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Note from Lew Norgarb...

We at Norgarb Properties are truly grateful to the residents of Harfield Village and surrounds for all the support we have received over the years.

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Welcome to Harfield Village community website

Harfield Village is situated in Claremont, a suburb in Cape Town and is described as a thriving group of residential shops and cottages deriving from a mixed South African culture. The choice of the name Harfield Village probably was taken from the association of the area with the Harfield Road railway station. The station and Harfield Road running alongside it, received its name from its proximity to "Harfield Cottage" which was built by a Mr Thomas Mathew who was one of the earlier residents of Claremont and a successful cooper and wine merchant. This remarkable man also lovingly known as 'Father Mathew', built a circular chapel on the grounds in 1840 where Dr David Livingstone once preached and was to be the beginning of the Claremont Congregational Church.

Residents from different racial, social and religious backgrounds live and work together in this village hoping to protect its' rich historic physical environment and recognizing its painful history which is described in a history document.

With events such as the Harfield Village Carnival, the unique character of the village radiates, and so cultivating further community and spirit amongst its residents.

This site is designed and dedicated to the folk of this area who have their own businesses and would like to advertise and list the services they provide.

History of Harfield Village

Early Origins

The Harfield Village Association, a resident's association, today represents an area between the southern suburbs railway line and Rosemead Avenue, and from Lansdowne Road to Kenilworth Road, that is known as Harfield Village. Initial settlement in this area of "lower Claremont" sprung up during the early to mid 19th Century within the larger area that was coming to be known as Claremont. Both areas were part of an expanding urban Cape Town, particularly since the entire naval establishment at the Cape had been transferred by the British to Simon's Town in 1814 and a new hard road, Main Road, had been built to connect Simons Town and Cape Town. The area attracted more and more residents, in particular, settlers from Britain (following the British takeover of the Dutch colony at the Cape in 1814) who saw a "place in the country" as a sign of successful business but also as a result of the "urge of the British countryman to own his own piece of land." At the "seventh milestone" along the new Main Road, a little group of shops and cottages became the village of Claremont, taking its name from the estate which lay along the left of the road. (1) The cottages were mainly those of the labourers on the surrounding Feldhausen, Mariendahl and other estates and they depended on the private wells of the owners of these estates as water was scarce and only a prosperous landowner could afford the necessary expense of sinking wells on his property. (2)

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