Barbados in a Nutshell - 2022 - EBook

72 caption caption caption caption Andrew Hulsmeier Andrew Hulsmeier Historic Churches of Barbados Sightseeing Limegrove Lifestyle Centre St. James Church PRC Bakery in Speightstown Speigh stown Centre, Sunset Mall and Chattel Village provide some superb vacation retail therapy. Just north of Holetown is the architectural gem of St. James Parish Church, which stands on one of the oldest parcels of consecrated land known as “God’s Acre”. Many of the original settlers and a number of prominent Barbadians were laid to rest in the church. The bell predates America’s Liberty Bell and bears the words “God Bless King William III” - dating from the seventeenth century. Tours are offered Monday to Thursday from 9am to 1pm but they ceased during the Covid pandemic. Next door is the Folkestone Marine Park, a government funded public facility with a protected snorkeling area. There is also a small marine museum with an aquarium and shop, a short boardwalk and a little seaside café. There’s a wonderful, salty charm to the small, quaint seaside town of Speightstown in St. Peter, the first major port and commercial centre of Barbados, with its historic buildings, waterfront boardwalk, colourful roadside vendors, fish market and charming cafés and eateries. Once known as Little Bristol because ships laden with sugar and other commodities left Speightstown bound for Bristol in England. A visit to Arlington House Museum (under renovations), gives an introduction to this old port town’s role