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Saint John (local council)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Gouyave from the South, Grenada, 1890 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/17
Scope and Contents

315 x 220 mm. Another view of Gouyave, or Charlotte Town, showing the houses on the water front and the 'fine jetty' mentioned in Drayton (1896), p.66.

Dates: 1890 - 1893
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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Gouyave, or Charlotte Town, Grenada, 1890 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/7
Scope and Contents 317 x 217 mm. A view looking down on Charlotte Town, with the sea beyond : 'Charlotte Town or Gouyave (population in 1891, 2 225) is built on the shore of an open roadstead on the west coast of the island, about twelve miles to the north of St George's by road. There is a fine jetty, with a commodius block of public buildings at its shore end (!), two churches, a telephone exchange, and a water supply, which, however, is not in full working order at the present time, but extensive repairs...
Dates: 1890 - 1893
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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Reservoir at Palmiste Est., Grenada, 1890 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/18
Scope and Contents

286 x 229 mm. A view looking across the reservoir on the Palmiste Estate, with a man standing on the damming wall in the foreground. The Palmiste Estate, 460 acres in size and used for farming cocoa, lies in the parish of St John's, north of St George's.

Dates: 1890 - 1893
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).