132:. The building was 40 feet (12 m) long by 20 feet (6.1 m) wide. The height of the walls from the floor line was 13 feet (4.0 m) and built of well burnt brick. The walls were 14 inches (360 mm) thick, plastered and whitened with lime. The roof was made of galvanised iron with the inside lined with tongue and groove match board. The rafters were 4.5 inches (110 mm) by 3 inches (76 mm). The timber windows and sashes were to be 1.5 inches (38 mm) thick. In the final event, the church walls were raised by an extra five brick courses. Buttresses had to be placed on the four corners of the church as well as the longest span of walls to provide extra stability.
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building of coarse grass daubed inside with red mud. It was built for about ÂŁ90 with the intention of servicing the fort. Most settler buildings of this time were wattle and daub, thatched with tambootie grass. Daub was composed of clay or ant-heap, tempered with sand and cow dung. Windows were hung
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in more recent history) after the death of his mother. One of these Zulu barracks was called
Mdumezulu ("where the heavens thunder"). A magisterial post was established near the barracks in 1850 with Mr C.H. Williams becoming the first resident magistrate. For a time the settlement was even known as
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A new site at 1 Sheffield Beach Road was purchased in 2000. Work began on the new All Souls in 2010, with the first phase being completed in 2011. The new All Souls was dedicated on 13 March 2011 by the bishop of Natal,
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The site of St James would roughly have been where the red-bricked memorial wall has now been built and where ruins of a "well burnt brick" wall are also evident. When St James closed in 1889 the pews were donated to Mr
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and reassembled overseas. Many can still be found today in the
Midlands. These buildings were ordered from a catalogue and shipped out in kit form from England. St Albans was disassembled and sold to
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The wattle-and-daub church was rebuilt but this time with a more permanent structure, using the same design as the
Anglican church at Verulam. It was dedicated as St James church. Pictures in the
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show St James as a plain building with the usual pointed arches over windows and doors. The gable ends were terminated with small pyramids. There was a large east window with a pointed arch.
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However, Williamstown faded in usage after the magistrate departed and the more descriptive term, "Umhlali", remained in use. Umhlali is the Zulu name for the Monkey Orange tree (
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While understandably nothing remains of the first wattle-and-daub
Anglican church, almost nothing is evident of the next Anglican church to be built in Umhlali, St James.
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it was in a state of defence. Foundations on the farm
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Williamstown. The first
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623:. London. 24 September 1890. p. 22 col B.
418:2015 - The Revd Tim McGowan (Acting, 3 months)
296:1874 â Interregnum (services led by Mr Lennox)
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268:1852 â The Revd J. Shuter
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617:"NOTICES"
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81:Salt Rock
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