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
- ^ a b c "Mission Stations - N-S". South African History Online. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ "Lombard's Post, Bathurst". Artefacts. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Eastern Cape, ALBANY district, Southwell, St James Anglican Church, cemetery". eGGSA library. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ St James Church
External links
Media related to Southwell, Eastern Cape at Wikimedia Commons
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