Recent Submissions

  • Wilderness Heights, Dutch Reformed Church 

    John Warner & Sons
    A few miles north of Wilderness stands a modest church that was built by D.A. Gerber and inaugurated on 3 October 1953 by the minister of the NG-church in Hoekwil, Dr. W.J.C. Lubbe. Behind the church stands a solid iron ...
  • George, Outeniqualand, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Whitechapel Foundry; Mears (Firm)
    The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk Outeniqualand, dating from 1950, close to George has a rather high tower containing a bell. There are two pairs of moulding wires below the shoulder, three above the knee and two on the ...
  • Hoekwil, Die Vleie, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Unknown author
    The small church of Die Vleie dates from 1946. In the middle of the roof stands a lantern tower that is completely closed off on the outside. Moreover, it was impossible to reach the small bell that hangs in the tower. The ...
  • George, South, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Whitechapel Foundry; Mears (Firm)
    This Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk dates from 1950. The tower however is very narrow and all kinds of appliances for telecommunication make it physically impossible to see the outside of the bell. Thanks to pictures, we ...
  • George, Denneoord, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Petit & Fritsen
    The NGK in Denneoord dates from 1980. The very neat bell hangs in a large open niche on the side of the building. The bell has the traditional beautiful decorations found on bells of the foundry. Below the shoulder one ...
  • George, Blanco, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Petit & Fritsen
    The bell at the NGK in Blanco has a prehistory. Before the current bell, there was a predecessor that was hanging in the church hall. That bell was cast in London in 1842 and installed in 1843 in the Mother church of George. ...
  • George, Bergsig, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Petit & Fritsen
    The church, dating from 1972, has a detached tower that is completely filled with appliances for telecommunication. After a strenuous climb one can only have a dim view of a bell that shows signs of a Petit & Fritsen ...
  • George, Herold, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Unknown author
    Herold, Dutch Reformed Church. The foundation stone of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Herold was laid on 31 July 1954. The church has been designed by the architects Louw & Louw. In the tower hangs a large bell that ...
  • George, Hartenbos, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Petit & Fritsen
    Hartenbos, Dutch Reformed Church. The Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Hartenbos has a straight concrete tower with an opening halfway in which one can see a bell. The position of the bell made it impossible to make ...
  • George, Great Brakriver, Dutch Reformed Church 

    John Taylor & Company
    Groot Brakrivier, Dutch Reformed Church. In the open tower of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Groot Brakrivier hangs a bell of fairly good size. Two pairs of moulding wires below the shoulder surround the text * ...
  • George, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Gillett & Johnston (Firm)
    Photographs and information on the bells of the Dutch Reformed Church in George, South Africa. The Nederduits Gereformeerde Moederkerk George had an outside bell that was cast in London in 1842 and installed in 1843. There ...