beach
Seven Mile Beach
Negril's legendary stretch of soft white sand lined with palm trees, reggae bars, and spectacular Caribbean sunsets.
29 km · about 35 min drive
Westmoreland, Jamaica · North America
Petersfield is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Savanna-la-Mar, 29km from Seven Mile Beach.
Petersfield is a town located in Westmoreland, Jamaica. With a population of 2,255, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Petersfield sits in Jamaica. It's in the America/Jamaica time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Petersfield to your route.
Petersfield is a small town in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. It shares its name with five other places in Jamaica.
The town was founded in the 18th century and named after Peter Beckford, a slave owner who settled the Roaring River Estate. Petersfield was a dormitory community for workers on that estate.
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of the town's main junction lies the neighborhood locally called "Carawina" which was the original name given to the plantation which predated it. According to an estate record proved in 1723, the original owner of the land that would be called Carawina was Rowland Williams of Glamorgan west of present-day Cardiff. The name "Carawina" given to the estate highly suggests its founders were of Welsh origin. Carawina appears to be the Anglicization of the Welsh name "Carwyn" which is a combination of the Welsh word caru "to love" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed." By 1764, John Wedderburn of Ballendean was listed as an associated owner of the estate. This is the same Wedderburn who was a litigant in the Knight v. Wedderburn court case.
Today Petersfield is a one street town with a community health centre at one end and a cemetery at the other. It is the home of many of the workers at the Frome Sugar Estate as well as many other business people with interests in the nearby coastal cities of Savannah La Mar, Negril and even Montego Bay to the North.
The reggae artist Winston Hubert McIntosh was born in Petersfield, and later on, when he lived in Jamaica's capital Kingston, he changed his name to Peter McIntosh (Peter Tosh).
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Petersfield is located in Westmoreland, Jamaica, North America. The coordinates are 18.2616 latitude, -78.0712 longitude.
Petersfield has a population of approximately 2,255 people, making it a town in Jamaica.
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beach
Negril's legendary stretch of soft white sand lined with palm trees, reggae bars, and spectacular Caribbean sunsets.
29 km · about 35 min drive
beach
A legendary stretch of white sand beach and dramatic cliffs with cliff jumping at Rick's Café, famous for Caribbean sunsets.
29 km · about 35 min drive
beach
Jamaica's premier resort destination with Doctor's Cave Beach, a hip strip of restaurants, and access to plantation house tours.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
A clifftop bar on Negril's West End where locals and visitors jump from 35 ft ledges into deep water and a banyan tree platform overhangs the drop. Built in 1974; the sunset crowd fills it nightly.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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