridge
  • 1883 Heirs of Shand
  • 1891 George Estridge 1872
  • 1921 T DuBuisson & GM & AM Moody-Stuart
  • 1933 Camacho map
  • 1943 Antigua Syndicate Estates Ltd. - 400 acres estate
  • 1968 Government of Antigua and Barbuda – Crown Land

Points of interest

References
  1. The Laws of the Island of Antigua: Consisting of the Acts of the Leeward Islands, Commencing 8. Novem. 1690 Ending 21. April 1798, and the Acts of Antigua Commencing 10. April 1668, Ending 7. May 1804 : with Prefixed to Each Volume, Analytical Tables of the Titles of the Acts, and at the End of the Whole, a Copious Digested Index. Bagster. 1805.
  2. "North Sound (Thomas's Hill/Col. Thomas North Sound Plantation) – Antigua Sugar Mills". Retrieved 2023-01-22.


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