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History Of Weston

WESTON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGERef: http://www.weston.co.za/about-us/history-of-weston.html

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Source domain: weston.co.za

Collected on 30 July 2026

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What this means

This document is a webpage section titled “The History of Weston Agricultural College” (Weston Agricultural College). It describes the school’s origins on its current site, opening on 17 August 1914 with five pupils, and later name changes and course developments. It also provides historical background on the Weston area (including transport, bridges, St John’s Church, and the Anglo-Boer War remount depot) and outlines later school infrastructure developments and facilities. It includes the school’s contact details and address in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Facts

Places

KwaZulu-Natal, George Local Municipality, Western Cape

Reference

http://www.weston.co.za/about-us/history-of-weston.html

Amounts

R 7, R 2, R 622

Parties

British army set up tent hospital

Key Takeaways

  • Opened on 17 August 1914 with five pupils (Weston Agricultural and Allied Trades School)
  • World War I began two weeks before opening; growth affected
  • After three years: numbers increased to sixty; in 1925 renamed Weston Farm Training School
  • 1925: two-year course introduced with emphasis on practical agriculture
  • 1854: post office set up in the Weston area
  • 1866: Helen Bridge built across the Mooi River (still standing)
  • 1872: St John’s Church built; enclosed by a laager during the Zulu War of 1879
  • 1899-1902 Anglo-Boer War: Weston farm used as a remount depot; British army set up tent hospital with 1500 beds
  • Remount camp sold by Union Government to the NPA; converted into an Agricultural and Allied Trades School
  • Purchase price: 3000 acres (1200 hectares) for R 6,848 (about R2 per acre)
  • Original school block built in 1926; added to in 1968
  • 1987: Science laboratory, media centre, and two more classrooms built
  • Parker House hostel opened in 1990s (text shows “199.g”)
  • 1991: school introduced Standards 6 & 7
  • Address: R622 Greytown Road, Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal 3300, South Africa
  • Phone: +27 (0)71 829 2591 and +27 (033) 263 1328; Email: contact@weston.co.za
  • Weston Agricultural College
  • Weston Agricultural and Allied Trades School
  • Weston Farm Training School
  • NPA
  • John Kirby
  • J.J. Bissett (General)
  • Sir Theophilus Shepstone
  • Rev. George Smith
  • Rorke’s Drift
  • British Army
  • Union Government
  • Mooi River
  • Helen Bridge
  • St John’s Church