Parishes of Barbados

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The country of Barbados is currently subdivided into administrative sub-regions known as parishes. The areas are called "parishes" because of the island's religious Anglican history. The differing sizes and shape of each parish were primarily influenced by the mega plantation estates of cotton, sugar cane and tobacco that previously existed during the colonial years of Barbados.

By 1629, these English settlements after landing at James Town formed six original parishes on the island which were:

In 1645, the land holding of Barbados increased and the shape of the original six were reconfigured giving-way to an additional five parishes.

This wound-up with Barbados being converted into the current eleven parishes of today. As was common under the British system, each Parish had a single main parishional church or cathedral that acted as a sort of capital for each parish. Additionally, these areas held their own Local Government Councils until these councils were abolished in 1967.

Map of the parishes of Barbados in alphabetical order

The nation's capital Bridgetown, which is located within the parish of Saint Michael may one day be made into its own district. Within the country, travel is unrestricted to everyone in moving about from parish-to-parish. With the rise of urban-sprawl and new construction projects across the country many neighbourhoods and even parishional border-lines today are ill defined.

The eleven parishes are:

  1. Christ Church
  2. Saint Andrew
  3. Saint George
  4. Saint James
  5. Saint John
  6. Saint Joseph
  7. Saint Lucy
  8. Saint Michael
  9. Saint Peter
  10. Saint Philip
  11. Saint Thomas

For further information on the places of interest within each parish, see accessbarbados.com

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