Tabua
Tabua · Ribeira Brava
parish in the municipality of Ribeira Brava, Madeira
Tabua is a parish on Madeira that belonged to Ponta do Sol from 1835 to 1914 and was then transferred to the new municipality of Ribeira Brava. It is crossed by the Ribeira da Tabua and irrigated by the Lombo do Moiro levada and, since 1908, by the Monte Medonho levada. Early settlers included Rui Vaz Uzel and Rui Vaz de Medeiros; the parish's tithes went to the Jesuits, and it was devastated by floods in 1856.
1Mentioned in
- Levadas — Partly supplied by the Levada do Monte Medonho.
- Úzel — Where Rui Vaz Uzel settled.
- Towns — Eastern limit of the original Ponta do Sol municipality.
- Jesuits — Parish whose tithes went to the Jesuits.
- Ribeira Brava (municipality and town) — Parish transferred from Ponta do Sol to the new municipality.
- Ponta do Sol (town and municipality) — Belonged to Ponta do Sol from 1835 to 1914.
- Inscribed stones — Parish church inscribed 'Rei D. Pedro 1696'.
- Monte Medonho — Irrigated by the levada since 1908.
- Flash floods — Devastated in 1856.
- Medeiros — Where Rui Vaz de Medeiros held his sesmaria lands.
- Levadas — Parish irrigated by the Monte Medonho waters after 1908.
- Levadas — Irrigated by the Lombo do Moiro levada.
- Tábua (stream) — Parish crossed by the stream, which reaches the sea on its coast.
- Immaculate Conception (chapels) — Parish of a 1688 coastal chapel rebuilt in 1910.
- Tábua (parish) — Subject of the entry.
- Barbuzano — Parish containing Barbuzano.
- Lugar de Baixo — Neighbouring parish bounding Lugar de Baixo.
- Our Lady of Candlemas (chapel) — Parish where the chapel stands.
- Stream walls — Walls built under Oudinot proved effective in 1804.
- Mother of God (chapels) — Parish with the chapel known as Mãe de Deus.
- Funchal – I. Origin of the name — Part of Funchal municipality in 1834.
- Ponta do Sol (parish) — Parish created from Ponta do Sol's original territory.
- Corujeira — Parish containing Corujeira.
2Chronology
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The French settler Rui Vaz Uzel (Urzel) came to Madeira and settled at Tábua.
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Madalena, Canhas and Tabua are supposed to have been separated from Ponta do Sol as parishes around this time.
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Diogo Afonso de Aguiar founded a chapel in Tabua.
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The parish church of Tábua was probably completed, as the date on its façade inscription indicates.
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The Mother of God chapel at Corujeira, Tabua, destroyed by flood, was rebuilt on the opposite bank and inspected for divine service on 9 December 1767.
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A papal brief granted plenary indulgence to visitors of the Madre de Deus chapel at Tabua on the first Sunday of May.
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The Monte Medonho levada was diverted to irrigate Ribeira Brava and Tábua instead of São Vicente.
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The rebuilt chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição at Tabua was blessed by Bishop Manuel Agostinho Barreto.
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The new municipality of Ribeira Brava was formally installed, taking in parishes including Serra de Água, Tábua and Campanário.