Sidbury, Eastern Cape
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| name = Sidbury, Eastern Cape
| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|33|25|18|S|26|10|22|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = Makana
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| established_title = Established
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/264007 |title = Main Place Sidbury, Eastern Cape |work=Census 2011}}
| area_total_km2 = 7.91
| elevation_m = 470
| population_total = 115
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_title1 = Black African
| demographics1_info1 = 83.5%
| demographics1_title2 = Coloured
| demographics1_info2 = 4.3%
| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian
| demographics1_info3 = 4.3%
| demographics1_title4 = White
| demographics1_info4 = 7.8%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 =
| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)
| demographics2_title1 = Xhosa
| demographics2_info1 = 66.7%
| demographics2_title2 = English
| demographics2_info2 = 20.0%
| demographics2_title3 =
| demographics2_info3 =
| demographics2_title4 =
| demographics2_info4 =
| demographics2_title5 = Other
| demographics2_info5 = 13.3%
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)
| postal_code =
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Sidbury is a village in the Albany district of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
History
The village was founded by Lieutenant Richard Daniell, R.N. He was leader of the Daniell party of the British 1820 Settlers to the Eastern Cape which came to South Africa on the ship the Duke of Marlborough .{{sfn|Mitford-Barberton|White|1969|pp=90-91}} He named the village after his home town of Sidbury, Devonshire.
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.{{sfn|Martin|2005|p=8}} The church predates the establishment of the Diocese of Cape Town. The church is a heritage site recognised by the South African Heritage Resource Agency.
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).{{sfn|Eve|2003|pp=154-}}
See also
Notes and references
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- {{cite book|last=Eve|first=Jeanette |title=A Literary Guide to the Eastern Cape: Places and the Voices of Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwFXGL059QgC&pg=PA154|year=2003|publisher=Juta and Company|isbn=978-1-919930-15-2}}
- {{cite book|last=Martin|first=Desmond |title=The Bishop's Churches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c4i0AbAwGgQC&pg=PA8|year=2005|publisher=Struik|isbn=978-1-77007-155-1}}
- {{cite book|last1=Mitford-Barberton|first1=Ivan |authorlink1=Ivan Mitford-Barberton|last2=White|first2=Violet |title=Some frontier families: biographical sketches of 100 Eastern Province families before 1840|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reM8AQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Human and Rousseau}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Slater|first=Lorna |title=The Story of Sidbury, 1820-1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WxLAAQAACAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Marine Litho|isbn=978-0-620-05958-9}}
- {{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
- [http://albanyanglicans.org/stpetersidbury/index.php St Peter's - Sidbury]