Sidbury is a village in the
Albany district of the
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
province of South Africa.
History
The village was founded by
Lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...
Richard Daniell,
R.N. He was leader of the Daniell party of the British
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 th ...
to the Eastern Cape which came to South Africa on the ship the ''Duke of Marlborough ''. He named the village after his home town of
Sidbury
Sidbury is a large village north of Sidmouth on the A375 road in Devon, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 457. In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 2,507.
It is situated on the River Sid, which rises at Crowpits C ...
,
Devonshire
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.
He provided land and funds for the building of a church in the village, the church (named St Peter's after the church in Sidbury, Devonshire) was built in 1841 and was one of the first ten Anglican churches in South Africa. The church predates the establishment of the
Diocese of Cape Town. The church is a
heritage site
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recognised by the
South African Heritage Resource Agency
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.
In the 1890s, the community of Sidbury started a cricket club which continues to the present despite its small population.
Notable people
Frances Charlotte Slater who went by the pen name Francis Bancroft wrote 17 novels including works such as ''The Veldt Dwellers'' (1912) and ''Thane Brandon'' (1913).
See also
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Diocese of Grahamstown
The Diocese of Grahamstown is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It is centred on the historic city of Makhanda in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The diocese extends to East London, in the east and Port Alfred to the ...
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Kwantu Private Game Reserve
Notes and references
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Further reading
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*{{cite book, last1=Bryer, first1=Lynne , last2=Hunt, first2=Keith S. , title=The 1820 Settlers, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MIKAQAAIAAJ, year=1984, publisher=D. Nelson, isbn=978-0-909238-87-2
External links
St Peter's - Sidbury
1820 Settlers
1820 establishments in the Cape Colony