Fellside is a suburb of

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. It is a small suburb located north-east of the city centre with Orange Grove to its north, south and east, with Houghton Estate to its west. It is located in Region E of the

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History

Fellside lies on land that once made up the farm called ''Klipfontein'', one of many large farms that make what is Johannesburg and its suburbs. The suburb was proclaimed in 1904. No houses were built before 1910 and the suburb's name possibly originates from the African City Properties Trust's founder, Sir

Arthur Fell Sir Arthur Fell (7 August 1850 – 29 December 1934) was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. After a notorious legal case in 1906 where a biased judge dismissed an election petition against him, Fell sat in the House of Com ...

. The houses tend mostly to be single storey houses originating from the 1920s. Unity Street is lined with mature

plane trees ''Platanus'' is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae. All mature members of ''Platanus'' are tall, reaching in height. All except f ...

References

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