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An English surveyor, Richard Norwood, undertook a study of the terrain, dividing the colony into the nine “tribes” that are the parishes (counties) of today and the origin of the numerous “Tribe Roads” still to be seen across the island.
The journey out of Hamilton to the south leads through the parishes of Paget, Warwick, and Southampton before reaching Sandys Parish, where the “hook” of Bermuda curves up to Somerset and Ireland islands.
To travel north from the city of Hamilton means traversing the parishes of Pembroke, Devonshire, Smith’s, and Hamilton (the latter not to be confused with the city of the same name!)
Of the nine parishes, all but St. George’s were named after prominent shareholders in the original Bermuda Company.
Thirteen administrative parishes were created, forming the basis of government that we still see today.