Mount Fletcher

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Template:Infobox South African town Mount Fletcher is a town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 69 km north-north-east of Maclear.

Founded in 1882, it takes its name from the mountain nearby. This was probably named after the Reverend John Fletcher of Madeley in England, a friend of John Wesley, although it is stated to have been named after a Captain Fletcher who was stationed there.[1]

The provincial hospital in Mount Fletcher is named Tayler Bequest.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 318.
  2. ^ http://www.ecdoh.gov.za/hospitals/57/Tayler_Bequest_Hospital Eastern Cape Dept of Health website