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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, Durbanville, Diemersdal Estate
The beautiful wine estate Diemersdal has a slave bell. The tower is a pretty construction from 1937. However, the bell is cracked. Moreover, there are no decorations on the bell.
Northern Suburbs, Durbanville, Altijdgedacht Estate
One of the wine estates in Durbanville is Altijdgedacht. However, the bell does not match the attractiveness of the bell tower.
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, 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, 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 ...
Northern Suburbs, Parow, City Hall
Currently the City Hall Tower of Parow houses 3 bells that are sitting in a frame that clearly provided room for a much larger chime. According to information on http://www.towerbells.org/data/ZAPARWCH.HTM there was a ...
Kannaland, Zoar, United Reformed Church
Photographs and information on the United Reformed Church and its bell in Zoar. In Zoar the Evangelical Lutheran Church dates from 1839. According to the information in the Annual Reports in the Jahresbericht der Gesellschaft ...
Kannaland, Calitzdorp, St. Mark's Chapel
The St. Mark’s Chapel on Queens Street in Calitzdorp houses a bell cast in London in 1880. There is the possibility that the chapel could be the second smallest Anglican church in the world, the smallest being Saint Jude ...
Northern Suburbs, Philadelphia, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Philadelphia has a bell. Unfortunately, we only could download a picture of the church. In between two pairs of two moulding wires one finds the only inscription 1860 which mimics a ...