Speightstown
Sign in to saveSpeightstown (), also known as Little Bristol, is the second largest town in Barbados. It is situated north of the capital city of Bridgetown, in the northern parish of Saint Peter.
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- Settlement.image_caption
- Causal view of Queen's Street, Speightstown
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Barbados
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Barbados
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Saint Peter
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 11
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 3634
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.website
- Official website
- Settlement.name
- Speightstown
- Settlement.type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Speightstownbds.JPG
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2192
- Elevation
- 11
- Official website
- www.barbados.org/spght.htm
- Image
- Speightstownbds.JPG
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- Speightstown
- inception
- 1630-00-00
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Speightstown (), also known as Little Bristol, is the second largest town in Barbados. It is situated north of the capital city of Bridgetown, in the northern parish of Saint Peter.
The area is named after William Speight, a member of Barbados' first Assembly during the Settlement years, and the former owner of the land where the town is located.
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