Petersfield
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,050 residents
- Description: hamlet in Westmoreland, Jamaica
- Also known as: “Petersfield, Jamaica”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Savanna-la-Mar and Frome.
Savanna-la-Mar
Town
Photo: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Savanna-la-Mar is the chief town and capital of Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. A coastal town, it contains an 18th-century fort constructed for colonial defence against pirates in the Caribbean. Savanna-la-Mar is situated 8 km southwest of Petersfield.
Frome
Town
Frome is a small village centered on the sugar mill of the eponymous estate in Westmoreland, Jamaica. Frome is situated 10 km west of Petersfield.
Petersfield
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Petersfield, Westmoreland, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.26257° or 18° 15′ 45″ northLongitude
-78.07143° or 78° 4′ 17″ westPopulation
2,050Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)Open location code
77C37W7H+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 3951676019OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3489062Wikidata ID
Q27119534
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Petersfield” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Petersfield”
- Dutch: “Petersfield, Jamaica”
- Dutch: “Petersfield”
- Greek: “Πίτερσφιλντ”
- Irish: “Petersfield”
- Swedish: “Petersfield, Jamaica”
- Swedish: “Petersfield”
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Highlights include Maross Playground and Roaring River Cave Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Petersfield”. Photo: papushin, CC BY-SA 2.0.