Cornwall Hill

Cornwall Hill
Cornwall
Cornwall Hill

 Cornwall Hill shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 25°52′34″S 28°14′22″E / 25.87611°S 28.23944°ECoordinates: 25°52′34″S 28°14′22″E / 25.87611°S 28.23944°E
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Tshwane
Main Place Centurion
Established 1998
Area[1]
 • Total 2.30 km2 (0.89 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 628
 • Density 270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 30.10%
 • Coloured 0.96%
 • Indian/Asian 1.43%
 • White 67.52%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • English 44.75%
 • Afrikaans 40.13%
 • Sotho 3.03%
 • Setswana 2.39%
 • other 9.7%
Postal code (street) 0157
PO box 0178

Cornwall Hill is a small township south of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, It borders the township of Irene. Cornwall Hill takes its name from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry brigade that was stationed here during the Anglo-Boer war.

Anglo-Boer War

During the Anglo-Boer war, at the time of the British occupation of Pretoria, over a thousand Mounted Infantry, two companies of the 2nd Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and 350 Northumberland Fusiliers guarded the section of railway line at Irene. Cornwall Hill takes its name from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry brigade. These Cornish men, camped on the western slopes of the highest hill in the vicinity of the Irene Station, built a rough stone fort to protect the railway line linking Johannesburg to Pretoria, and thus the hill became known as Cornwall Hill.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sub Place Cornwall Hill". Census 2011.