HISTORICAL – A TO Z

ARCHITECTURE ON THE ROUTE – PHOTO GALLERY

Doors and doorways

Fireplaces eg: at Sandhills, Muizenberg, Sir Herbert Baker’s former beach house; Rhodes

Cottage, Muizenberg; Residences in Palmer and Holland Roads, Muizenberg; Simon’s Town Museum; Muizenberg & Kalk Bay Railway Stations; Rockcorry, Kalk Bay. For interest

- Stellenbosch Railway Station & Smuts House Museum, Irene, Pretoria.

Gables & Chimneys eg: at The Majestic Hotel, Kalk Bay; Muizenberg, Kalk Bay, Simon’s

Town Railway Stations. For interest - Stellenbosch Railway Station & Smuts House Museum, Irene, Pretoria.

Letter Boxes eg: Simon’s Town & St James

Posting Boxes eg: Kalk Bay, St James & Simon’s Town.

Tiles

Walls & brickwork

Windows

BATTLEFIELDS

The Battle Of Muizenberg

Cannon & Battery Trail

BUILDINGS - LANDMARK

148 Main Road, Fish Hoek

57 – 69 Main Road, Muizenberg

Green Parrot, Fish Hoek

Rockcorry Residence, Kalk Bay

Squires Building, Station Road, Simon’s Town

Station Building, Fish Hoek

Station Building, Kalk Bay

Station Building, Muizenberg

Triangle Building, Fish Hoek

Warwick House, Fish Hoek

BURIAL GROUNDS/GRAVEYARDS/KRAMATS

CANNONS

Article On Cannons

Cannon & Battery Trail

FARMS

Name

Date

Owner (s)

Produce

Blauuwbergvlei

Brooklands (dem)

De Stadler then De Villiers

Cape Point Farm

Cronwright’s Dairy Farm

c1920

Peter Cronwright

Milk

Driefontein/Dassenheuwel

c1840

Elsje’s Baai

Tannery

Elsje's River

1811

Brand, Christoffel (1811)

Vegetables

Froggy Farm

1815

Glen Farm (dem)

1800s

Goede Gift (dem)

1745

Groot Silvermyn

1808

Hartenbosch (dem)

1800s (early)

Klaasjagers

Klein Silvermyn

1904

Kromrivier

1817

Modderdam 

Oaklands (dem)

1780/1811

De Stadler

Oatlands and Stables

1743

Olifantsbosch (dem)  

1746

Red Hill

1800s

Rocklands Farm/Bakoven Valley

1815

Hough; Gardner; Dashwood; Sturt; Osmond; Becker; Watney; Ward; Miller and Watermeyer; Hoets; Meredith; Budge; Harley; Runciman; G. P. Moodie; G. F.A. Moodie; Beard; Rowe

Schuster’s Kraal

Slangkop/Imhoff’s Gift 

1743

Smit’s Farm - Silvermine

Smith’s Farm (now Buffelsfontein Information Centre)

1809/1811/1886

The Fish Hoek Homestead (Zeezicht?)

c1824

The Homestead (on Kleintuin)

1800s (early)

The Homestead and Welcome Cottage Glencairn

c1780/1812

The Old Homestead and Dagbreek Cottage aka Poespas Kraal and Sunnydale Farm

1743/1752/1759

Wieser; De Stadler

Theefontein aka Leeuwendaal?

1814

Welcome Farm, Cottage & Flour Mill

1871

Dawid De Villiers

vegetables, flowers, bark for tanning purposes and latterly dairy produce.

Weltevreden

1824

Wenga Farm

1920s

Seagers; Agnew; Francis

Poultry, veggies & pigs

Wildschutsbrand

1800s (early)

HOTELS

Old Hotels

MAPS: HISTORICAL – VILLAGES & TOWNS: pdf versions

Cape Point (draft)

Fish Hoek Valley

Glencairn

Kalk Bay

Muizenberg/St James

Simon's Town

MAPS: HISTORICAL TRAILS: pdf versions

Cannon & Battery Trail

Fish Hoek Amble (self – guided)

Fish Hoek Main Road Historical Walk

Gables & Chimneys Trail

Investor Trail

Kalk Bay Amble (self – guided)

Movers & Shakers Trail

Muizenberg Amble (self – guided)

Muslim Trail

Old Cape Farmstead Trail – Muizenberg, Fish Hoek Valley, Glencairn and Simon’s Town - includes visits to Kommetjie and Noordhoek

Old Hotel Trail Muizenberg

Rail Trail (with Clive Stadler)

Silvermine Wetlands Historical Walk

Stone Age & Quena Trail (incorporates Peers and Tunnel Caves)

The Historical Postage Stamp & Airmail Trail

The Valyland Amble

MUSEUM LEAFLETS

Battle Of Muizenberg Outdoor Museum

Fish Hoek Valley Museum

Rhodes Cottage Museum – photos only

The Heritage Museum

The Posthuys Museum

MUSEUMS/HISTORICAL SOCIETIES/ASSOCIATIONS/FRIENDS

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POSTCARDS: HISTORICAL POSTCARDS & PLACEMATS TO ORDER

view an example, enquire OR CALL 079 391 2105

PUBLICATIONS - HISTORICAL

Fish Hoek Cricket Club 75^th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine call 072 584 0424

RECIPROCAL MARKETING: DESTINATIONS, ATTRACTIONS & PLACES

Cobham, Kent, England – Sir Herbert Baker’s birth place

Deniliquin – birthplace of Victor Peers

Irene, Pretoria - Smuts House Museum

Riebeek Wes – Smuts’ birthplace and Smuts Museum

Stellenbosch - Stellenbosch Railway Station

RESIDENTS (FAMOUS)

Peers, Victor (discovery of Peers Cave)

SPORTS PERSONALITES

Bobby Locke – legendary golfer and master putter

Doug Hopwood – legendary rugby player and Fish Hoek 1^st XI cricket captain

STAMPS

WWF Conservation Stamp Series on Whales Of The Southern Oceans

STREET & ROAD INDEX & WHO LIVED WHERE IN 1951/52

Church Road Muizenberg

Main Road Fish Hoek

Main Road Glencairn

Main Road Kalk Bay

Main Road Muizenberg

Main Road St James

Palmer Road Muizenberg

St George’s Street Simon’s Town

York Road Muizenberg (formerly Station Road and the oldest road in the Village)

TIME PERIODS AND ERAS

ESA (3 mya)

MSA (c 300 000 - 30 000 ya)

LSA (before c 2 000 BP)

LSA (after c 2 000 BP)

Early contact

The Ancient Era (4000 B.C.-476 A.D.)

The Medieval Era (476-1450)

The Renaissance Era (1450-1600)

The Elizabethan Era (1558-1603)

The Baroque Era (1600-1750)

Dutch (1652 - 1795)

The Georgian Era (1714-1811)

The Regency Era (1812-1830)

Dutch-British transition (1795 - 1850)

The Victorian Era (1837-1901)

South African War

British colonial (1850 - 1910)

The Edwardian Era (1901-1919)

Union of SA (1911 - 1961)

World War I (1914 – 1918)

World War II (1940 – 1945)

Republic (1962 – 1996)

Democratic (1997 – present)

TRAILS: HISTORICAL TRAILS & WALKS - enquire OR CALL 079 391 2105

Cannon & Battery Trail

Church and Places Of Worship Trail

Fish Hoek Amble (self – guided)

Fish Hoek Main Road Historical Walk

Gables & Chimneys Trail

Graveyard & Burial Ground Trail

Historical walk from Muizenberg to Simon’s Town (an overnight walk which includes a

rocky shore component)

Investor Trail

Kalk Bay Amble

Movers & Shakers Trail

Muizenberg Amble (self – guided)

Muizenberg Village

Muslim Trail

Nooks & Spooks Of Simon’s Town

Old Cape Farmstead Trail – Muizenberg, Fish Hoek Valley, Glencairn and Simon’s Town

includes visits to Kommetjie and Noordhoek

Old Hotel Trail Muizenberg

Old Hotel Trail - Muizenberg to Simon’s Town via St James, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and

Glencairn

Rail Trail (with Clive Stadler)

Silvermine Wetlands Historical Walk

Simon’s Town Amble – (self – guided)

Stone Age & Quena Trail (incorporates Peers and Tunnel Caves)

The “Grand” Hotel Trail (21 Hotels between Muizenberg and Simon’s Town)

The Historical Postage Stamp & Airmail Trail

Valyland Amble

VILLAGES & TOWNS

Cape Point

Fish Hoek Valley

Glencairn

Kalk Bay

Muizenberg

Simon’s Town

St James

Strandfontein

VINTAGE & VETERAN CARS ON THE ROUTE

Cape Point (draft pdf)

Old Hotel Trail Muizenberg

Pegasus Motor Museum (directory entry)

Pegasus Photos

Pegasus Publicity

Warrior Toy Museum

and, whose official car was this beauty? (located at a museum in Irene, Pretoria)

VISITORS (FAMOUS VISITORS TO THE AREA)

WALKS: SHORT WALKS TO UNUSUAL HISTORICAL SPOTS - enquire OR CALL 079 391 2105

Horse Drinking Trough; Just Nuisance’s Afternoon Nap Spot; Letter Boxes; Milestones;

Oldest Lych Gate in South Africa; Posting Boxes; Sewemanseklip; Smallest Mosque in

South Africa; Trek Fishermen’s Lookout via the Steps; Flour Mill Ruin.

WOMEN ACHIEVERS ON THE ROUTE

WORSHIP: PLACES OF WORSHIP ON THE ROUTE