Glendale, Zimbabwe
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Glendale is a village in the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. The village of Glendale was given its name by Earl Grey. It is located in the Mazowe valley about 85 km north of Harare. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 6,076. Maize, cotton, cattle, pigs, wheat and citrus are farmed in the region. Glendale has a large railway depot, cotton depot and ginnery. A textile industry is developing in the village. Zimbabwe's leading iron pyrites producer, the Iron Duke Mine, is 15 km south of Glendale. The families of Glendale that settled and established the district from about the 1900's onwards, used a mix of dedicated grit to the land and administrative farming prudency into creating Glendale, now a highly productive farming area. The district was once underpopulated, undeveloped virgin bush.
In the last years of President Robert Mugabe's rule in Zimbabwe, the area was destroyed by his policies. The State government payed people to invade, disrupt and evict farming families not in support of ZANU. This brought a halt to agricultural production in the district.
The Glendale church and the Glen Grey Primary School were built by Major Anthony Henry Montague Browne. He is buried in the Glendale church grounds. Major Browne was succeeded by his son Major Nicholas George Alexander Browne.
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