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Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Southwell
St James Anglican Church, SouthwellSt James Anglican Church, Southwell
Southwell is located in Eastern CapeSouthwellSouthwellShow map of Eastern CapeSouthwell is located in South AfricaSouthwellSouthwellShow map of South Africa
Coordinates: 33°32′09″S 26°41′19″E / 33.53583°S 26.68861°E / -33.53583; 26.68861
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityNdlambe
Time zoneUTC+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, a fortified farmhouse originally granted to Pieter Lombard in 1790 as a leningsplaas (loan farm). Canon Henry Waters was the first resident minister.

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

The local St James Anglican Church was built in 1870. The foundation stone was laid by Nathaniel Merriman, Archdeacon of Grahamstown.

In 1925 a survey was done for a railway branch from Martindale to Southwell. 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

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Municipalities and communities of Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape
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Blue Crane Route
Sarah Baartman District within South Africa
Sarah Baartman District within South Africa
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