Southfield, Jamaica

Southfield, Jamaica
Village
Southfield, Jamaica
Coordinates: 17°52′50″N 77°40′25″W / 17.8805°N 77.6735°W / 17.8805; -77.6735Coordinates: 17°52′50″N 77°40′25″W / 17.8805°N 77.6735°W / 17.8805; -77.6735[1][2]
Country Jamaica
Parish St Elizabeth
Elevation[3] 568 m (1,863 ft)
Population [4]
 • Estimate (2009) 2,623
Time zone EST (UTC-5)

Southfield is a village and farming community[5] on the southern ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains[6] in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.[7] It is the site of the Mannings Boys Home.[8][9]

History

Southfield was originally the site of a plantation. This, together with its Great House was well established by 1796 when Andrew Bromfield was listed as the proprietor with 80 African slaves.[10] By 1922 this had been renamed Southfield Pen.[11]

In 1995, the Great House featured in a program shown on Jamaican National Television.[10] This can be watched at.[12]

Amenities

Southfield has 2 hardware stores one of which is owned and operated by the Parchment family. a Petcom gas station owned by the Gayle family,many churches including Southfield Seventh-Day Adventist church which was the first Seventh Day Adventist Church in the region. It also has many shops, a supermarket & a pharmacy.The[13]

There is also a school, Mayfield All Age School,a public library[14] and two churches.[1][2]

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet E, 1958.
  2. 1 2 "Wikimapia". Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Southfield, Jamaica Page". Falling Rain Genomics Inc. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Southfield". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  5. ↑ Grindley, Latoya (25 March 2008). "Carrots in the 'breadbasket'". Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "ST. ELIZABETH, JAMAICA". Washington, DC 20045: Adventures Great and Small. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Southfield Map – Satellite Images of Southfield". maplandia.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Lois Samuels' the Vessel for CFW". Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  9. ↑ Samuels, Lois. "THE MANNINGS BOYS HOME". Lois Samuels. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  10. 1 2 Hodgson, Robert Roy. "Southfield Great House". southfieldhodgsons.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  11. ↑ Hodgson, Robert Roy. "Edward Hugh Hodgson". southfieldhodgsons.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  12. ↑ http://www.southfieldhodgsons.com/video2.html
  13. ↑ Finlason, Gladys. "Button Bay Beach Getaway". Treasure Beach, Jamaica: .buttonbayjamaica.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  14. ↑ http://www.jamaicateachers.org.jm/about/aboutus_off.asp
  15. ↑ "Jamaican-born scientist gets top award". Jamaica Gleaner. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  16. ↑ Hodgson, Robert. "Mabel Victoria Bent". southfieldhodgsons.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
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