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This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Barbados. Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles , in the Americas . It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km 2 (167 sq mi).
Qonce, formerly King William's Town, [3] is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River. The town is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of the Indian Ocean port of East London. It has a population of around 35,000 inhabitants and forms part of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.
English place names in Barbados is a list of Barbadian place names that were originally place names in England later applied in Barbados by English emigrants and explorers. Barbados has been known for centuries as being the island in the West Indies that appears the most British.
William Sandford (1637–1691) was a colonist, planter, government official and militiaman. Born in an English enclave in The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , he also lived in Surinam , Barbados and East Jersey .
Coronation stamp, 1953. Monarchy in Barbados can trace its origins to the country's foundation as a colony, first of England, then as part of the British Empire.Barbados was claimed under King James I of England in 1625, though not colonised until 1627, when, in the name of King Charles I, Governor Charles Wolferstone established the first settlement on the island. [5]
Eighty English settlers, with ten African slaves (captured-at-sea) aboard the ship William and John land at St. James Town. (to 20 February) 25 February: English king Charles I gave Courten by Royal Letters Patent the proprietary ownership and title to various lands in the Southern Americas (which Courten applies towards claim of Barbados). 2 July
The Barbados Advocate: Consumer services Publishing Bridgetown: 1895 Newspaper P A The Daily Nation: Consumer services Publishing Bridgetown: 1973 Newspaper, part of ONE Caribbean Media (Trinidad and Tobago) P A Trans Island Air 2000: Consumer services Airlines Christ Church: 1982 Airline, defunct 2004 P D Voice of Barbados: Consumer services
Flag of the governor of Barbados (1870–1966) This article contains a list of viceroys in Barbados from its initial colonisation in 1627 by England until it achieved independence in 1966. From 1833 to 1885, Barbados was part of the colony of the Windward Islands, and the governor of Barbados represented the monarch in all the Windward Islands ...