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Date: 1867 Client: Methodist Church Type: Methodist Church Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°27'04.32" S 26°59'09.01" S Alt: 191m

On this site, the Nottingham party of British Settlers held a sevice of thanksgiving on their arrival in 1820, and built the first church in 1825. It was damaged during the Sixth Xhosa War of 1836. The second church which replaced it in 1837, served as a defence station in 1846 during the Seventh Frontier War. The present church was opened in 1867. (Historic Sites of South Africa 2001: 13)