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Cape Town, Castle of Good Hope
Photographs and information on the bell of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. As far as we know, this is the second oldest bell in South Africa. It is preceded only by one of the bells of the Rhenish Church in Stellenbosch. ... -
Cape Town, Castle of Good Hope, store room
Photographs and information on a bell in a store room of the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town. In the storage rooms is another historic bell. The bell has been nicely decorated. Three moulding wires in the crown are followed ... -
Cape Town, City Hall Carillon
Photographs and information on the Cape Town City Hall Carillon, the only playable carillon in South Africa. Includes a detailed pamphlet with descriptions of all 39 bells as well as the history of the City Hall and the ... -
Cape Town, Company's Gardens
Photographs and information on a bell in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town. In the bell tower in the center of the garden hangs a bell from 1853 made by C & G Mears. This bell used to be the old fire-alarm bell from the ... -
Cape Town, District Six Museum
Photographs and information on a bell housed at the District Six Museum in Cape Town. The museum houses a bell that used to belong to Orangezicht, a suburb on the south side of the city that was occupied as a farm by the ... -
Cape Town, District Six, Holy Cross Catholic Church
Cape Town, Holy Cross Catholic Church. The Holy Cross Catholic Church in District Six was built in 1916. A niche has been constructed on the side of the church. In it hangs a silvery shining bell. In between two moulding ... -
Cape Town, Goodwood, Dutch Reformed Church
Goodwood, Dutch Reformed Church. In the high white tower of the Dutch Reformed Church in Goodwood, hangs a surprising set of five bells. The largest of the five hangs separately while the other four hang next to it in two ... -
Cape Town, Groote Kerk Dutch Reformed Church
Photographs and information on two bells of the Groote Kerk Dutch Reformed Church in Cape Town. There are two historical bells in the tower of this church. De Grave Bell: De Grave married the widow of Claude Fremy, ... -
Cape Town, Lutheran Church, Strand Street
Photographs and information on the bells in the church tower of the Lutheran Church in Strand. The Lutherans built their church in 1774 in Strand Street but as a disguised warehouse. In 1779 the church was accepted by the ... -
Cape Town, Moravian Hill
Photographs and information on the Moravian chapel and its bell in District Six, Cape Town. The chapel used to house the first urban Moravian congregation in the country. Due to the Group Areas Act the congregation was ... -
Cape Town, Reddam House School, Sea Point
Photographs and information on the five bells in the tower at Reddam House school in Sea Point, Cape Town. he school has a chime of 5 bells in the tower of the Reddam House (formerly Christian Brothers College) on High ... -
Cape Town, St. George's Cathedral
Photograph and information on the bells of St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town. The original chime had 8 bells, the current one 10. In the 1830s the cathedral was built along the lines of Saint Pancras in London according ... -
Cape Town, St. Mark's Anglican Church, Zonnebloem
Photographs and information on the church bell of St. Mark's Anglican Church, Cape Town. This church has a bell that is worth further investigation. From pictures it is clear that the date on the bell is 1831. Also the ... -
Cape Town, St. Martini Lutheran Church
Photographs and information on the three bells of St. Martini Lutheran Church in Cape Town. When in 1861 the Lutheran Church in Cape Town split, one branch became the German Evangelical Lutheran St. Martini Church. This ... -
Cape Town, Thornton, Dutch Reformed Church
Thornton, Dutch Reformed Church. In the slim and open tower of the Dutch Reformed Church in Thornton, hangs a rather large bell that could hardly be viewed due to the narrowness of the bell space. The bell is made of red ... -
Cape Town, Three Anchor Bay, Dutch Reformed Church
Photographs and information on the bell of the Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town. There is a bell that hangs in the tower of the church. In 1881, on ringing the bell for a religious service, it fell through ... -
Cape Town, Three Anchor Bay, Dutch Reformed Church
Cape Town, Drieankerbaai Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk. Drieankerbaai NGK has an interesting history with bells. The church itself dates from 1880 but the tower dates from 1903 at which time a donation enabled the parish ... -
Cape Town, Woodstock, Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Woodstock, Greek Orthodox Church. The Greek Orthodox Cathedral Saint George in Woodstock is an impressive building that is crowned with two bell towers, placed symmetrically around the central entrance. Both bells are ... -
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 ... -
City Centre, Iziko Museum
The Iziko Museum houses a magnificent set of historic bells. Among them, 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. ...