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Five places in Essex have been included in a report looking at connections to slavery.

Historic Englands report was created by Dr Mary Wills and Dr Madge Dresser. Called the transatlantic slave economy and England’s built environment: a research audit’ it looks at the link between slavery and some buildings in England. Audley End is mentioned in the report due to its links to Richard Aldworth Neville who was Provost-Marshal of Jamaica. The house was inherited by Aldworth Neville in 1797. He had been appointed to the lucrative post of Provost-Marshal of Jamaica in 1762...

Historic Englands report was created by Dr Mary Wills and Dr Madge Dresser. Called the transatlantic slave economy and England’s built environment: a research audit’ it looks at the link between slavery and some buildings in England. Audley End is mentioned in the report due to its links to Richard Aldworth Neville who was Provost-Marshal of Jamaica. The house was inherited by Aldworth Neville in 1797. He had been appointed to the lucrative post of Provost-Marshal of Jamaica in 1762...

Five places in Essex have been included in a report looking at connections to slavery.

Five places in Essex have been included in a report looking at connections to slavery.