Recent Submissions

  • Theewaterskloof, Botrivier, Goedvertrouw 

    Goulds Manufacturing Company
    The estate Goedvertrouw on the van der Stel Pass leading to the town of Botrivier, is home to a very uncommon type of bell. The maker's name does not appear on the bell itself, as is usually done with bronze bells, but on ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Villiersdorp, Onder Radyn Farm 

    Unknown author
    Villiersdorp, Onder Radyn Farm. A short distance from the center of Villiersdorp on the road to Worcester lies the farm Onder Radyn. In the garden stands a horseshoe type construction in which a bell is hanging. The bell ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Villiersdorp, De Villiers Graaff High School 

    Unknown author
    Villiersdorp, High School. On top of the main building of the Hoerskool De Villiers Graaff in Villiersdorp stands an open turret that houses a bell. Due to the height of the bell it was impossible to get a closer look at ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Villiersdorp, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Unknown author
    Villiersdorp, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk. The construction of the first church of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Villiersdorp was started on 27 November 1844. On 25 January 1846 the church was sacrificed as a ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Grabouw, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Unknown author
    Grabouw, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk. The building of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Grabouw was started on 22 August 1953 by architects Louw & Louw. In the slim tower hangs a middle-size bell that shows only ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Riviersonderend, United Reformed Church 

    Unknown author
    Photographs of the United Reformed Church in Riviersonderend. The Verenigde Gereformeerde Kerk in Riviersonderend has a rather neat tower. However, the bell doesn’t disclose any information on its founder or founding date.
  • Theewaterskloof, Riviersonderend, Dutch Reformed Church, Church Hall 

    Unknown author
    Photographs and information on the Riviersonderend Dutch Reformed Church hall and its bell tower and bell. A bit down the road of the church is the Church Hall of the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk. Next to it stands a ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Riviersonderend, Dutch Reformed Church 

    J. F. Weule (Firm)
    Photographs and information on the Dutch Reformed Church, Riviersonderend, and its bell. The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk serves a congregation that was created in 1922. The current church building is very impressive, in ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Greyton, St. Andrew's Anglican Church 

    Unknown author
    Photographs of the St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Greyton. There is also the St Andrew’s Anglican Church hat has a turret with a red painted bell, seemingly without any decoration or inscription.
  • Theewaterskloof, Greyton, Moravian Church 

    Barwell, James
    Photographs and information on the Moravian Church in Greyton and its bell. The Moravian Church used to be a lovely building with a bell tower at its end on the right hand side. In the bell tower hangs a BARWELL bell without ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Genadendal, Berea Moravian Church 

    Gebruder Bachert (Firm)
    Photographs and information on the Berea Moravian Church, Genadendal, and its bell. The Berea Moravian Church has a neat horseshoe type bell tower at the end of the right side of the church. The decorations on the bell are ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Genadendal, Museum 

    Gruhl (Firm)
    Photographs and information on bells in the Genadendal Museum. The Genadendal Museum houses an enormous number of items that refer to the daily life of the inhabitants of the village. Among the items on display are a number ...
  • Theewaterskloof, Greyton, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Louw & Louw (Firm); J. F. Weule (Firm)
    Photographs and information on the bells of the Dutch Reformed Church in Greyton, South Africa. The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk has been built by by Louw & Louw in 1937. The church has an impressive bell tower in which ...
  • Caledon, Holy Trinity Anglican Church 

    John Warner & Sons
    Photographs and information on the bell of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Caledon. Efforts to build this Sophie Gray church were started in 1848 during Bishop Gray’s first visit to Caledon. In 1849 Sophie Gray visited ...
  • Caledon, Dutch Reformed Church 

    Mears & Stainbank (Firm)
    Photographs and information on the bell of the Dutch Reformed Church in Caledon. The Caledon Dutch Reformed congregation dates from 1811 and is the 8th oldest congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. Its ...
  • Genadendal, Moravian Church 

    Gruhl, Ernst Friedrich; Gruhl (Firm)
    Photographs and information on the Moravian Church in Genadendal and its bells. The bell on the square has an interesting history. It was delivered at the mission by a farmer Theunis from Zoetenmelksvlei who bought it at ...
  • Riviersonderend, Beyers Farm 

    Gruhl, Ernst Friedrich
    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 ...