Cuylerville is a village in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
, located halfway between
Bathurst and the
Great Fish River
The Great Fish River (called ''great'' to distinguish it from the Namibian Fish River) ( af, Groot-Visrivier) is a river running through the South African province of the Eastern Cape. The coastal area between Port Elizabeth and the Fish R ...
.
It was the first village established by the
1820 settlers
The 1820 Settlers were several groups of British colonists from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, settled by the government of the United Kingdom and the Cape Colony authorities in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in 1820.
Origins
After ...
,
and was named after Colonel
Jacob Glen Cuyler, the military commander at
Fort Frederick.
See also
*
List of heritage sites in Eastern Cape
This is a list of the heritage sites in Eastern Cape as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. For performance reasons some districts have been split off from this list:
* List of heritage sites in Albany
* List of her ...
References
External links
St Mary's Church Cuylerville
{{Sarah Baartman District Municipality
Populated places in the Ndlambe Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1820
Cuyler family