Constant Spring, Jamaica

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Constant Spring is a residential neighbourhood in the north of Kingston, Jamaica.

Constant Spring plantation

Constant Spring plantation was one of the Regimental Plantations. It was developed by Lt.-Colonel Henry Archibold during the military occupation following the English invasion of Jamaica. Commander William Brayne described it as "one of the best plantations in the island".{{cite web |last1=Otremba |first1=Eric |title=Enlightened Institutions: Science, Plantations, and Slavery in the English Atlantic, 1626-1700 |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/138897/Otremba_umn_0130E_12953.pdf%3Bsequence=1 |website=University Digital Conservancy |publisher=University of Minnesota |date=2012}}{{rp|136}}

Popular culture

Constant Spring is referred to in a string of mid-1970s songs, Trinity's "Three Piece Suit", Lee Perry and Junior Dread's "Sufferer's Heights", and Althea and Donna's "Uptown Top Ranking".

References

Category:Neighbourhoods in Kingston, Jamaica

Category:Populated places in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica