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Harfield Village

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are located to the area's immediate north on the other side of Harfield Station. Although it is typically regarded as being part of Claremont, parts of the village overlap with areas commonly regarded as being parts of lower Kenilworth.
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era cottages. Most streets are named after counties in England such as Surrey, Suffolk and Norfolk. Harfield Village possibly got its name from the original Harfield Cottage, built by Thomas Mathew, one of the initial residents of
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in 1814 and the resulting British acquisition of the Cape Colony a number of British nationals settled in the area. The area remained rural and largely under developed until the arrival of the railway connecting nearby
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The area hosts 4 parks (Hampstead, Purley, Surrey, and Princes), two primary schools (Rosmead Primary and De Heide School for the disabled), and one high school (
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residents. All of whom were evicted or forced to sell their property when the area was declared a whites only area in 1969.
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Hampstead Park, the largest park in Harfield Village (top). A community event in Purly Park (bottom).
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train station, Harfield Road Railway Station, that is located on the
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to Cape Town in 1864. In 1881 the businessman and politician,
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which is located within the overlap area with Kenilworth.
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Hampstead Park
Purley Park
33°59′10″S 18°28′34″E / 33.986°S 18.476°E / -33.986; 18.476
South Africa
Western Cape
City of Cape Town
Time zone
UTC+2
SAST
Postal code
Cape Town
Kenilworth
Claremont, Cape Town
Arderne Gardens
Victorian
Edwardian
Claremont
Livingston High School
Saint James Church
Metrorail
Southern Line
Battle of Blaauwberg
Wynberg
John Molteno
apartheid
Group Areas Act
Coloured
"Harfield Village"
"Victims of Cape forced removals hold Heritage Day commemorative walk"
"Harfield Village"

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