Malvern is a
suburb of
Johannesburg ,
South Africa . Situated east of the
Johannesburg CBD , it lies south of
Kensington and north of the
industrial suburb of
Denver . It is located in Region F of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and lies just west of
Bedfordview in the
City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality .
History
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 Doornfontein . The area is named after Malvern or Malvern Hills in Worcestershire with the land proclaimed as a suburb on 24 June 1904. It was previously called Morriston.
References
^ "Sub Place Malvern" . Census 2011 .^ Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names . Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501 ^ Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg . Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712
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