Roxborough
Roxborough is a former estate and now a small community south of Mandeville in Manchester, Jamaica. It was the birthplace of Jamaican National Hero and politician Norman Washington Manley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: small rural community in Manchester, Jamaica
- Also known as: “Roxborough, Manchester”, “Roxbro”, and “Roxbrough”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porus and Mandeville.
Porus
Village
Photo: IchHier--15er, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porous is a village in Clarendon, Jamaica, that overlooks a plain to the south, with hills behind it to the north. A tributary of the Rio Minho runs parallel to the main road, helping to keep the atmosphere cool. Porus is situated 6 km northeast of Roxborough.
Mandeville
Mandeville is in Middlesex County, Jamaica. The town boasts no fewer than 14 shopping centres, two hospitals, medical centres and many doctors. Next to Kingston, it provides the best medical services in the island, a major asset for tourism development.
Clarendon Park
Village
Clarendon Park is a settlement in Clarendon Parish in south-central Jamaica. It is the birthplace of Sandie Richards, a track and field bronze medal winner at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Clarendon Park is situated 9 km east of Roxborough.
Roxborough
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Porus, Manchester, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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In Other Languages
“Roxborough” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Roxborough, Manchester”
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