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Lindley, Free State

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Country
  
South Africa

District
  
Thabo Mofutsanyane

Established
  
1875

Area
  
23 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 7:15 AM

Province
  
Free State

Municipality
  
Nketoana

Postal code (street)
  
9630

Population
  
12,000 (2011)

Area code
  
058

Lindley, Free State

Weather
  
17°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 56% Humidity

Lindley is a small town situated on the banks of the Vals River in the eastern region of the Free State province of South Africa. It was established by an American missionary named Daniel Lindley, who was the first ordained minister to the Voortrekkers in Natal.

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Map of Lindley, South Africa

The settlement of Lindley was laid out in 1875 on the farm Brandhoek and was proclaimed a town in 1878. The main route to the town is the R707. Lindley, together with its neighbouring towns of Reitz, Petrus Steyn and Arlington form the Nketoana Local Municipality.

Lindley has reestablished their proud rugby union in 2016. Lindley rugby was ranked 1 in the free state in 1994, but lost its way going forward into the future.The committed citizens has risen the group once again 2016

Famous inhabitants

  • Stella Blakemore, popular youth author in Afrikaans, who wrote series such as Maasdorp and Keurboslaan, was born in Lindley in 1906.
  • Danie Craven, the famous Springbok Rugby Union player, administrator and coach was born in this town on 11 October 1910.
  • Tourist attractions

    Tourist attractions in Lindley include a British memorial in the local cemetery to British soldiers who died on 31 May 1900 at Yeomanry Hills during the siege of Lindley, prehistoric stone huts of the original inhabitants of the area as well as a miniature replica of the Dutch Reformed Church that was erected in 1928 in memory of those who died during the Second Anglo-Boer War.

    References

    Lindley, Free State Wikipedia