Stanford, Western Cape

Founded: 1856

Named after Captain Robert Stanford.

 


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List of references:

Burrows, Edmund Hartford . 1994. Overberg Odyssey : people, roads and early days. Swellendam: Privately printed in co-operation with the Swellendam Trust. pp 107, 108, 112, 113, 147, 154
Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp 450-451
Fransen, Hans. 2006. Old towns and villages of the Cape. A survey of the origin and development of towns, villages and hamlets at the Cape of Good Hope. With particular reference to their physical planning and historical landscape. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball. pp 267-268
Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 66
Schoeman, Chris . 2017. Historical Overberg, The. Cape Town: Zebra Press. pp 149-154

List of structures:

Holiday House - Own: n.d..
Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1927.
NG Kerksaal: 1958.
St Thomas Anglican Church: 1880.