# Alicedale

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Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Alicedale Alicedale Old Railway Station Alicedale Show map of Eastern Cape Alicedale Show map of South Africa Coordinates: 33°19′S 26°5′E / 33.317°S 26.083°E / -33.317; 26.083 Country South Africa Province Eastern Cape District Sarah Baartman Municipality Makana Area [1] • Total 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) Population (2011)[1] • Total 3,872 • Density 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) Racial makeup (2011) [1] • Black African 57.1% • Coloured 40.9% • Indian/Asian 0.3% • White 1.2% • Other 0.5% First languages (2011) [1] • Xhosa 51.9% • Afrikaans 43.7% • English 2.2% • Other 2.1% Time zone UTC+2 (SAST) Postal code (street) 6135 PO box 6135 Area code 042

**Alicedale** is a small settlement in [Sarah Baartman District Municipality](/source/Sarah_Baartman_District_Municipality) in the [Eastern Cape](/source/Eastern_Cape) province of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), situated on the banks of the [Bushmans River](/source/Boesmans_River_(Eastern_Cape)).

## Railway History

Alicedale is a [railway junction](/source/Railway_junction) on the main railway line between [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg) and [Port Elizabeth](/source/Port_Elizabeth). From here a branch line leads to [Grahamstown](/source/Grahamstown). The town was a railway training facility during the previous two centuries, from there the historical red facebrick building that now houses the reception of the resort hotel. The town was named for Mrs. Alice Slessor,[a] the wife of the [engineer](/source/Frederick_Slessor) in charge of construction of the railways.[3]

## Buildings of interest

- *Bushmans River Sands Hotel* in Alicedale had an 18-hole golf course.Due to COVID it closed

- St Barnabas Anglican Church was dedicated in 1887 and regular Anglican worship still takes place in the church.[4]

The nearest neighbouring towns are [Riebeek East](/source/Riebeek_East) and [Paterson](/source/Paterson%2C_Eastern_Cape), while [Grahamstown](/source/Grahamstown) lies 45 kilometres (28 mi) to the east.

## Notes and references

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** A number of sources including Raper assert that Alice Slessor's maiden name was Dale. This is incorrect, the record of their marriage at St John's Church in the Parish of Paddington, on 10 September 1867[2] clearly indicates that Alice's name was Malton and that she was a spinster at the time of her marriage.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-3) Sum of the Main Places [Alicedale](http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/264005) and [KwaNonzwakazi](http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/264006) from Census 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Frederick Slessor and Alice Malton"](http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1867%2f3%2faz%2f000230%2f203). *England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription*. 1867. Retrieved 8 October 2014 – via [Findmypast](/source/Findmypast).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Raper1989_4-0)** Raper, P. E. (1989). [*Dictionary of Southern African Place Names*](https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n56/mode/2up). Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 56. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-947464-04-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-947464-04-2) – via [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-alba_StBa_5-0)** ["St Barnabas's Church - Alicedale"](http://www.albanyanglicans.org/stbarnabasalicedale/index.php). *albanyanglicans.org*. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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