Peelton is a village 60 km north-west of
East London
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...
and 16 km north-east of
King William's Town. It was founded in 1848-49 as a station of the
London Missionary Society. Named after Sir
Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer ...
, former Prime Minister of Britain and
First Lord of the Treasury in 1834; it takes its name from the
Valley of Peel.
References
Populated places in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
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