Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada · São Vicente
parish in the municipality of São Vicente, north coast of Madeira
Ponta Delgada is a parish on Madeira's north coast, one of the three parishes of the concelho of São Vicente, with a headland and a small fishing harbour. Its feast of Senhor Jesus is a great pilgrimage of vows, and it was the seat of a capitania-mor. It recorded 409 cholera deaths in 1856.
1Mentioned in
- Carvalhal (2nd Count of) — Parish of the Sanha–Carvalhal entail.
- Fishing ports — Fishing port listed in the statistics.
- São Vicente (municipal court district) — One of the three parishes forming the julgado and concelho of São Vicente.
- Pilgrimage festivals — Feast of Senhor Jesus, a great pilgrimage of vows.
- Ferral — Parish where Ferral is cultivated.
- Militia — Seat of a capitania-mor.
- Carvalhal (António do) — Parish where Carvalhal lived.
- Carvalhal (1st Count of) — Site of one of his entailed estates.
- St Christopher (chapels) — Parish where the second chapel originally lay.
- Gonçalves de Freitas (Councillor António) — Parish of his birth.
- Cholera morbus in 1856 and 1910 — Recorded 409 deaths in 1856.
- Judicial organisation — Limit of the western comarca and later a julgado.
- Ponta Delgada (point and landing places) — The coastal headland that gives the entry its name.
- Flash floods — Damaged in 1895.
- São Vicente (town and municipality) — Parish forming part of the municipality of São Vicente.
- Telegraph and post offices — Fourth-class station.
- Levadas — Fertile parish the Coquim levada was meant to irrigate.
- Terceira Lombada (peak) — Parish containing the peak.
- Terços — Parish containing Terços.
- Meadows — Limit of the range of Genista madeirensis.
- Historical dates — Its church burned in 1908.
- Magi (chapel) — Parish with a second Reis Magos chapel of the Carvalhal house.
- Immaculate Conception (chapels) — Parish of a chapel rebuilt in 1754.
- Gouveia (Francisco Bento de) — Birthplace of Gouveia.
- Boaventura (landing place) — Nearby locality, less than a mile away.
- Sea distances — Coastal stage in the distance table.
- Headlands — Headland in São Vicente.
- Algae — Coastal locality where red algae such as Corallina officinalis are not rare.
- Boaventura (parish) — Mother parish from which Boaventura was separated in 1836.
- St Anthony (chapels) — Parish of the ruined chapel at Pico.
- Madeira (relief: slopes, plateaux and valleys) — Listed coastal headland.
- Faial (parish) — Site of the Senhor Jesus pilgrimage.
- Machico (parish) — Former chaplaincy dependent on Machico.
- Ponta Delgada (parish) — Subject of the entry.
- São Vicente (parish) — Neighbouring parish on the eastern boundary.
- Legends — Home of the legend of the Senhor Jesus.
- Abreu (Councillor Francisco António de Freitas e) — Birthplace of Freitas e Abreu.
- Sanha — Location of the chapel.
- Charters — Attached to São Vicente.
2Chronology
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The chapel of São Cristóvão at Ponta Delgada was recorded in poor repair.
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Gaspar Frutuoso recorded that the landing place at Machico was called the Desembarcadouro, and recorded the name Ponta Delgada.
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A royal charter raised the parish of São Vicente to the status of a town and municipality, attaching northern localities such as Porto Moniz, Ponta Delgada and Seixal to it and further reducing the municipality of Machico.
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The chapel of São Cristóvão at Ponta Delgada was demolished.
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Nuno de Freitas da Silva rebuilt the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição at Ponta Delgada.
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Francisco António de Freitas e Abreu was born in Ponta Delgada.
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António Gonçalves de Freitas was born in Ponta Delgada.
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Francisco Bento de Gouveia was born at Ponta Delgada.
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A flood on 2 and 3 October damaged north-coast parishes of Madeira.
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A short ramp was built giving access to the small beach at Ponta Delgada to ease the transport of goods.
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A decree created the julgado municipal of São Vicente, covering the three parishes of the municipality.