Mavis Bank is a rural

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farming community approximately north east of

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in east rural

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in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of

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.UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet L, 1967. The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee (named after Mavisbank House an historic house in

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) which has been owned by the Munn family for many years, and is the main employer in the area. One of the coffees produced by the estate is

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. Close to the west south west is a summit of the same name on which stands a tertiary

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{{Settlements in Jamaica Populated places in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica