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  • Oudtshoorn West, Dutch Reformed Church 

    S. A. Horlosie Fabrikante, Johannesburg
    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 

    Rincker (Firm)
    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 

    Petit & Fritsen (Firm)
    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 

    J. F. Weule
    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 ...
  • Oudtshoorn, Volmoed, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Barwell, James
    Volmoed, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk. The Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Volmoed is a very attractive and spacious building in large brick stones and with a modest tower on the right-hand side of the entrance. In it ...
  • Oudtshoorn, St Saviour Catholic Cathedral 

    Petit & Fritsen (Firm)
    The St Saviour Catholic Cathedral has been built by Carl O. Hager and George Wallis. Originally the tower in the centre of the building carried a set of four marvelous bells forged by Petit & Fritsen from the Netherlands. ...
  • Oudtshoorn, St. Nicholas Catholic Church 

    Bochumer
    On the East side of Oudtshoorn lies the St Nicholas Catholic Church. Next to the church is a thin and large tower that houses a set of three steel bells, one on top of the other. The inscriptions on the bells are rather ...
  • Oudtshoorn, St. Jude's Anglican Church 

    Unknown author
    Photographs and information on St. Jude's Anglican Church and its bell in Oudtshoorn. Oudtshoorn also houses the St Jude's Anglican Church. This Sophie Gray church has been built in 1880 by architect George Wallis and has ...
  • Oudtshoorn, Rooderandt Guest House 

    Unknown author
    Photographs and information on the slave bell of Rooderandt Guest House near Oudtshoorn. The Rooderandt Guest House outside Oudtshoorn has a slave bell that doesn’t have decorations.
  • Oudtshoorn, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Barwell, James
    Photographs and information on the Dutch Reformed Church and its bells in Oudtshoorn. The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Oudtshoorn has one large bell that is incredibly hard to reach. It was impossible to take a picture ...
  • Oudtshoorn, Kangovallei Dutch Reformed Church 

    Petit & Fritsen (Firm)
    Photographs and information on the Kango Valley Dutch Reformed Church and its bell near Oudtshoorn. A few kilometers north of Oudtshoorn lies the Oudtshoorn Kangovallei Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk. Also this building ...
  • Oudtshoorn, C.P. Nel Museum 

    J. W. Benson (Firm)
    Photographs and information on the bells of the C.P. Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn. The C.P. Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn has a nice bell tower. The 5 bells in the C.P. Nel museum have a unique form. They are formed like basins ...