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Post date: 07/08/2012
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History: This church with its Neo-Gothic features was donated to the parish of Hopefield in 1872 as a chapel of ease by a member of the congregation, Mr Willem van der Byl. The church building was taken into use on 1 April 1872. The yellowwood pulpit inside the church was made in 1721 by Adam Albertyn, progenitor of the Albertyn family in South Africa. for the Dutch Reformed Church in Stellenbosch. After 130 years of service there, it was donated to the Zoutrivier (now Hopefield) congregation in 1853, from where it was transferred by ox-wagon to the Langebaan church in 1878. This yellowwood pulpit is undoubtedly the oldest existing pulpit in South Africa.
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