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Many dispossessed indigo, tobacco and cotton planters departed from Speightstown along with their slaves and helped found Charleston after there was a wholesale move to adopt sugar cane cultivation in Barbados; a land and labour-intensive enterprise which helped usher in the era of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in the British West Indies.
List of cricket grounds in the West Indies; Oistins; Parishes of Barbados; Parliament Buildings (Barbados) Saint Ann's Fort; Sandy Lane (resort) Speightstown; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Lesser Antilles; Template:Map of Barbados; Module:Location map/data/Barbados; Module:Location map/data/Barbados/doc
The location of Barbados An enlargeable relief map of Barbados. The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Barbados: Barbados – sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Caribbean's leading tourist destinations and is one of the most developed islands in the region.
The Needham's Point Lighthouse and Charles Fort are both located in Needham's Point, Saint Michael, behind the Hilton Barbados Resort. Under Barbados's historical vestry system, the main parish church (St Michael's Cathedral) is sited in St Michael's Row in Bridgetown. The cathedral replaced the former parish church that was located at the site ...
Leading up the hill from the cricket ground is the West Indies Cricket Walk of Fame, which leads up to the gravesites of Sir Frank Worrell and Sir Clyde Walcott. In the park opposite the University, there is a monument in the shape of a 'W' with busts of each of the famous 3Ws – Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes ...
It is located in the north of Barbados, and is the only parish besides Saint Lucy that extends from the east coast to the west. The Barbados "Platinum Coast," which extends through Saint Peter from the parish of Saint James just to the south, has helped to make Saint Peter a tourist hot spot. The parish is surrounded with white sand beaches ...
The iconic Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society building from Broad Street. For a city of its size, the Greater Bridgetown area is home to several prestigious educational institutions. The city serves as the seat of one of the three campuses of the University of the West Indies in the northern suburb of Cave Hill. The campus sits on a bluff ...
View of National Heroes Square, Bridgetown, Barbados, February 2007 The Cenotaph War Memorial and Lord Nelson's statue, November 2000. National Heroes Square, formerly Trafalgar Square, is located in Bridgetown, the capital and principal commercial centre of the island-nation of Barbados. The square lies along Upper Broad Street and is on the ...