Mabelreign is a north-western suburb of
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
, the capital of Zimbabwe. There are a number of shopping centres in the area. The Mabelreign post office, Mabelreign Police Station, municipality offices, and a local clinic are located on Stortford parade in Mabelreign shopping centre. Secondary schools in the area include
Ellis Robins School, Harare
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and the Mabelreign Girls High School. Hallingbury Primary School, Haig Park Primary and
Alfred Beit School
Alfred Beit School is a primary school in the suburb of Mabelreign in Harare Zimbabwe. The school was named after Alfred Beit. The school offers education from the ECD grade all the way up to grade 7. Alfred Beit has a house system which is mainl ...
are also in the area.
Areas falling under the general administrative area of Mabelreign include Greencroft, Haig Park, Sunridge, Ashdown Park, Meyrick Park, St. Andrews Park, Sentosa, Cotswold Hills and Bloomingdale.
Neighbouring suburbs are Marlborough,
Avondale and Belvedere.
History
In 1892
Edward Walter Kermode
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
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claimed a farm and registered it as 'Spring Valley Range', later to become Mabelreign. He arrived in the country from the Isle of Man with the pioneer column as a personal servant of
Archibald Calqhoun
Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold".
Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon .
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, the country's first administrator.
Shortly after registering the farm, in 1895, Kermode returned to the Isle of Man where he married.
Mabelreign was named after Miss Mabel Mann, who was a fiancée of a surveyor named Swatheral. Miss Mann laid claim to the land despite the fact that the title was already held.
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References
Suburbs of Harare
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