Saint Martins, Barbados
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Saint Martins is a village in Saint Philip Parish in Barbados. It is a 5 minutes drive east of Sir Grantly Adams International Airports. Nearby villages include Rockhall, Gemswick, Foul Bay, and Kirtons.
The most prominent historical building in the village is the whitewashed St. Martin's Anglican Church. The village is named after the church, which in turn is named for Martin of Tours, a Bishop in the late Roman Empire who was a popular saint in Western Christianity. As of 1846, St. Martin was a chapel of the established church of Barbados.[1] In 1866, the incumbent was Henry Collymore.[2] In 1891, it became an independent parish with its own vestry.[3]