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9 unusual facts about Devonshire Parish


Beach volleyball at the 2013 Island Games

Beach volleyball, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the National Sports Center (North Field) in Devonshire Parish.

Devonshire Parish

Other notable features of Devonshire include Devonshire Dock, Fort Langton, Fort Devonshire, the Bermuda National Stadium, the Arboretum, the Bermuda Equestrian Centre, Remnants of the British Army Headquarters, the Old Devonshire Church, the Gibbon's Nature reserves, Palm Grove Gardens, Ocean View Golf Course, and a Museum of the Old Elliot School.

It is located in the centre of the territory, close to the junction between the main part of the main island and the peninsula containing the capital, Hamilton, and Pembroke Parish (to which it is joined in the west).

Devonshire Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda.

Squash at the 2013 Island Games

Squash, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the Bermuda Squash Racquets Association in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda.

Swimming at the 2013 Island Games

Swimming, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the National Sports Center in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda.

Thomas Melville Dill

Dill was born in Devonshire Parish, in the British colony of Bermuda, the son of Mary Lea (née Smith) and Thomas Newbold Dill.

Volleyball at the 2013 Island Games

Volleyball, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the Berkeley Institute (Pembroke Parish) and the Cedarbridge Academy (Devonshire Parish).

William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire

He participated in the colonisation of the Bermudas, and Devonshire Parish was called after him; he also was a supporter of colonising Virginia.



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