Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Malvern is a
suburb of
Johannesburg ,
South Africa . Situated east of the
Johannesburg CBD , it lies south of
Kensington and north of the
industrial suburb of
Denver . It is located in Region F of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and lies just west of
Bedfordview in the
City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality .
History
Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up
Johannesburg , called Doornfontein .
[2] The area is named after Malvern or Malvern Hills in Worcestershire with the land proclaimed as a suburb on 24 June 1904.
[2] It was previously called Morriston.
[3] : 177
References
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"Sub Place Malvern" . Census 2011 .
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a
b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names . Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN
9781868425501 .
^ Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg . Cape Town: Francolin.
ISBN
1868590712 .
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