Place parish Fajã da Ovelha Calheta
Fajã da Ovelha
Fajã da Ovelha · Calheta
parish in the municipality of Calheta, western Madeira
Fajã da Ovelha is a parish in the municipality of Calheta, western Madeira. It grew from the chapel of São Lourenço, and its new church was built in the 18th century. It is watered by the old Rabaçal levada, contains the Pico da Fonte do Bispo in its uplands, and is noted for producing some of Madeira's best peaches.
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- Levadas — Its mills received spring water at issue in the 1770 provision.
- Levadas — Parish watered by the old Rabaçal levada.
- Sardinha (Father Alfredo de Paula) — Parish where he served.
- Sardinha (Dr Manuel) — Where he was municipal doctor.
- Fajã da Ovelha (parish) — The original locality whose name spread to the whole parish, and the site of the new church.
- Fonte do Bispo (peak) — Parish whose uplands contain the peak.
- Ribeira Seca — The stream rises in its upper part.
- Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo) — Birthplace of Paulo Ferro.
- St Lawrence (chapels) — Parish whose first parish church was the São Lourenço chapel.
- Livestock — Where a stud stallion was first kept around 1891.
- Peach tree (Prunus persica) — Produces some of Madeira's best peaches.
- Calheta (town and municipality) — Parish of the concelho.
- Cholera morbus in 1856 and 1910 — Only place in Calheta to be affected in 1910, with two cases.
- Levadas — Irrigated by the Levada Velha do Rabaçal.
- Fajã da Ovelha (parish) — The parish that is the subject of the entry.
- Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis) — Here the plant called macela is Achillea ageratum.
- Galinhas (stream) — Parish where the stream rises.
- Ponta do Pargo (parish) — Parish from which Ponta do Pargo was separated.
- Fajã da Ovelha (peak) — Parish in whose uplands the peak stands.
- Fajã da Ovelha (point) — Parish on whose coast the point lies.
- Livestock — Outlying parish recommended for cattle giving cream-rich milk for cheese and butter.
- Achadas da Cruz (parish) — On the road route to Ponta do Sol.
- Assomadouro — Other end of the coastal view seen from Assomadouro.
- Fajãs — Parish named after a fajã, and one of the best-known fajãs.
- Estreito da Calheta (parish) — Cited as named after a minor episode.
- Jardim da Serra — Where Augusto César de Gouveia grew tea successfully in 1921.
- Prazeres (parish) — Some of its households were included in the new parish in 1676.