Author: ENGLISH E F
Title: The Birth of a South African Village, Escombe
Description: Durban, 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Private Press, scarce title out of print and hard to find, privately published, green cloth sunned to spine with faint water mark at head of spine, silver titled upper board, 107pp, ' the story of how some 1820 settlers came from Cape Colony to Upper Malvern in the days of their retirement (1890-1901) and with the development of the Natal Government Railways how some of the new emigrants from the United Kingdom settled there when it was known as Bowkers and later Escombe (1904 and onwards), promoting community life on the lines of their experiences in the country from which they came', memoirs etc includes some historic photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: South Africa Natal Upper Malvern Bowkers Escombe Regional History White Settlement Twentieth Century Colonial British Colonistaion of South Africa, Jrr Tolkien, Tolkien, Hogsback


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