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The municipality of Wynberg was merged into the City of Cape Town following a local referendum on the issue on 11 June 1927. [3]: 541 The merger that was prompted by complaints from community members in outlying areas of the municipality, such as Diep River and Plumstead, that their areas were being neglected and that much needed urban upgrades to roads, sanitation, and the provision of ...
Riebeeck House, Riebeeck Street, Wynberg, Cape Town Free-standing single storey vernacular cottage; half-hipped patent metal 'tile' roof; sash windows (24 panes); modern stock satble door with fanlight; raised stoep on street edge with low stoep walls at ends and wrought iron railing infill. Type of site: House Current use: House. Cape Town ...
Hawthornden House is a double-storeyed house on Herschel Walk in the suburb of Wynberg in Cape Town, South Africa. The house likely dates from 1683, but was substantially rebuilt in the French Victorian style in 1881 by a Capt. John Spence.
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Wynberg Park, formerly known as King Edward Park, [1] is a park situated in the southern suburb of Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. [2] [3] The park has number of amenities including a children's playground, a duck pond, and multiple braai/barbecue areas. The gardeners cottage at Wynberg Park in 1910, eight years after the park opened.
Farmer married the daughter of Major Richard Wolfe, then resident magistrate and civil commissioner of Wynberg. Their daughter Enid married John Bernard, a major in the Royal Marines; they had two sons, Gerald and Brian. Enid Bernard died in 1949 and Maynardville was immediately sold to the Cape Town City Council, to be preserved as a public park.
Wynberg Boys' High School is a public English medium boys high school situated in the suburb of Wynberg of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.Founded in 1841, it is one of the best academic schools in Cape Town, it is believed by scholars and old boys to be the second oldest school in South Africa, however, there are several schools that were established at earlier dates as ...
One of the most well-known roads in the Southern Suburbs is the historic Main Road, which starts in the City Bowl and goes through Observatory, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Newlands, Claremont, Kenilworth, Wynberg, Plumstead, Diep River, Bergvliet, Muizenberg, and then onwards to Simon's Town.