Eden District
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Bitou [0]
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George [11]
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Hessequa [13]
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Kannaland [11]
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Knysna [6]
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Mossel Bay [12]
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Oudtshoorn [12]
Recent Submissions
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Oudtshoorn West, Dutch Reformed Church
The NG-Wes congregation in Oudtshoorn was created in 1948. The building of the church started on 3 March 1961 under architect Hendrik Vermooten. In the tower of the church hangs a simple made bell that has as only inscriptions ... -
Oudtshoor South, Dutch Reformed Church
The congregation in NG-Suid was started in 1953. The first stone of the church was laid on 30 November 1968. Architects were Simpson & Bridgman. In the tower hangs a simple bell that carries no decorations. Just above the ... -
Oudtshoorn Park, Dutch Reformed Church
The congregation started in 1982. The building of the church started on 23 May 1976 under the architects Simpson & Bridgman. The church has a remarkably light tower. The bell in the tower is very well conserved and shows ... -
Oudtshoorn North, Dutch Reformed Church
The foundation stone of the church informs us that the building of the church was started on 17 September 1960, some ten years after the foundation of the congregation in 1951. The bell does not carry any decorations. On ... -
Mossel Bay South, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Mosselbaai-Suid, dating from 1958, has a narrow high tower containing a bell. There are two pairs of moulding wires below the shoulder, three above the knee and two on the lip. On the ... -
Mossel Bay, Brandwacht, Dutch Reformed Church
The current church dates from 1952 and was built next to the old one. The church has two bells, one inside the church, the other in the detached, white tower in front of the new church. The bell in the church was originally ... -
Knysna, St Boniface Catholic Church
On the left of the elegant church building with its soft yellow colours, stands a square tower. On a single beam in the bell chamber hang two bells of modest dimensions. The smaller of the two bells hangs on the left when ... -
Knysna, Karatara, Dutch Reformed Church
The foundation stone of the church informs us that the building of the church was started on 29 October 1960, some ten years after the founding of the congregation in 1951. The architect was W. Pronkhout. The bell in the ... -
Kannaland, Grootrivier, Kerkplaas, Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Church of Kerkplaas used to be a mission church belonging to the Berliner Missionary Society (BMS). We have been able to get useful information on this fourth outstation of the mission in Laingsburg. The station ... -
Hessequa, Stilbaai, Dutch Reformed Church
The congregation started in 1943 and housed in a building in Stilbaai West. In 2020 it built a new church building located in Stilbaai East. The previous building now houses the Baptist church. The church has a remarkably ... -
Hessequa, Riversdale, St Matthew Anglican Church
The St Matthew’s Anglican Church of 1849 is a Sophie Gray church. In contrast to most other of these churches, the bell does not hang in a high-up bell-cote but in a neat white bell tower next to the building. In between ... -
Hessequa, Riversdale-West Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Riversdal – Wes dates from 1955. The church has a high tower that contains a bell. There are two pairs of moulding wires below the shoulder, three above the knee and two on the lip. On ... -
Melkhoutfontein, United Reformed Church
Currently the small bell of the church has been taken into custody. The bell shows a small indent on the crown. Apart from a moulding ring above the sound bow and one on the lip, the bell only shows the emblem of the foundry ... -
Hessequa, Melkhoutfontein St Augustine Anglican Church
As in most Anglican churches in the Western Cape, also here the bell hangs in a niche above the entrance of the church. Moreover, the niche hardly allows light that could help in discovering decorations on the bell. From ... -
Hessequa, Heidelberg, Congregational Church
The Congregational Church in Heidelberg has a very impressive, detached tower. In a niche above a platform hangs a modest but beautiful bell cast by Collier. The crown consists of six carefully crafted angel heads. Immediately ... -
Hessequa, Stilbaai Baptist Church
The Baptist Church building was previously the home of the Stilbaai NGK. After the latter built a new church building, located in Stilbaai Oos, the old building was let to other denominations and was bought in approximately ... -
George, Wilderness Heights, Dutch Reformed Church
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
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 ... -
George, Hoekwil, Die Vleie, Dutch Reformed Church
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
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 ...
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