Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2930CB381
Site Name
Grave and Memorial Plaque of John William Colenso, Church Street, Pietermaritzburg
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 14:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 14:50.
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Inventory Reference
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Recorders
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Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The memorial is in a very respectful church where one has to get a permission to get inside.
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The purpose of this grave was to pay respect of his work of being the first Bishop of Natal.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Concrete
Person/Institution Commemorated
Inscriptions
/This Parish Church was the Cathedral
of the first Bishop of Natal
JOHN WILLIAM COLENSO DD
"Sobantu" who died on 20th June 1883 and
whose body rests here before the Lords Table/
of the first Bishop of Natal
JOHN WILLIAM COLENSO DD
"Sobantu" who died on 20th June 1883 and
whose body rests here before the Lords Table/
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.604702, 30.376264
KwaZulu-Natal
- Umgungundlovu
- The Msunduzi
Directions to Site
The library is situated right next to the Louis Trichardt Municipality. The statue is inside the library
Access details
Accessible through property owner.
Media
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