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716:. Webb was elected on 7 March 1883. Dean Williams would not recognise Webb as bishop either so, in November 1883, Webb set up his throne in an iron building (formerly a skating rink) on the site of the present post office to which the name of St Michael's Pro-Cathedral was given. But after Williams's death in August 1885, negotiations between the bishop and the select vestry were begun. Webb became "officiating minister" (the term used in the Church Ordinance) of St George's and officiated at the services on Christmas Day in 1885. After the reconciliation, the building was repaired and Webb began to collect funds for carrying the erection of a worthy cathedral one stage further. After attending the 582:" enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof," and to "be judicially taken notice of by all Judges, Magistrates, and others without being specially pleaded." It handed over the "administration and management of all matters connected with the church of Graham's Town, commonly called St George’s Church" to a vestry of not more than eight persons. This vestry was to be elected annually on the second Tuesday in March by "a general meeting of the male inhabitants of Graham's Town aforesaid, and of the parochial limits thereof, being members of, and holding communion with, the united Church of England and Ireland as by law established." 58: 1129: 1057: 42: 1117: 1069: 1081: 65: 1105: 1093: 535:
a flat top covered with lime and shells. The floors where not occupied by pews to be paved with stone; the "communion" to be raised one foot above the level of the floor and to consist of two equal steps. The columns under the galleries to be of wood, square and framed with panels. Mr Gilbert was allowed to cut down any timber, quarry stone and take clay for bricks from the nearest Government land and to be paid
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intended by Warners and modified the frame accordingly, placing one bell in a subsidiary frame raised above the other bells. As a result, seven of the eight bells swung in the same direction. This made the bells extremely difficult to ring and it is probable that they were only, initially, swung chimed. In 1887 it was reported that the joint of the bell frame "require tightening up throughout".
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This tablet is on the west wall of the cathedral and commemorates Joshua Davis Norden (1803–46), who arrived at Algoa Bay with Wilson's party in the Belle Alliance in May 1820. After various farming disasters, Norden opened an auctioneer's business in Grahamstown in 1835, became a commissioner of the
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The first ring of bells to be installed in Africa was hung in the cathedral tower in 1879. The bells, an octave cast by John Warner and Sons in London, were supplied complete with fittings and with a frame of English oak. The chancel was consecrated by Bishop Webb on 1 November 1893 and was dedicated
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out of their own number. The "officiating minister for the time being" (there is no word as to his appointment, which was still in the hands of Government) was to preside at all meetings of the vestry. The vestry took over all powers and possessions of the church committee, and was made a corporation
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The Cathedral band also ring at Hillandale, some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Grahamstown, where there is a light-weight ring of four bells at the Monastery of the Order of the Holy Cross that was installed in 1999. Ringing there is under the direction of the Cathedral Ringing Master. By the end
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In 1902 remedial work was undertaken on the bell frame and fittings and a band was in training under the tuition of a "Cape Town expert", a Mr Stephens. In 1903 the ringers were "Mr Lancaster (Captain), Dr Drury, Messrs G. Barnes, Charles Cory, Huntly and Walker". The bell frame, however, still gave
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The walls from the foundations up to the height of the galleries to be 2ft. 6in. thick and horn there to the roof 2ft. 3in. One side wall was to be supported by two buttresses and the other by three. The roof was to be of thatch. A square tower to be taken up 10 feet higher than the roof and to have
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The deanery is a large Victorian house set in its own grounds adjacent to the cathedral hall. It has reception rooms and a study for the dean on the ground floor and completely private quarters above. There is an additional "bed-sit" attached which is suitable for short-term guests of the parish or
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4,730 (£354 15s.). Even so, the roof caused further delays in the completion of the building, which was not opened until 1830. The new church was of course not consecrated, but it bore the name of St George's. The fragment of it that remains, the south wall, is the oldest piece of English Church
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Various schemes had been discussed from time to time for the building of a more worthy cathedral, but nothing was done until 1874, when it was discovered that the original tower, in which the town clock had been placed, was in danger. Dean Williams set about the work of collecting funds and was
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The frame was assembled in the tower by local labour but not, apparently, in the way in which Warners had intended. Henry Carter Galpin, a local clockmaker, had been employed by the town council to install the town clock in the cathedral tower. He wished it to strike on bells other than those
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has other duties and roles set out in the "Deed of Constitution and Statutes of the Chapter of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Grahamstown" which is an appendix to the acts of the Diocese of Grahamstown. The 21st and current dean is Mzinzisi Dyantyi who was appointed in 2021.
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in India. After doing duty at Stellenbosch and elsewhere, he was appointed acting Chaplain at Grahamstown, the appointment being made permanent in 1838. At the time of his arrival, St George's had developed so far as to have a slightly more ecclesiastical form of administration than the
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there is a British Population of upwards of 3000 persons (including the Military) totally destitute of any place of Worship whatever, and under the circumstances that no assistance can be expected to be derived from its Inhabitants in the erection of a Church, they being all Settlers or
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very generously agreed, and voted the £500 for Grahamstown, the balance of the money needed was supplied by the colonial treasury. Plans were prepared by W Jones, a land surveyor of Cape Town, and the building erected by George Gilbert also of Cape Town.
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capable of suing and being sued. In 1841 the meaning of the words "holding, communion" was queried, and the Attorney-General decided that they did not mean what they said, but that any one professing to be a churchman was a full member of the Church.
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On the calm, quiet day, as we were travelling along so peacefully, the rumours of war could not but come back to us, as our drivers pointed out the spots where many a bitter struggle for life had taken place, and especially where a body of poor
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In 1997 two trebles, cast the previous year in London at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, were added to the ring. The first peal on the ten was rung on 4 April 1998, conducted by Timothy G. Pett in 3 hours 19 minutes: Cambridge Surprise Royal.
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in 1847. He arrived in South Africa on 20 February 1848 and visited Grahamstown on 5 October 1848. At a meeting with the vestry of St George's the bishop explained that he could not consecrate the church as it was not yet conveyed to the
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in style, with a granite and sandstone exterior, plastered interior walls with marble pillars. The building of the cathedral was finally completed in 1952 with the addition of the Lady Chapel. It can accommodate about 500 people.
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The Colonial Secretary is, therefore requested to forward "a tankard, two cups, four plates, a table-cloth, and a surplice". These were received on 8 September following, less the surplice, and Geary then wanted a Bible and a
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Another visitation followed and on 21 September 1850 he consecrated the church and churchyard. "The church was full, the parishioners appearing to take a deep interest in the matter."
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band was formed under the tuition of Paul Spencer, who had learned to ring at Armitage Bridge in Yorkshire, and Bill Jackson, who had learned at Dalton-in-Furness in Lancashire.
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and the validity of the appointments of bishops. Dean Williams then excluded Bishop Merriman from his cathedral. This action resulted in many court cases which Williams won.
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to both St George and St Michael to mark the healing of a historic breach in the diocese. In 1902 remedial work was undertaken on the bell frame and fittings in the tower.
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The band presently ring call-changes and Plain Hunts on Sundays from 18:00–18:55. Rhodes University used to offer a course leading to the Certificate in Change Ringing.
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the dean. The sub-deanery is a modern four-bedroom house with adequate reception rooms, a very small study, a garage and its own entrance, backing on to the deanery.
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The cathedral became the primary location for memorials to those fallen combatants of the conflicts between the original residents of the lands and the
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A Journal of the Bishop's Visitation Tour Through the Cape Colony in 1848: With an Account of His Visit to the Island of St. Helena in 1849 and a Map
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Records of the Cape Colony 1793-1831 Copied for the Cape Government, from the Manuscript Documents in the Public Record Office (Volume 8), London
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In 1959 "Mr Eardley from Stoke-on-Trent ... fitted new ropes" and undertook sufficient maintenance to enable four bells to be rung. In 1968 a
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municipality and established a burgher force for the defence of the town ("Norden's Yeomanry"). He was killed in action during the
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A new nave, designed by John Oldrid Scott, was dedicated in 1912, just eight days short of the centenary of the establishment of
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loyally supported by the vestry. Plans were prepared for the tower and spire as part of a complete new building by Sir
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had voted £500 in 1820 for the erection of a church in Cape Town, this gift was declined by the Governor,
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of South Africa. Today, these memorial plaques are covered as an acknowledgement of the diversity in the
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acted as superintending architect and designed several of the fittings. The foundation-stone was laid by
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The Jews in South Africa. A History. Edited by G. Saron and L. Hotz. [With Plates and a Map]
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of 1888, he returned with £3,000 collected in England. The plans for the chancel were prepared by
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was originally a military outpost on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony. It was founded by
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demonstrates the unstable nature of the relationship between the indigenous peoples and the
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An interesting figure reached Grahamstown in 1833. This was John Heavyside, a missionary of
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William Geary, the first Colonial Chaplain of Grahamstown (who was appointed and removed by
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the Governor of the Colony, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, granted the site to
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of July 2001, four quarter-peals had been rung at Hillandale, all by the Cathedral band.
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It was later decided to use zinc for the roof instead of thatch at an additional cost of
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thus summarizes the agreement entered into by these persons, and dated 9 September 1824:
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By the end of 2000, five peals and 27 quarter-peals had been rung on the bells.
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Diocesan chart showing bishops and deans of St Michael and St George Cathedral
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The large ornate lectern still in use in St Michael and St George Cathedral
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and the ongoing process of reconciliation in South Africa. A quote from
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The cathedral was the religious center of the community of Grahamstown.
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The tower, clock and bells of Grahamstown Cathedral: an outline history
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A proper degree of terror: John Graham and the Cape's eastern frontier
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A Memoir of John Armstrong, D.D.: Late Lord Bishop of Grahamstown
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The Archdeacon of King William's Town East, Mziwoxolo Doda
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The Cape Journals of Archdeacon N. J. Merriman, 1848-1855
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The Archdeacon of East London Central, Pumzile Mpumlwana
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Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George in Church Square
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The Choir of The Cathedral of St Michael and St George
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as the first bishop. During the oversight of Bishop
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Grahamstown Cathedral

Cathedral of St Michael and St George is located in South Africa
33°18′36″S 26°31′36″E / 33.31000°S 26.52667°E / -33.31000; 26.52667
Makhanda, Eastern Cape
Denomination
Anglican
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John Armstrong
Consecrated
Architect(s)
George Gilbert Scott
John Oldrid Scott
Style
Victorian
neo-gothic
spires
Materials
Province
Southern Africa
Diocese
Diocese of Grahamstown
Archdeaconry
Bishop(s)
Vacant
Dean
Assistant priest(s)
Deacon(s)
Director of music
Organ scholar

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