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Title
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Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Grahamstown
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Alternative Title
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Grahamstown Cathedral Historical Image Collection
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Description
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The Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Grahamstown collection is a digitised archival set from the Cory Library and Historical Archives at Rhodes University documenting important visual records of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George in Grahamstown (Makhanda), Eastern Cape, South Africa. This collection, housed within the Cory Churches Collections, comprises 11 historical images—including aerial views of Grahamstown with the cathedral, architectural details of the cathedral’s chancel, and views of High Street and Church Square with the cathedral as focal point. Several photographs capture significant moments in the cathedral’s development, such as the laying of the foundation stone of the chancel by the Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir Henry Loch, in 1890, as well as earlier views of the surrounding urban context. The items reflect the cathedral’s religious, architectural, and civic significance in the colonial and early modern history of Grahamstown, and support research into church history, built heritage, urban development, and social life in the Eastern Cape.
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Language
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English
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Type
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Collection
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Subject
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Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Grahamstown (South Africa)
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Sir Henry Loch
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Colonial South Africa
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Church architecture
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Anglican church buildings
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Eastern Cape -- History
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Grahamstown (Makhanda), Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Spatial Coverage
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Grahamstown (Makhanda), Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Temporal Coverage
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Primarily late 19th to early 20th century
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Format
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Digital images