Hampstead Great House (also called Hampstead Estate or shortened to Hampstead) is attested in archival Jamaican sources dating back to at least 1730. Deeds and indentures (Caribbeana) reference a "George Townsend of Hampstead" and plantations in the parish of St David, establishing an 18th-century documentary presence. Jamaican wills and probate records mention parcels "at Hampstead," indicating recognized landholdings connected to named individuals. In 19th-century social history material, the estate is linked by personnel to Sligoville: a former Hampstead Estate headman, Henry Lunan, is identified in the supplied source as the first former slave to purchase land in Sligoville, situating Hampstead in the wider context of post-emancipation land purchase by formerly enslaved people. The sources provided are archival, legal, and encyclopedic; they corroborate Hampstead as a historical plantation/estate but do not provide information on current physical condition, accessibility, or preservation. No descriptions of violent incidents, disasters, folklore, or supernatural events associated with Hampstead Great House appear in the supplied material.
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- [1]Caribbeana - Deeds and Indentures Jamaica. "George Townsend of Hampstead, co. Midd, and Thomas and Mary Compere ... plantations in St. David in Jamaica. ... dated 1730." (Caribbeana - Deeds and Indentures Jamaica)other
- [2]Jamaican Wills - Clarke Kerr Law et al. "Gives to nephew Robert Law living on Swamps Estate in the Parish of St David Jamaica ... To my grandson Robert Ernest Bruce known as, George, I give and bequeath 7 Squares of land more or less at Hampstead..." (Jamaican Wills)other
- [3]Sligoville (Wikipedia excerpt). "the first former slave to purchase land in Sligoville was former Hampstead Estate headman Henry Lunan" (Sligoville Wikipedia excerpt)wiki