Southwell, Eastern Cape
Southwell is a settlement within the former farming district of the same name, about from Port Alfred and about from Grahamstown.
Established in 1849 as a mission station, it was located at Lombard's Post, a fortified farmhouse originally granted to Pieter Lombard in 1790 as a leningsplaas. Canon Henry Waters was the first resident minister.
In the mid-19th century it hosted a Xhosa school, which was closed down during Mlanjeni's War.
The local St James Anglican Church was built in 1870.The foundation stone was laid by Nathaniel Merriman, Archdeacon of Grahamstown.
