Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate, Albany (Grahamstown)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/AY
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1806 – 1978
History
Grahamstown developed into the main centre of the Eastern Province when the 1820 Settlers and some Boer families settled there.
On 15 September 1820 a court of Deputy Landdrost and Heemraden, under the control of the court of Landdrost and Heemraden at Uitenhage, was established for the better administration of justice in the new developed area.
In October 1820 it was, however, decided to establish a permanent seat of magistry in the district of Albany. The chief seat was situated in the town of Bathurst. The court of Heemraden consisted of the Heemrade resident within the limits of the sub-drostdy of Grahamstown.
The magistrate also acted as chairman of the matrimonial and liquor licensing courts.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Grahamstown.
Albany.
Bathurst.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Grahamstown.
Albany.
Bathurst.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
1/AY
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
4 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Guide to Arranged Archives in the Cape Archives Deport, vol II.
Guide to Arranged Archives in the Cape Archives Deport, vol II.