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Saint Lucy, Barbados

Field	Value
name	Saint Lucy
type	Parish
image_skyline	Saint Lucy, Barbados 008.jpg
image_caption	Ruins, Saint Lucy, Barbados
image_map	Map of Saint Lucy Parish, Barbados.png
mapsize	frameless
map_caption	Map of Barbados showing the Saint Lucy parish
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Barbados
area_total_km2	36
seat_type	Largest city
seat	Checker Hall
population_as_of	2010 census
population_total	9758
population_density_km2	auto
government_type	Parliamentary democracy
leader_title	Parliamentary seats
leader_name	1
iso_code	BB-07

The parish of St. Lucy is the northernmost 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.

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 cricketers; Charlie Griffith, Manny Martindale and Kemar Roach.

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

Main article: Geography of Barbados

Populated places

The parish contains the following villages and hamlets:

Alexandra
Allmans
Archers
Babbs
Benthams
Bishops
Bourbon
Bright Hall
Bromefield
Cave Hill - The community has three churches and a grocery store. It is near the coastal area located on the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean side of the island.
Chance Hall
Checker Hall
Church Hill
Clinketts
Cluffs
Coconut Hall
Connell Town
Content
Cottage
Crab Hill
Date Tree Hill
Durham
Flatfield
Fosters
Friendship
Fustic
Grape Hall
Grave Yard
Greenidges
Half Acre
Hannays
Harris
Harrisons
Hope
Husbands
Jemmotts
Josey Hill
Lamberts
Little Bay
Mount Gay
Mount Poyer
Mount View
Nesfield
Pie Corner
Retreat
River Bay
Rockfield
Rock Hall
Salmonds
Seaview
Spring Garden
Spring Hall
Trents
Upper Salmonds
Well Road

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

Saint Peter - South

Defined boundaries

With St. Peter: – Starting from a point on the seashore directly west of the junction of Highway IC and the public road leading from Shermans to Half Moon Fort, the line travels eastwards to the centre-line of the said road junction; then in a north-easterly direction along Highway 1C to its junction with the private (estate) road leading to Alleynedale Hall; then along this private road and diverting along the northern branch of this road so as to leave the plantation buildings in St. Peter to meet the public road called Highway A leading from Rose Hill to St. Lucy's Church; then northwards along Highway A to its junction with the public road called Luke Hill; then along this public road in a north-easterly and northerly direction to the junction with the unclassified road leading to Castle Plantation; then along this road in an easterly and south- easterly direction to a point opposite the monument (B.l) placed on the eastern side; then in a north-easterly direction along the line joining this point and another monument (13.2) situate on the western side of an unclassified road at Lamberts and to the centre line of the road; then along this road in a north- westerly and north-easterly direction to its junction with the public road leading from Lamberts to Graveyard; then along this public road in an easterly, north- easterly and northerly direction to its junction with the unclassified road leading to Boscobelle; then along this road in a north-easterly, south-easterly and north- easterly direction to the centre of the bridge situate at the point just before the road turns to a south-easterly direction; then in a north-easterly direction (30" 16') to the sea.

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.

Politics

Saint Lucy covers one geographical constituency for the House of Assembly:

Saint Lucy

References

[https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BB iso:code:3166:BB], International Organization for Standardization
(1986-10-16). "Barbados, Chapter 108: Parish Boundaries (1986-18)". The Barbados Parliament.
"Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) History 1950 - 2010". IUSS/CAESAR Alumni Association.
Commander Undersea Surveillance. "Naval Facility Barbados October 1957 - March 1979". U.S. Navy.

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