Bencoolen
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| Coordinates: | -3.8, 102.25 |
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| Place Name: | Benkulen City |
| State/Province: | Benkulen |
| Country: | Indonesia |
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A settlement originally estalished in 1685 by the East India Company on the south side of the island of Sumatra, following the expulsion of the EIC from Bantam by the Dutch. In 1714, the EIC built Fort Marlborough to protect its interests.
In 1825, the EIC exchanged Benkulen with the Dutch for Malacca which was more strategically useful to the British. Benkulen remained a Dutch possession until after World War 2.
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Bengkulu
Variants: Benkulen, Bencoolen
Records
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. Fort Marlborough [Bencoolen, Sumatra] 1759-1825, British Library reference IOR N/7. The LDS film of this data is 498606 which has been transcribed on the LDS website.Select the IGI Search and enter Area Asia and batch no C310011 and all the records for Bencoolen on film 498606 will be shown.
Books
- Bencoolen: The Christian Cemetery and the Fort Marlborough Monuments by Alan Harfield 1985. A BACSA publication
- Bencoolen: A History on the Honourable East India Company's Garrison on the West Coast of Sumatra 1685-1825 by Alan Harfield 1995 is available at the British Library. Read about the book
External links
'Benkulen', The British Empire.
'Bengkulu', Wikipedia.
Website The British in West Sumatra 1770-1824: Bencoolen, Fort Marlborough.
Article in the Asiatic Journal, Volume 13, January-June 1822. A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East India Company’s Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East and of the Causes by which those Endeavours have been Frustrated. Section 1 Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Eastern Islands, etc . pages 1-11. Other Sections page 11, page 105, page 209