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Postal code Airport [10] Grantley Adams Int'l Airport Airport Service Rd. Seawell: Christ Church: BB16000 Bridgetown Cruise Terminal: Deep Water Harbour (Cheapside), Bridgetown: St. Michael: BB11000 Brittons Hill: Brittons Hill: St. Michael: BB14000 Parish Of Christ Church: Oistins: Christ Church: BB17000 Eagle Hall: President Kennedy Dr. Eagle ...
The parish of St. Michael is one of eleven parishes of Barbados.It has a land area of 39 km 2 (15 sq mi) and is found at the southwest portion of the island. Saint Michael has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir William Tufton.
Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) [2] 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".
ABC Highway with two mini buses close to the Sir Garfield Sobers roundabout. The ABC Highway is the main urban highway in Barbados.Opened in 1989, it is named after three famous Barbadian politicians: John Michael Geoffrey Manningham ("Tom") Adams, Errol Barrow, and Hugh Gordon Cummins.
The Wildey area of the Parish of Saint Michael located roughly 4 km east of Bridgetown, it lies on the border with the Parish of Christ Church. Normally a very busy area with the ABC Highway, Wildey is one of the main convergence points for vehicles travelling either towards the capital-city Bridgetown or towards points in northern Barbados. In ...
Highway 6 (H6): Bridgetown, St. Michael – Six Cross Roads, St. Philip Highway 7 (H7): Bridgetown, St. Michael – Charnocks, Christ Church (nearby Tom Adams Roundabout) Princess Alice Highway: Bridgetown – Fontabelle, St. Michael, via Harbour Road
Bayley, Herbert H, The Post Office in Barbados, Advocate Press, Bridgetown, 1933, 73pp Bayley, Edmund A, The Stamps of Barbados , 1989, 405pp Proud, Edward B, The Postal History of Barbados and Grenada , Proud-Bailey Co Ltd, April 2006, 335 pages, ISBN 1-872465-42-0
Speightstown was formally settled around 1630 and in the earliest days of settlement was Barbados's busiest port (AMS Seaport Code: 27213, -- UN/LOCODE: BB SPT [3]). Ships laden with sugar and other commodities left Speightstown bound directly for London and especially Bristol. For this reason Speightstown is sometimes known as Little Bristol.