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Tweespruit, Free State

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Tweespruit is a settlement on the Free State-Kwazulu Natal railway line that was established after the Anglo Boer War for soldiers of the English regiments. During Union a research station was established here and there is now a large agricultural college. The name derives from two steams twee spruite converging. (Extracted and translated from Nienaber 1963:370) List of references: Nienaber, Petrus Johannes. 1963. Suid-Afrikaanse Pleknaamwoordeboek : Deel I. Kaapstad: Suid-Afrikaanse Boeksentrum. pp 370 Nienaber, PJ & Le Roux, CJP . 1983. Monumente en gedenktekens van die Oranje-Vrystaat. Roodepoort: CUM-Boeke. pp 86 List of structures: Leeuw River Mills: 1892. Westminster Estate Buildings: Alford: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Beauchamp: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Belgrave: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Broxton: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Chesham: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Crichton: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Eaton: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Ecclesfield: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Grosvenor: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Halkyn: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Lumley: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Madersfield: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Malpas: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Newlands: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Ormonde: 1904. Westminster Estate Buildings: Shaftesbury: n.d.. Westminster Estate Buildings: Stables: 1904. Westminster Estate Buildings: The Big House: 1904. Westminster Estate Buildings: The Schoolhouse: 1906. Westminster Estate Buildings: Wyndham: n.d..