Grepies uit die geskiedenis van Woodstock

Abstract

Woodstock, which was originally known as Papendorp, is an industrial and residential area in Cape Town. At the beginning of the nineteenth century houses were erected along the main road which ran through the property of Pieter van Papendorp and in 1845 the area could boast of an Anglican church and a school. The tempo of growth quickening when the railway line was laid by 1881 Papendorp and Salt River had merged and the name Woodstock was accepted for the new municipality. Increasing industrialization completely altered the character of this residential area, at one time purely Afrikaans, which was incorporated into Cape Town in 1913.