Harmans Estate Burying Ground in Saint Philips, Saint Philip

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Coordinates: 17.04915, -61.71953
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Vere Langford Oliver, The History of the Island of Antigua, Volume 2, 1896, page 66, writes of a private burial ground at "Harmans," St. Philip's Parish, which contains three vaults surrounded by a low wall near the road leading from Montpelier to Harmans. Two of the vaults contain inscriptions, and the third does not.

The old Harmans estate and the Montpelier estate adjacent south are both registered in the name of the Antigua Distillery Limited, with the cemetery belonging to the Harman Family by agreement (although this agreement does not appear on the land register). I entered the property with permission of the Antigua Distillery Limited in March 2024. The three vaults remain, although one has fallen apart and the ledger is lying partially on the ground. The cemetery is very overgrown, and contains a brass plaque dated June 1932 describing the restoration of the cemetery by Davidson Millington Harman. There are several other small monuments within the enclosure.