Abbotsdale

Abbotsdale is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality Swartland Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Abbotsdale
Abbotsdale
Abbotsdale
Coordinates: 33°29′13″S 18°40′33″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictWest Coast
MunicipalitySwartland
Area
  Total8.70 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total3,762
  Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African4.2%
  Coloured95.3%
  Indian/Asian0.2%
  White0.2%
  Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans92.8%
  English3.1%
  Xhosa2.7%
  Other1.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7300

Here in around 1854 the Abbotsdale Mission was founded [2] on a 1600 acre farm purchased by Bishop Gray of the Anglican Church [3].

References

  1. "Main Place Abbotsdale". Census 2011.
  2. Wood, Michael Henry Mansel (1913). A father in God : the episcopate of William West Jones. archive.org: London Macmillan. pp. 125.
  3. Pascoe, Charles Frederick (1901). Two hundred years of the S.P.G.: an historical account of the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, 1701-1900. Archive.org. pp. 291.
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