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Originally called Bread and Cheese Cove, the cove was renamed for the Rev. John Inglis, an Anglican bishop who toured Newfoundland in 1827 after it became part of his diocese. Early family names in the area include "Smith", "Barrett" and several variations of "Menchions", with possible claims to the land going back as early as 1625.
Harold Matthew Barrett (September 4, 1935 – December 4, 2018) was a Canadian marine insurance executive and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1989.
City of St. John's after the great fire of 1892; the double steeples of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist are visible on the far hill. The Great Fire of 8 July 1892 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is remembered as the worst disaster ever to befall that city. [1] Previous "Great Fires" had occurred in St. John's, during 1819 and 1846 ...
St. John's is home to North America's oldest annual sporting event, the Royal St. John's Regatta, which dates back to at least 1816. The event is important enough in the life of the city that the day of the Regatta (the first Wednesday in August, weather permitting) is a civic holiday – one of the few weather-dependent holidays in the world.
James Rendell (son of Charles Sr) moved to East Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked as a blacksmith, machinist, and businessman, and where he married Rebecca Rendell (née Pugh) of King's Road, St. John's on December 10, 1892. [10] Some of the Rendell blacksmiths went to Gander to work on the building of the airport and town in the 1940s. [11]
Although St. John's has been inhabited since the 16th century, there remain very few buildings constructed before 1820. Starting in 1764 the Governor of Newfoundland, Hugh Palliser imposed restrictions on the construction of homes in St. John's to discourage permanent settlement. These restrictions remained in place until 1820.
St. John's NL 47°33′44″N 52°42′36″W / 47.5621°N 52.7099°W / 47.5621; -52.7099 ( Yellow Belly Corner Municipal Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador ( 5341 ),
The cemetery is the final resting place of poets Margaret Peace [11] and Isabella Whiteford Rogerson, [12] as well as early social activist Mary Mann Pitts. [13]Also buried in the cemetery is Patrick Tasker, a Scottish immigrant who was involved in community life and instrumental in setting up both freemasonry and a public health board in St. John's.