Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2824DA40
Site Name
St Mary's Church Memorials, Church Street, Barkly West
Site Category
References
Site Relationships
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 23:03
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 23:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
There are many plaques erected on the same area, the building is taken care of (refurbished) and the monument is surrounded by long dry grass growing around it.Purpose:Date Unveiled: 16 May 1971Designer: Builder: Archdeacon H.KttonPerson/Institution Commemorated: Recorder Name: Lucy Richards &Keneilwe Madebe
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Birthplace of Anglican work in the Diamond fields, February 1871
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
1872 February
Construction Materials
Bricks, granite marble
Event Commemorated
Diamond digging in Barkley West in 1869
Unveiled Comment
Rev. Robert Selby Taylor
Inscriptions
This memorial commemorates first the permanent church to be built on the diamond fields after the discovery of diamonds in 1869
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.535938, 24.521042
Northern Cape
- Frances Baard
- Dikgatlong
Directions to Site
Situated opposite the Point Hotel and Spa.
Access details
Controlled access. Only accessible from the contacts and the Bishop
Media
Media
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