Melrose Estate

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use South African English|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Melrose Estate

| pushpin_map = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|26.145|S|28.051|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gauteng

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = City of Johannesburg

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| subdivision_name4 = Johannesburg

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798015047 |title = Sub Place Melrose Estate |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 0.59

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 730

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 34.1%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 2.1%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 5.9%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 57.1%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.8%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = English

| demographics2_info1 = 68.2%

| demographics2_title2 = Zulu

| demographics2_info2 = 7.7%

| demographics2_title3 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info3 = 5.6%

| demographics2_title4 = Northern Sotho

| demographics2_info4 = 3.8%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 14.7%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code =

| area_code_type = Area code

}}

Melrose Estate is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3{{update after|2011|03|28}}. Until the early 2000s, the suburb had many fine traditional houses, which are rapidly giving way to cluster house complexes. While probably inevitable, this is slowly defacing the suburb. With the expected building of the Gautrain station in nearby Rosebank, the suburb is likely to disappear as a tree-covered residential area.

History

The land at the Melrose Estate of 713 acres was bought by business man Henry Brown Marshall in 1893.{{cite book | title=The Johannesburg Saga | publisher=John R. Shorten Pty Ltd | author=Shorten, John R. | year=1970 | location=Johannesburg | pages=1159}}{{rp|72}} He would plant trees on the estate and build his home there.{{rp|68}} When the suburb was developed, the street Glenhove Road, that passes through the suburbs of Oakland, Melrose and Houghton was named after Marshall's birth estate in Scotland, Glenhove.{{rp|72}}

References

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Category:Johannesburg Region E

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