Southwell, South Africa

Southwell
St James Anglican Church, Southwell
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Coordinates: 33°32′09″S 26°41′19″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Ndlambe
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Southwell is a settlement within the former farming district of the same name, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Port Alfred and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Grahamstown.

Established in 1849 as a mission station, it was located at Lombard's Post,^[1] a fortified farmhouse originally granted to Pieter Lombard in 1790 as a leningsplaas (loan farm).^[2] Canon Henry Waters was the first resident minister.^[1]

In the mid-19th century it hosted a Xhosa school, which was closed down during Mlanjeni's War.^[3]

The local St James Anglican Church was built in 1870.^[4][5] The foundation stone was laid by Nathaniel Merriman, Archdeacon of Grahamstown.^[1]

In 1925 a survey was done for a railway branch from Martindale to Southwell.^{[citation needed]} The railway was never built.

References

1. "Mission Stations - N-S". South African History Online. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
2. "Lombard's Post, Bathurst". Artefacts. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
3. Peires, Jeffrey B. (1989). The Dead Will Arise: Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-killing Movement of 1856-7. Indiana University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-253-20524-7.
4. "Eastern Cape, ALBANY district, Southwell, St James Anglican Church, cemetery". eGGSA library. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
5. St James Church

External links

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