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Church View, Saint George, Barbados
Church View is a village located in the province of Saint George, Barbados. Church View is located about 15km from Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The Cit .... It is surrounded by Boarded Hall, Pothouse and Gall Hill. References {{coord, 13, 11, N, 59, 30, W, display=title, region:BB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Barbados ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint George, Barbados
The parish of Saint George ("St. George") is located in the interior of Barbados. It is one of two land-locked parishes, the other being Saint Thomas to the north. A prominent landmark in the parish is Gun Hill Signal Station – one of the few remaining signal stations, dating back to 1818. Saint George borders six of the eleven other parishes, more than any other parish. Geography Populated places The parish contains the following towns, villages, localities, settlements, communities and hamlets: Parishes bordering Saint George * Christ Church – ''South'' * Saint John – ''Northeast'' *Saint Joseph – ''North'' *Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ... – ''West'' * Saint Philip – ''East'' * Saint Thomas – ''Northwest'' References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgetown
Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands at roughly 110,000. The ''Bridgetown'' port, found along Carlisle Bay (at ) lies on the southwestern coast of the island. Parts of the Greater Bridgetown area (as roughly defined by the Ring Road Bypass or more commonly known as the ABC Highway), sit close to the borders of the neighbouring parishes Christ Church and St. James. The Grantley Adams International Airport for Barbados, is located southeast of Bridgetown city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and the Caribbean. There is no longer a local municipal government, but it is a constituency of the national Parliament. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' Harnag ... who lost the plantation to bankruptcy in 1823. References {{Barbados-geo-stub Populated places in Barbados ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
