KwaNojoli (Somerset East), Eastern Cape

Founded: 1825

Originally named after Lord Charles Somerset (1767 – 1831) who was the Governor of the Cape Colony from 1814 to 1826.

 


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List of references:

Burrows, Edmund Hartford . 1994. Overberg Odyssey : people, roads and early days. Swellendam: Privately printed in co-operation with the Swellendam Trust. pp 93
Fransen, Hans. 2006. Old towns and villages of the Cape. A survey of the origin and development of towns, villages and hamlets at the Cape of Good Hope. With particular reference to their physical planning and historical landscape. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball. pp 326-327
Lewcock, Ronald. 1963. Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa : a study of the interaction of two cultures, 1795-1837. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pp 75, 43, 46, 48-52, 73, 100-101, 136, 164-165, 222-226, 227, 284, 331-332, 341, 355, 409, 410
Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 54
Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pp 102
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 41-42
Schoeman, Chris. 2013. Historical Karoo, The : Traces of the past in South Africa's arid interior. Cape Town: Zebra Press. pp 133-139

List of structures:

AGS - AFM Church: c1930.
All Saints Anglican Church: 1855.
Barclays Bank - now First National Bank: 1910.
Bellvue Seminary: n.d..
Ebenezer School - William Oates Memorial School: 1843 : 1936.
Gereformeerde Kerk: 1866.
Gill College: 1869.
Gill College, Gall Hall: n.d..
Hope Congregational Church (now Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk): 1844.
House Hinwood - Shirley: n.d..
Langenhoven Library: n.d..
Market Building: 1930s.
Municipal Swimming Pool: 1940.
Museum : Drostdy : NG Pastorie: c1820.
Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1870 : 1979.
Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerksaal - Hall: 1971.
Old Market Building - Transfer Docking Station: n.d..
Post Office: 1966.
Post Office: 1920.
Railway bridge over Little Fish River (First): n.d..
Railway bridge over Little Fish River (Second): c1930?.
Road Bridge - Little Fish River: 1896-1897.
Road Bridge over Little Fish River: 1930.
Somerset East Hotel: n.d..
St Andrews Presbyterian Church: n.d..
St Francis Roman Catholic Church: 1906.
Standard Bank: n.d..
Town Hall: 1934.
Volkskas Bank - Now ABSA: 1945.
Voortrekker Centenary Monument: 1938.
Walter Battiss Art Museum - Battiss Private Hotel - Old Officers' Mess: c1815.
War Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945: n.d..
William Oates Memorial School: c1928.