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Warwick Parish is one of the nine parishes of
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. It is named after
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (5 June 158719 April 1658), Lord of the Manor of Hunningham,Hunningham, in A History of the County of Warwick: Vol. 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 117–120. was an English colonial adm ...
(1587-1658). It is located in the central south of the island chain, occupying part of the main island to the southeast of the
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, the large expanse of water which dominates the geography of western Bermuda, and also a number of islands which lie within that sound. It is joined to Southampton Parish in the southwest, and to
Paget Parish Paget Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named for William Paget, 4th Baron Paget de Beaudesert (1572–1629). The parish is located in the central south of the island chain, immediately south of Hamilton Harbor on t ...
in the northeast. As with most of Bermuda's parishes, it covers just over 2.3 square miles (about 6.0 km² or 1500 acres). It had a population of 9,002 in 2016. Natural features in Warwick include Warwick Long Bay, Riddell's Bay, Darrell's Island, Hawkins Island,
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, and Marshall's Island. Hinson's Island, once part of Warwick, is now part of Paget Parish. The parish also contains Warwick Camp, the former rifle ranges of the Imperial military garrison, which is, today, the home of the
Bermuda Regiment The Royal Bermuda Regiment (RBR), formerly the Bermuda Regiment, is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is a single territorial infantry battalion that was formed on the amalgamation in 1965 of two originally ...
, and most of which doubles as parkland (and the territory of which includes Warwick Long Bay, Horseshoe Bay, and the smaller beaches between). Christ Church on Middle Road, Warwick is one of the world's oldest
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churches outside of Europe. It was founded in 1719 and is part of the
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. Warwick Pond was designated a
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PHC Zebras The Pembroke Hamilton Club Zebras is a Bermuda, Bermudian association football, football club who participate in the Bermudian Premier Division. They play their home games on PHC Field at "Stadium Lane", which was reopened in 2015 after 17 year ...
football club returned to PHC Field in 2015 after 17 years. It was named Warwick Stadium when it hosted its first match in the Bermuda Football Union.


Education

Schools in the parish include: * Warwick Preschool * Purvis Primary School * T.N. Tatem Middle SchoolHome
T.N. Tatem Middle School. Retrieved on September 14, 2016. *
Warwick Academy Warwick Academy is the oldest school in Bermuda, established in about 1659. It is located in Warwick Parish. It was named after the English colonial administrator Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, who gave the original land. Its first Schoolmas ...
(private school)


Notable people

*
Francis Landey Patton Francis Landey Patton (January 22, 1843 – November 25, 1932) was a Bermudan-American educator, Presbyterian minister, academic administrator, and theologian, and served as the twelfth president of Princeton University. Background, 1843–1871 ...
(1843 – 1932) Born and schooled in Warwick Parish. Presbyterian minister who went on to become president of what is today Princeton University (1888-1902). *
William Alexander Scott William Alexander Scott (born 1940) is a politician in Bermuda who is the MP for the Warwick South East constituency. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as the Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party (PLP). Early life The so ...
CBE JP (born 1940 in Bermuda) is a politician in Bermuda who is the MP for the Warwick South East constituency. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as the Premier of Bermuda *
Dale Russell Dale Alan Russell (27 December 1937 – 21 December 2019) was an American-Canadian geologist and palaeontologist. Throughout his career Russell worked as the Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Research Professor a ...
(born 1955 in Warwick Parish) is a U.S. retired soccer forward who played in the North American Soccer League *
Marco Warren Marco Warren (13 December 1993 – 14 May 2023) was a Bermudian footballer who played as a midfielder. He capped for the Bermuda national team. Career Marco Warren was born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda. He started his career at Flagler College, ...
(born 1993 in Warwick Parish) is a Bermudian footballer who plays as a midfielder for PHC Zebras


See also

* St. Anthony's Church


References


External links


Bermuda OnlineChrist Church, Warwick (Church of Scotland)
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