Salisbury Claims

Salisbury Claims
Salisbury Claims
 Salisbury Claims shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg
Salisbury Claims
Salisbury Claims
Salisbury Claims (South Africa)
Salisbury Claims
Salisbury Claims (Africa)
Coordinates: 26°12′36″S 28°02′42″E / 26.210°S 28.045°E / -26.210; 28.045Coordinates: 26°12′36″S 28°02′42″E / 26.210°S 28.045°E / -26.210; 28.045
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Established 1921
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street) 2001

Salisbury Claims is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

This small suburb lies just south of the Johannesburg CBD with Marshalltown to the north and Wemmer to the south.[1] It was proclaimed a suburb on 26 October 1921.[1] 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 Turffontein.[1] Lying close to the Main Reef gold deposits, parts of the farm were proclaimed as a gold claim with the mine eventually called Salisbury Gold Mining Company.[1] The area is now a mix of commercial and light industrial usage.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
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