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Date: 1872 Type: College Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°18'17.15" S 26°31'15.05" E Alt: 557m

The handsome building here presented, is another of the Colleges which seem to promise for Grahamstown the position of the Oxford of South Africa. St. Aidan's was founded in 1876 by Bishop Ricards, in order that the Roman Catholics should also have a fitting place to send their rising youth. It is intended to increase the buildings, but already there is accommodation for some sixty boarders. Besides the Rector and Vice-Rector, an efficient staff of eight Masters is maintained. Teaching and discipline are alike under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. Athletics, too, are not neglected, and the College is well to the front with its Cricket Eleven and Cadet Corps. Ref: Photographs of South Africa comprising Representative Views etc.; The South African Photo-Publishing Company, Cape Town, 1894: pg 79. [Submitted by William MARTINSON, January 2011] All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference St Aidan's College Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2015. Church tourism in South Africa : a travel odyssey. South Africa: Self-published by Philippe Menache and Darryl Earl David. pg 22 Radford, D. 1979. The architecture of the Western Cape, 1838-1901. A study of the impact of Victorian aesthetics and technology on South African architecture. Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Dept of Arch. University of the Witwatersrand. pg 137 Schoeman, Karel. 1982. Vrystaatse erfenis : Bouwerk en geboue in die 19de eeu. Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau. pg 53