Olveston, Montserrat

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Olveston
Montserrat
Olveston House.jpg
Olveston House
Location
Location: 16°45’15"N, 62°13’39"W
Data
Population: 292  (2011)
Local Government

Olveston is a village on the west coast of the island of Montserrat, in the Parish of Saint Peter, which covers the north of the island.

The village was created as a plantation. Slavery had previously been universal in the island's plantations, but Joseph Sturge (1793–1859) bought this and one other plantation on Montserrat in order to demonstrate that it was unnecessary.

The Beatles record producer George Martin lived in Olveston House, which is in the town of Salem, and set up the renowned AIR Montserrat studios[1] nearby on Friths Road in 1979. The studio is now in ruins, after it was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1979, but Olveston House operates as a guest house.[2][3]

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