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Holetown (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Tercentenary monument, Holetown, St James, Barbados, 1905

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072A/1
Scope and Contents

148 x 198 mm. A view of the monument erected in 1905 to celebrate the first English landing in Barbados three hundred years before from the ship 'Olive Blossom.' 'They erected a cross and inscribed on a tree the words 'James K of E and this island' thus constituting possession for the crown in whose uninterrupted possession this island has remained' (part of inscription on monument).

Dates: 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Hole, Holetown, St James, Barbados : place of landing of first settlers (1605), 1905

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072A/12
Scope and Contents

Showing the small bay with the open sea beyond where the passengers from the 'Olive Blossom' landed in 1605.

Dates: 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).