Henley on Klip

Henley on Klip
Henley on Klip

 Henley on Klip shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 26°32′7″S 28°03′40″E / 26.53528°S 28.06111°ECoordinates: 26°32′7″S 28°03′40″E / 26.53528°S 28.06111°E
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
District Sedibeng
Municipality Midvaal
Established 1904
Area[1]
 • Total 11.37 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 5,874
 • Density 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 40.2%
 • Coloured 2.4%
 • Indian/Asian 1.5%
 • White 55.6%
 • Other 0.4%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • English 41.9%
 • Afrikaans 27.9%
 • Zulu 9.8%
 • Sotho 7.8%
 • Other 12.6%
Postal code (street) 1961
PO box 1962
Area code 016

Henley on Klip is situated next to the R59 along the Klip River between Johannesburg and Vereeniging. The village was founded in 1904,[2] by Advocate Horace Kent. Born in 1855 in Henley on Thames, England, Kent came to South Africa in 1898. The area where Henley on Klip is located, reminded Kent of his hometown, in England, Henley on Thames. Kent, in conjunction with the Small Farms Company (SFC), bought the land from a Mr. Van Der Westhuizen, for a price of 5000 Pounds, and the land was divided into smallholdings from 1 to 80 acres (320,000 m2).

In 1904, the SFC decided to build the Kidson Weir on the Klip River in Henley on Klip. The weir was named after Fenning Kidson, the grandson of an 1820 settler. Fenning was educated in England, but returned to South Africa as a young man and became a transport rider, a contemporary of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick. Soon after the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War, news came to Kidson that a commando was on his way to his farm to arrest him. Under the noses of the Boers he escaped, riding sidesaddle, his burly frame crammed into his wife’s riding habit. He finally made his way to Natal, but returned to the Transvaal after the war, settling in Henley on Klip with his wife, Edith. The family home was named Tilham, which is the manor house on the river at the corner of Regatta and Shillingford Roads

Community Organisations

Henley has a very strong sense of community spirit, this is

Schools

There are four schools in the village.

Market days

A number of markets are held throughout the village on the last Saturday of the month.

On the First Saturday of each month:

Follow the signs from the R59 - Crafts, Art Jewellery, Cakes, Gifts, Books, Food and Preserves, Jumping Castle and lots more.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sub Place Henley on Klip". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Van Eck, Koos (2010) A River runs through: A history of Henley on Klip. Vanderbijlpark: Corals Publishers, ISBN 978-0-9814389-7-9

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