Overberg District: Recent submissions
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Swellendam, Klippe Rivier Guest House
Photographs and information on a ship's bell at the Klippe Rivier Guest House in Swellendam. The guest house Klippe Rivier has a bell that is clearly a ship’s bell. As is common with ship bells there are no decorations on ... -
Swellendam, Dutch Reformed Church
Photographs and information on the church bells of the Dutch Reformed Church in Swellendam. The Dutch Reformed Church, built in the early part of the twentieth century, is a remarkable, eclectic building constructed in ... -
Swellendam, Anglican Christ Church
Photographs and information on the bell of the Anglican Christ Church in Swellendam. The Anglican Christ Church has an outside tower that is both impressive and unusual in style. According to a commemorative plate on the ... -
Overstrand, Stanford, Dutch Reformed Church
Photographs and information on the church bell of the Dutch Reformed Church in Stanford. The main church has one large bell in the church tower. The bell is covered with dirt. There are no decorations on the bell apart ... -
Riviersonderend, Beyers Farm
Photographs and information on the two bells removed from the Dutch Reformed Stellenbosch Moederkerk and relocated to Beyers Farm, Riviersonderend. Far from the world, we found another set of two Gruhl bells. This pair has ... -
Elim, Moravian Church
Photographs and information on the church bell of the Moravian Church in Elim, Overberg District. Outside the Moravian Church of Elim in a horseshoe construction we find another important bell. For its religious inhabitants, ... -
Bredasdorp, Shipwreck Museum
Photographs and information on four bells salvaged from ships. The items are in the Bredasdorp Shipwreck Museum. There is a Shipwreck Museum in the Rectory of the church where ship bells are on display. The museum is unique ... -
Bredasdorp, Dutch Reformed Church
Photographs and information on set of bells in the Dutch Reformed Church, Bredasdorp. The Dutch Reformed Church has an interesting set of five bell from the same founder and donated to the congregation by J.G. Giliomee. ... -
Agulhas, Le Centaur
Photographs and information on a bell found in a private house in Agulhas. The bell was salvaged from a the French ship Le Centaur which stranded in 1750 in the False Bay area. In a private house we found another very ...
