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Saint Philip is a parish of Barbados at the easternmost end of the island. Saint Philip’s Parish Church was built as the Anglican parish church in 1640. [2]St. Philip has the largest land area of the 11 parishes of Barbados and has a relatively flat 'close to sea-level' terrain.
The village has several amenities, including a post office, Knight's Pharmacy store, Emerald City Supermarket, Shell petrol, BNB (Barbados national bank), Chickmont foods store, and a Chefette. There are several sections and residential subdivisions, including Blades, Hampton, Highland, Kirtons, and Four Roads.
Church Village is a village in the parish of Saint Philip in Barbados. Saint Philip's Parish Church is located in the village. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Indar Weir, Labour Party member and Minister for Agriculture and Food Security (as of October 2020) grew up in Church Village.
Brereton is named for John Brereton, who traveled to Barbados in 1654. Brereton is situated nearby to Bentleys , which is in Christ Church Parish , and to the west of Six Cross Roads . 13°07′N 59°30′W / 13.117°N 59.500°W / 13.117; -
Barbados has one of the world’s oldest postal services. In 1663, during the reign of Charles II, England’s imperial Post Office established a packet agency on the island. Barbados was the second territory in the British West Indies to establish an inland post service by an Act of Parliament.
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
The Parish of St. Philip. Thus Barbados was converted into the current eleven parishes of today corresponding to the earlier church parishes. As was common under the British system, each parish had a single main parishional church (or cathedral in the case of Bridgetown having been elevated to city status), which acted as a sort of capital for ...
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).