Southfield, Jamaica

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Southfield is a farming town ^[5] on the southern ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains^[6] in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.^[7][8]

History

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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.^[9] By 1922 this had been renamed Southfield Pen.^[10]

In 1995, the Great House featured in a program shown on Jamaican National Television.^[9]

In 2018, the Village turned into a Town and Southfield Town has 4,370 people live in 1,120 Households.

Amenities

Southfield has two 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 and a pharmacy.^[11]

There is also a school, Mayfield All Age School, a public library^[12] and two churches.^[1][2]

Notable residents

• Dr Robert Trivers, professor of anthropology and biological sciences at Rutgers University.^[13]
• Mabel Bent, early 20th century business woman.^[14]

References