Abbotsdale

Place in Western Cape, South Africa
33°29′13″S 18°40′33″E / 33.48694°S 18.67583°E / -33.48694; 18.67583CountrySouth AfricaProvinceWestern CapeDistrictWest CoastMunicipalitySwartlandArea • Total8.70 km2 (3.36 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total3,762 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African4.2% • Coloured95.3% • Indian/Asian0.2% • White0.2% • Other0.2%First languages (2011) • Afrikaans92.8% • English3.1% • Xhosa2.7% • Other1.4%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)
7300

Abbotsdale is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality Swartland Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Here in around 1854 the Abbotsdale Mission was founded [2] on a 1600 acre farm purchased by Bishop Gray of the Anglican Church.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Abbotsdale". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Wood, Michael Henry Mansel (1913). A father in God : the episcopate of William West Jones. archive.org: London Macmillan. pp. 125.
  3. ^ Pascoe, Charles Frederick (1901). Two hundred years of the S.P.G.: an historical account of the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, 1701-1900. Archive.org. pp. 291.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)