Boarded Hall, Barbados

	Boarded Hall, Barbados Boarded Hall is a small locality in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados. It is located about from the Grantley Adams International Airport. It takes its name from a sugar plantation owned by the Blackman family. The estate was the ancestral home of Sir George Harnage, 1st Baronet Sir George Harnage, 1st Baronet (1767–1836) was an English businessman and a director of the Bank of England. He was born George Blackman and changed his name in 1821 so that he could inherit the ancestral home of his wife, Mary (''née'' Harnage ... who lost the plantation to bankruptcy in 1823. References {{Barbados-geo-stub Populated places in Barbados ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christ Church, Barbados The parishes of Barbados, parish of Christ Church is one of eleven historic political divisions of Barbados. It has a land area of and is found at the southern end of the island. Christ Church has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir William Tufton. The parish contains the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport as well as the last remaining mangrove swamp in the country, the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Under Barbados's historic vestry, the main Christ Church Parish Church, parish church was originally seated near Dover. After it and the courtyard were destroyed by flood in 1669, the Church of England parish church, main parish church moved to Oistins, Christ Church, Barbados, Oistins area, becoming the main town and former Christ Church Parish Church, capital of the parish. The South Point Lighthouse is located in South Point, Christ Church, between Atlantic Shores and Green Garden, also in Christ Church. Another notable area o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Grantley Adams International Airport Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) is the international airport of Barbados, located in Seawell, Christ Church. It is the only designated port of entry for persons arriving and departing by air in Barbados and operates as one of the major gateways to the Eastern Caribbean. The airport has direct service to destinations in the United States, Canada, Central America and Europe. In 2016, the airport was the eighth-busiest airport in the Caribbean region and the third-busiest airport in the Lesser Antilles after Queen Beatrix International Airport on Aruba and Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport on Guadeloupe. GAIA, also remains an important air-link for cruise ship passengers departing and arriving at the Port of Bridgetown, and a base of operations for the Regional Security System (RSS), and the Regional (Caribbean) Police Training Centre. The airport's former name was ''Seawell Airport'' before being dedicated posthumously in honour of the first Premier of Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sir George Harnage, 1st Baronet Sir George Harnage, 1st Baronet (1767–1836) was an English businessman and a director of the Bank of England. He was born George Blackman and changed his name in 1821 so that he could inherit the ancestral home of his wife, Mary (''née'' Harnage). Career For many years he was a director of the Bank of England and a West India merchant. Following his bankruptcy on 15November 1823, his sudden appearance in ''The London Gazette'' "was like a thunderbolt to the mercantile world, where his credit had so long stood unimpeached." His place of business in Chatham Place, Blackfriars, London and his "elegant residence" in Harley Street, which contained one of the first libraries in London, were both sold. He also lost his plantation, Boarded Hall, on Barbados. There is a painting of Harnage by John Hoppner in the Bank of England Museum, London. Family Harnage was the son of John Lucie Blackman (d. 1797) a plantation owner in the West Indies and Mary Harnage. Her father, Henry Harnage ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]