Southwell | |
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 St James Anglican Church, Southwell | |
  Southwell  Southwell | |
| Coordinates: 33°32′09″S 26°41′19″E / 33.53583°S 26.68861°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Municipality | Ndlambe |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Southwell is a settlement within the former farming district of the same name, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Port Alfred and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Grahamstown.
Established in 1849 as a mission station, it was located at Lombard's Post,[1] a fortified farmhouse originally granted to Pieter Lombard in 1790 as a leningsplaas (loan farm).[2] Canon Henry Waters was the first resident minister.[1]
In the mid-19th century it hosted a Xhosa school, which was closed down during Mlanjeni's War.[3]
The local St James Anglican Church was built in 1870.[4][5] The foundation stone was laid by Nathaniel Merriman, Archdeacon of Grahamstown.[1]
In 1925 a survey was done for a railway branch from Martindale to Southwell.[citation needed] The railway was never built.
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