Locality some 15 km, South-East from Prince Albert. Takes its name from the Wild Carnation-Anglier in Afrikaans and the Dutch translation for bush, is 'bosch'.
Place record
Anglierbosch, Western Cape
- Coordinates
- 22.7000, -33.1600
- Updated
- 1 Jun 2020

Wild Carnation Image source
Location Map
Anglierbosch, Western Cape
How we know this
- 01New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E Raper
Last updated · 1 Jun 2020
South African History Online. (2016, September 23). Anglierbosch, Western Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121994
South African History Online (2016) 'Anglierbosch, Western Cape', South African History Online, 23 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121994 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Anglierbosch, Western Cape [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121994, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Anglierbosch, Western Cape." South African History Online, 23 Sept. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121994. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Anglierbosch, Western Cape." South African History Online. September 23, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121994.
Further reading
Western Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
The Dutch Settlement
Good Hope Centre, Cape Town
Barrydale, Cape Overberg
Redelinghuys, Cape West Coast
June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
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