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Willowmore History

People, places and heritage stories from Willowmore.

Stories & places

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The historic cemetery records local losses in the 1918 influenza epidemic.

Willowmore is the eastern gateway into the Baviaanskloof.

Willowmore began generating its own electricity in 1938.

The congregation dates from 1864. A church designed by Carl Otto Hager was consecrated in 1879.

William Moore and Frederick Lehmkuhl gave church land on the farm The Willows in 1864.

A thriving Jewish community built a synagogue in the early twentieth century.

A magistracy was established in 1874, and Willowmore became a municipality in 1884.

Willowmore's stone jail was completed in 1880.

Track from the Klipplaat junction reached Willowmore in August 1899.

Boer commandos attacked Willowmore twice in 1901.

The Anglican chapel was consecrated in 1881 after years of services in temporary venues.

Before the formal church town, William Moore operated a trading centre on The Willows.