La Penitence Road, Georgetown

La Penitence Road is a section of the Georgetown street network that passes infront of the La Penitence Market. This entire area was plantation La Penitence once owned by Pierre Louis de Saffon from which Saffon street got its name. La Penitence means "state of feeling sorrow or regret" and comes from the story that de Saffon killed his brother in France and fled to Demerara in a state of sorrow. Punt Trench dam separated Plantation La Penitence from Plantation Albouys (from which the name Albouystown was derived).

Image 01 - La Penitence Road people and traffic (1910)

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