Saint Lucy, Barbados

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Saint Lucy
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Ruins, Saint Lucy, Barbados
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Map of Barbados showing the Saint Lucy parish
Coordinates: 13°18′N59°37′W / 13.300°N 59.617°W / 13.300; -59.617
Country Barbados
Largest city Checker Hall
Government
  Type Parliamentary democracy
   Parliamentary  seats1
Area
  Total
36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 census)
  Total
9,758
  Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code BB-07 [1]
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Blowhole, St. Lucy parish coast.

The parish of Saint Lucy ("St. Lucy") is the northernmost area in the country of Barbados. Saint Lucy is the only parish of Barbados out of the eleven to be named after a female patron saint, Saint Lucy of Syracuse. Saint Lucy's shape also resembles a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, east and west. The Harrison Point Lighthouse is located in Harrisons, Saint Lucy between Great Head and Norse's Bay, also in Saint Lucy. To the south lies the neighbouring Parish of Saint Peter.

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Saint Lucy is the most distant part of Barbados from the capital city Bridgetown, located in the parish of Saint Michael or Grantley Adams International Airport in Christ Church. Saint Lucy remains one of the less populated parts of the island because of its remote location.

The closest major town to Saint Lucy in Barbados is Speightstown located in the parish of Saint Peter.

Saint Lucy is the birthplace of Barbados's first Prime Minister, Errol Barrow. It is also the birthplace of two cricketers; Charlie Griffith and Manny Martindale.

The historic Parish church St. Lucy is located in the center of the parish, near Nesfield. There is a second Anglican church, St. Swithun's at Greenidge, and a third one, St. Clement's, near Lowlands.

Geography

Populated places

The parish contains the following villages and hamlets:

Smaller settlements are Avis Town, Blacksage Alley, Free Hill, Friendly Hall, Half Moon Fort, Maycock, Mount Gilboa, Pickerings, Roaches, Shermans, Sutherland and Swampy Town.

The police station and the cricket ground are situated in Crab Hill, the post office is in Benthams. There are four Primary Schools, at Clinkett (West), Content (North), Lowland (East) and Trent (Central). The Daryll Jordan Secondary School is in Trents too.

Parishes bordering Saint Lucy

Defined boundaries

Historical Use

Saint Lucy was the location of a United States Naval Facility (NAVFAC), a shore terminal of the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS), adjacent to the Harrison Point Lighthouse. NAVFAC Barbados was in commission 1 October 1957 to 31 March 1979. The Barbados array made undersea surveillance history on 6 July 1962 when it made the first detection of a Soviet nuclear submarine that was transiting off the coast of Norway entering the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) gap. [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. iso:code:3166:BB, International Organization for Standardization
  2. "Barbados, Chapter 108: Parish Boundaries (1986-18)". The Barbados Parliament. 1986-10-16. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  3. "Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) History 1950 - 2010". IUSS/CAESAR Alumni Association. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. Commander Undersea Surveillance. "Naval Facility Barbados October 1957 - March 1979". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2020.