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St John's Anglican Church at Weston, Mooi River, South Africa
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English: St John's Anglican Church, Mooi River, Natal, South Africa.
St John's is an interesting old church. It was built in 1872 in what was to be the town of Weston. About 15 years later the railway line was built and it by-passed Weston about 2km upstream. This meant that Weston never grew and the town of Mooi River grew up around the railway bridge. In the later 1870s it was barricaded and people were given protection against possible attacks from Zulus during this unsettled period. It served as the main Parish Church until the Church of St Paul's was built in Mooi River in 1941. There was monthly worship at St John's until about 2003 when it was decided to focus Anglican worship at St Paul's. You may have noticed the grave of General Woodgate who fought in the Boer War at the Battle of Spionkop. I don't know why he was buried in this cemetery as there is a Military cemetery nearby with many graves. Mooi River was the site of a military hospital. Afrikaans: St John's Anglikaanse Kerk te Mooirivier, KwaZulu-Natal. St John's is 'n interessante ou kerk. Dit is in 1872 gebou in wat die dorpie Weston sou wees. Sowat 15 jaar later is die spoorlyn gebou en dit het Weston sowat 2 km stroomop verbygegaan. Dit het beteken dat Weston nooit gedy het nie en die dorp Mooirivier het om die spoorwegbrug ontstaan. In die latere 1870's is dit afgesper om mense teen moontlike Zoeloe-aanvalle in hierdie onstuimige tydperk te beskerm. Dit het as die hoofgemeentekerk gedien totdat die Kerk van St Paul's in 1941 in Mooirivier gebou is. Daar was maandelikse aanbidding by St John's tot ongeveer 2003 toe besluit is om Anglikaanse aanbidding by St Paul's te konsentreer. Jy sal dalk die graf van generaal Woodgate opmerk wat in die Boereoorlog by die Slag van Spioenkop geveg het. Ek weet nie hoekom hy in die kerkhof begrawe is nie, want die nabygeleë militêre begraafplaas het baie grafte. Mooirivier was die ligging van 'n militêre hospitaal. |
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