Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Town Clerk, Municipality King William's Town
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 3/KWT
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1861 – 1960
History
A Municipal Corporation was established at King William’s Town by Ordinance No 1 of 8 February 1861 (BK 438 British Kaffrarian Ordinance).
In 1994 King William's Town became part of the Eastern Cape Province.
King William's Town (now known as Qonce) is part of the Buffalo City metropolitan municipality and it includes the towns of East London and Bhisho, as well as the large townships of Mdantsane and Zwelitsha.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
British Kaffraria.
King William's Town.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
British Kaffraria.
King William's Town.
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
3/KWT
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
4 May 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Archives of British Kaffraria (BK).