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Fish Hoek, Western Cape

Visch Hoek was a government-owned farm until 1818, when it was sold to Andries Bruyns. The farm passed through a succession of owners, the last being Hester de Kock (d 1914), who married Jacobus de Villiers (d 1916). In 1918, in accordance with Hester de Villiers' wishes, the farm was subdivided into a residential township. A local board was formed in 1921 to administer the area. (Arthur Radburn, May 2026) The Fish Hoek Village Management Board became the Fish Hoek Municipality in 1940. It became part of the South Peninsula Municipality in 1996, and then part of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in 2000. List of references: Cobern, Joy . 2003. Fish Hoek : Looking Back. Fish Hoek: Fish Hoek Printing & Publishing. pp All Rosenthal, Eric . 1968. A History of Fish Hoek 1818-1968. Fish Hoek: Fish Hoek Chamber of Commerce. pp All Walker, Michael . 2005. The Far South – where oceans meet. St James: M J Walker. pp Warner, Brian. 2006. Cape landscapes : Sir John Herschel's sketches 1834-1838. Cape Town: University of Cape Town Press. pp 111 List of structures: Bellaire private hotel, ext: 1938. Central Hardware Store: n.d.. Clovelly Country Club: 1920s : 1935. Dalmally Court: n.d.. Dynevor - Rice’s Folly - White House Hotel: 1919-1920. Homestead Residential Hotel: pre-1890. House Walgate: 1960s. Lanark Hotel: Early 1930s. Municipal Offices: n.d.. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1952. Orano: 1919. Outspan Hotel: 1921. Panorama Hotel: Late 1940s. Police Station: n.d.. Primary School: 1928. Public Library: 1958. Railway Station: n.d.. Silverstream: 1930s. Clovelly, St Margaret's Anglican Church: 1934. Water Tower, False Bay Hospital: n.d.. White House Hotel - Dynevor: 1920. Windsor Hotel: 1925.