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unusual facts about Portugal Cove-St. Philip's


Barbara Pratt

Barbara Pratt (formerly Pratt Wangersky) (born 1963) is a Canadian painter based in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Newfoundland.


Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Tug Mosher pushed a fire raft against the flagship USS Hartford, and was rewarded for her daring by a broadside from the latter that sent her to the bottom.

Es Castell

The town was founded in 1771 by British Col. Patrick Mackellar and was originally called Georgetown in honour of King George III, however it takes its current name from the large fort nearby, known to the British as St. Philip's Castle.

Fort Sumter Range Lights

The original front light was built at Fort Sumter and the original rear light was in the steeple of St. Philip's Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Gun Hill Signal Station

When the signal stations were established in 1818–1819, it became the key link in the chain, passing signals from Highgate east to Moncrieffe on the cliffs of the St. John/St. Philip border, and north to the Cotton Tower, Grenade Hall and Dover Fort (and vice versa).

Hilda Chaulk Murray

Teaching has always been Mrs. Murray's vocation; having received her B.A.(Ed) in 1954, Miss Chaulk taught in Norris Point (1954–1955), Portugal Cove (1955–1959) and Gander (1959–1963).

HM Prison

The title of HM Prison is given to Dodds Prison in St. Philip, and the former Glendairy Prison in Station Hill, St. Michael.

James B. Chandler

In the April 1862 Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Richmond fought Confederate ships in the Mississippi and passed artillery batteries at Chalmette, Louisiana, leading to the capture of New Orleans.

Johnson K. Duncan

He commanded Forts Jackson and St. Philip at the time of their capture by Admiral David Farragut on April 25, 1862, and became a prisoner of war.

Kösem Sultan

Mansel, Philip (1995), Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453–1924; New York: St. Martin's Press.

La gazzetta

Gossett, Philip, Essay in the booklet accompanying the recording of Il Turco in Italia (1991), with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner.

Nicholas Fish II

Fish was buried at Saint Philip's Church Cemetery in Garrison, New York.

Peter Williams, Jr.

In 1818, with the blessings of the prominent white Episcopal minister Rev. Thomas Lyell, Williams organized a black Episcopal congregation, which identified as St. Philip's African Church.

Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York

Haigh, Philip From Wakefield to Towton Pen and Sword Books 2002 ISBN 0-85052-825-9

River Defense Fleet

The conversion process for the cottonclads reached completion in the month of 16 March to 17 April 1862, which was coincidentally just the time that the Union fleet under Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut began its buildup in the lower river, as they prepared for the attack on New Orleans.

St. Philip's Church in the Highlands

The new complex was possibly named St. Philip's in honor of the Philipse family, original patentees of the area and Robinson's in-laws.

The wardens, Beverley Robinson and Charles Moore, decided to establish a parish to the north, in the area known as Four Corners, to serve families in that area.

St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street

St. Philip's Church was created out of the parish of St. Luke's Church, Nottingham.

St. Philip's Episcopal Church

St. Philip's Church Ruins, Brunswick Town, Norh Carolina, listed on the NRHP in Brunswick County

The Regent's School Pattaya

The school was formally inducted into Round Square at St. Philip's College in Alice Springs, Australia, where the 2001 International Round Square Conference was hosted.

The Scope

Each month 23,000 copies are distributed across the St. John's metropolitan area (including Torbay, Mount Pearl, CBS, Paradise, and Portugal Cove-St. Philips).

Victoria Square, Birmingham

It is a short walk from St. Philip's Cathedral on Colmore Row and is on the main pedestrian route between the Bull Ring and Brindleyplace areas.

William J. U. Philip

In London as Director of Ministry for the Proclamation Trust (which runs the Cornhill Training Course), he oversaw major improvements in branding, resources and publicity, as well as forming a good friendship with Dick Lucas, former Rector of St Helen's Bishopsgate.


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