• Cape Flats, Kuils River, Dutch Reformed Church 

      Unknown author
      Photographs and information on the Dutch Reformed Church in Kuils River (Cape Town, South Africa) and its bells. The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Kuilsrivier has two bells in the impressive tower. The Church has been ...
    • Cape Flats, Kuils River, Klein Bottelary 

      Unknown author
      Photographs and information on the slave bell on the Klein Bottelary farm, Kuils River, South Africa. According to the owners, the slave bell on the Klein Bottelary is of a recent origin. The estate is owned by the 10th ...
    • Cape Flats, Philippi, Evangelical Lutheran Church 

      Jacob J. Radler & Sohne (Firm)
      Photographs and information on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philippi and its bell. The Evangelical-Lutheran Church has a large and beautiful bell. It has been made in 1903 by the German foundry Glocken- und Bronce ...
    • Cape Flats, Philippi, Neu-Eisleben Church 

      Unknown author
      Photographs and information on the bell of the Neu-Eisleben Lutheran Church in Philippi. eu-Eisleben Lutheran Church: A Lutheran congregation that merged in 1979 with that in Philippi is Neu-Eisleben. The name Eisleben ...
    • Cape Town, Castle of Good Hope 

      Fremy, Claude
      Photographs and information on the bell of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. As far as we know, this is the second oldest bell in South Africa. It is preceded only by one of the bells of the Rhenish Church in Stellenbosch. ...
    • Cape Town, Castle of Good Hope, store room 

      Bieber, Johann Nikolaus
      Photographs and information on a bell in a store room of the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town. In the storage rooms is another historic bell. The bell has been nicely decorated. Three moulding wires in the crown are followed ...
    • Cape Town, City Hall Carillon 

      John Taylor & Company (Bellfounders)
      Photographs and information on the Cape Town City Hall Carillon, the only playable carillon in South Africa. Includes a detailed pamphlet with descriptions of all 39 bells as well as the history of the City Hall and the ...
    • Cape Town, Company's Gardens 

      C. & G. Mears (Firm)
      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, District Six Museum 

      Crans, Cyprianus
      Photographs and information on a bell housed at the District Six Museum in Cape Town. The museum houses a bell that used to belong to Orangezicht, a suburb on the south side of the city that was occupied as a farm by the ...
    • Cape Town, District Six, Holy Cross Catholic Church 

      O'Byrne, Matthew
      Cape Town, Holy Cross Catholic Church. The Holy Cross Catholic Church in District Six was built in 1916. A niche has been constructed on the side of the church. In it hangs a silvery shining bell. In between two moulding ...
    • Cape Town, Goodwood, Dutch Reformed Church 

      Unknown author
      Goodwood, Dutch Reformed Church. In the high white tower of the Dutch Reformed Church in Goodwood, hangs a surprising set of five bells. The largest of the five hangs separately while the other four hang next to it in two ...
    • Cape Town, Groote Kerk Dutch Reformed Church 

      Mears, Thomas; Grave, Jan Albert de; Mears & Stainbank (Firm)
      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, ...
    • Cape Town, Lutheran Church, Strand Street 

      Unknown author
      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 ...
    • Cape Town, Moravian Hill 

      Petit & Gebruder Edelbrock (Firm)
      Photographs and information on the Moravian chapel and its bell in District Six, Cape Town. The chapel used to house the first urban Moravian congregation in the country. Due to the Group Areas Act the congregation was ...
    • Cape Town, Reddam House School, Sea Point 

      Gillett & Johnston (Firm)
      Photographs and information on the five bells in the tower at Reddam House school in Sea Point, Cape Town. he school has a chime of 5 bells in the tower of the Reddam House (formerly Christian Brothers College) on High ...
    • Cape Town, St. George's Cathedral 

      Mears, Thomas
      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, St. Mark's Anglican Church, Zonnebloem 

      Unknown author
      Photographs and information on the church bell of St. Mark's Anglican Church, Cape Town. This church has a bell that is worth further investigation. From pictures it is clear that the date on the bell is 1831. Also the ...
    • Cape Town, St. Martini Lutheran Church 

      Gruhl (Firm); Werner, Theodor; Rincker (Firm)
      Photographs and information on the three bells of St. Martini Lutheran Church in Cape Town. When in 1861 the Lutheran Church in Cape Town split, one branch became the German Evangelical Lutheran St. Martini Church. This ...
    • Cape Town, Thornton, Dutch Reformed Church 

      Unknown author
      Thornton, Dutch Reformed Church. In the slim and open tower of the Dutch Reformed Church in Thornton, hangs a rather large bell that could hardly be viewed due to the narrowness of the bell space. The bell is made of red ...
    • Cape Town, Three Anchor Bay, Dutch Reformed Church 

      Henderson, Robert
      Photographs and information on the bell of the Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town. There is a bell that hangs in the tower of the church. In 1881, on ringing the bell for a religious service, it fell through ...