Half Tree Hollow
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Half Tree Hollow is the smallest by area of the eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a suburb of Jamestown and is situated at the top of Ladder Hill, which forms the southern side of the James Valley, at the base of which sits Jamestown. The hill was fortified in the late 1700s, and Ladder Hill Fort was subsequently built. The village grew during the 1960s because the James Valley lacked any room for expansion.
Description
The district is bounded by the contours of Ladder Hill and is essentially a flat plateau.[1]
Half Tree Hollow is the largest settlement in Saint Helena, with a population exceeding that of the territory's capital of Jamestown. Its population has fluctuated from 901 in 1998 to 1,140 in 2008[2] and 1,034 in 2021.[3]
History
Ladder Hill was initially known as Fort Hill, even though it was not initially fortified. It was first used by the
A funicular was built to connect Jamestown and the fort in 1829. The cars and rails were removed in 1871 and it was converted into a staircase, commonly known as Jacob's Ladder.[5]
References
- ^ "Half Tree Hollow". sainthelenaisland.info. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "PROVISIONAL RESULTS - POPULATION CENSUS 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "St Helena 2021 Population & Housing: Census Summary Report" (PDF). Census 2021. St Helena Statistics Office. p. 16. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Denholm, pp. 91–94
- ^ Azéma, Michel (16 November 2010). "(SH) St. Helena - Ladder Hill Railway (1829) - Funimag photoblog". Funimag photoblog. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
Bibliography
- Denholm, Ken. "South Atlantic Fortress" (PDF). Saint Helena Island Info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.