Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate, Hanover
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/HAN
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1876 – 1976
History
A periodical court, to be held by the magistrate of Colesberg, was established at Hanover on 28 December 1857. This periodical court was abolished on 13 November 1876 when a magistrate was appointed for the district of Hanover. For the period up to December 1876 when the Magistrate of Colesberg tried cases in the Periodical Court at Hanover see 1/CBG D1/1/1 – 2/2/1 in the Colesberg Magistrate’s group.
The magistrate acted as deputy registrar of births and deaths, chairman of the water and liquor licensing courts and as controller of the Cape Mounted Police.
Places
Northern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Hanover.
Colesberg.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Hanover.
Colesberg.
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/HAN
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
12 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Guide to Arranged Archives in the Cape Archives Depot, vol II.