Wednesday, December 09, 2009

James Churchward, Tea Planter

From another book scanned by Google, another important piece of information about the life of James Churchward.

1878 Ceylon Handbook and Directory
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As shown in these following extracts from the online addition, James Churchward was a Tea Planter in 1878 with two plantations, Hatherleigh & Okehampton. He owned (at least on paper), 925 acres and kept 380 acres under cultivation.