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Alverstoke is a village in the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England.It stretches east–west from Fort Blockhouse, Haslar to Browndown Battery, and is centred 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the shore of Stokes Bay and near the head of a creek which extends a mile westward from Portsmouth Harbour.
Name Population (2011) [1] Capital Other villages and towns Saint Thomas Lowland, Nevis : 2,069 Cotton Ground: Westbury; Barnes Ghaut; Jessup; Stuart's; Saint John Figtree, Nevis : 3,827
On 4 January 1819, he married Catherine Mulhollan at his home village of Alverstoke, Gosport, and was thereafter stationed in Ireland from March 1819 to December 1820, where at Greencastle, County Donegal, their first son Benjamin William Marlow was born in March 1820.
On 10 July 1835, Reverend James Phillippo, an English Baptist minister and anti-slavery activist stationed in Spanish Town, purchased 25 acres (10 ha) of land for £100 and established the first "free village" in the West Indies. [1] The land was subsequently divided into quarter-acre lots which the freed slaves could purchase for £3 each. [2]
The Anglican parish church of Saint George is located within the main village of Market Shop, and Gingerland also encompasses numerous other villages such as Chicken Stone, Zetlands and Zion. Gingerland is one of the most populous parishes on Nevis, primarily because the higher parts of the parish have fertile soil and good rainfall.
University of the West Indies Chapel, Clock towers. Half Way Tree Clock Tower; Public building. Buxton House, Mico College Campus; UWI Mona Campus; Lighthouses. Plumb Point Lighthouse; Natural sites. Hope Botanical Gardens, Old Hope Road; Rockfort Mineral Bath and Spa, Sir Florizel Glasspole Boulevard
At least one All-Star will be sidelined for the NBA's Christmas day showcase. The Phoenix Suns have ruled out guard Devin Booker for their Christmas nightcap against the Denver Nuggets. Booker ...
Charlestown is the capital of the island of Nevis in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. Charlestown is situated on the leeward side of the island of Nevis near the southern end of Pinney's Beach.