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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, 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, 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, ...
Swartland, Darling, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Darling is a sheet-white building with an impressive appearance. The current church replaces a former building that was completely destroyed by fire in 1955. This church has two bells, ...
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 ...
Saldanha Bay, Langebaan, Methodist Church
The Methodist Church in Langebaan is a pretty building that stands next the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk. On its right hand side stands a green, wooden construction in which we find a bell of modest dimensions. As ...
Langeberg, Montagu, St. Mildred's Anglican Church
The St Mildred’s Anglican Church of 1869 is a Sophie Gray church. Unfortunately, the bell does not contribute to the attractiveness of the church area. There are no decorations on the bell that would help to determine the ...
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 ...
Swartland, Darling, Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church in Darling is a very attractive building in hall shape. It has a small turret above the entrance of the main hall. However, the bell hangs in an evenly attractive bell tower on the right hand of the ...
Saldanha Bay, Langebaan, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Langebaan is a rather young church, built in 1988. Next to the church stands a small pole on which a small bell is hooked. However, the bell hangs too high to allow measurements of any ...