Cape Town District: Recent submissions
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Northern Suburbs, Bellville North, Dutch Reformed Church
Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Bellville North: The rather new church has a recent and beautifully cast bell. The bell hangs in a stylized concrete tower, detached from the church. Below the shoulder one first finds a ... -
Northern Suburbs, Bellville, Kenridge, Dutch Reformed Church
Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk at Kenridge: There is another Petit & Fritsen bell in the NGK in Kenridge. The bell hangs in a very neat tower made of brick stones and adjacent to the church. The bell has the traditional ... -
Northern Suburbs, Bellville, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Bellville has an impressive tower. The climb to the bell is difficult but not rewarding. There are no indications on founder or founding date. -
Northern Suburbs, Bellville, Lutheran Church
Like many other Lutheran churches, the Lutheran Church in Bellville houses three bells. Unfortunately, the bells hang in an awkward position, vertically, one above the other. Because of the lack of space, it has been ... -
Helderberg, Somerset West, Vergenoegd
Photographs and information on the bell and bell tower on the Vergenoegd estate. The estate Vergenoegd has a large bell tower. Also the bell has good dimensions. However, the sound is disarmingly short. The decorations are ... -
Helderberg, Somerset West, Vergelegen
Photographs and information on the bell of the Vergelegen wine estate in the Helderberg area. The estate Vergelegen has a very interesting bell hanging in a yellow tower from 1958. The wine estate Vergelegen dates from the ... -
Helderberg, Somerset West, Onverwacht, Die Bos
Photographs and information on the bell of the Onverwacht-Die Bos estate, one of the oldest bells in South Africa. For a very long time the Onverwacht-Die Bos estate has been the property of the Morkel family. During the ... -
Helderberg, Somerset West, Dutch Reformed Church
Photographs and information on the bell of the Dutch Reformed Church in Somerset West. The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk has moved from its previous location around 1940. At that time also a new bell was installed in the ... -
Helderberg, Somerset West, Morgenster
Photographs and information on Morgenster estate and its bell. At the estate Morgenster we found a rather old bell that definitely has been a former ship’s bell. It is roughly made with two moulding wires at the top and ... -
Helderberg, Somerset West, Methodist School
Photographs and information on the Methodist School in Somerset West and its bell. In front of the neighbouring Methodist School stands a recently constructed bell tower that looks too large for the rather small bell for ... -
City Centre, Maitland, Moravian Church
Moravian Church: High up in the tower of the Moravian Chapel hangs a bell that obviously has suffered from hanging outside. Due to its height it was impossible to decipher the inscriptions. On one of the more detailed ... -
City Centre, Iziko Museum
The Iziko Museum houses four ship bells and pieces of a fifth. 1. The most important bell that is on display is the bell that is thought to belong to the VOC-ship Brederode. The ship dates from 1644 and was shipwrecked at ... -
City Centre, Greenpoint, Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church: The parish has been established in 1883. The church is situated in the heart of the downtown area. In the tower hangs a bell that however is silenced because the tower became too vulnerable ... -
Cape Flats, Philippi, Neu-Eisleben Church
Photographs and information on the bell of the Neu-Eisleben Lutheran Church in Philippi. eu-Eisleben Lutheran Church: A Lutheran congregation that merged in 1979 with that in Philippi is Neu-Eisleben. The name Eisleben ... -
Cape Flats, Philippi, Evangelical Lutheran Church
Photographs and information on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philippi and its bell. The Evangelical-Lutheran Church has a large and beautiful bell. It has been made in 1903 by the German foundry Glocken- und Bronce ... -
Cape Flats, Kuils River, Dutch Reformed Church
Photographs and information on the Dutch Reformed Church in Kuils River (Cape Town, South Africa) and its bells. The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Kuilsrivier has two bells in the impressive tower. The Church has been ... -
Cape Flats, Kuils River, Klein Bottelary
Photographs and information on the slave bell on the Klein Bottelary farm, Kuils River, South Africa. According to the owners, the slave bell on the Klein Bottelary is of a recent origin. The estate is owned by the 10th ... -
Blaauwberg, Pella, Moravian Church
Photographs and information on the Pella Moravian Church and its bell. Also the Pella Moravian Church has a bell. According to a local historian, Pland-Booysen (2014), a bell for the Johannes Chapel was ordered from Germany. ... -
Blaauwberg, Mamre, Moravian Church
Photographs and information on the Mamre Moravian Church and its bell. The Mamre Moravian Church started as an open-air mission in Mamre in 1808 and a church in the village was finished in 1818. The shape of the building ...
