Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Doornfontein.[2] Before becoming a suburb, the area was mining land with the Heriot Mine opening in 1887.[2] After the gold was exhausted in the mine, the land was proclaimed as a suburb in October 1946.[2] The mine is said to have been named after the
Scottish goldsmith
George Heriot, the "Jingling Geordie" in Sir
Walter Scott's novel
The Fortunes of Nigel. Some experts, however, claim the mine was instead named after the village of
Heriot in
Midlothian, Scotland. This village was founded in 1164 as Herth, but its name was changed in 1198 to Hereget (from the
Old Englishhere-geat, meaning a break in a hillside through which troops could march.
Die myn se naam is na bewering afgelei van die Skotse goudsmid George Heriot (1563–1624), die "Jingling Geordie" in sir Walter Scott se roman The Fortunes of Nigel. Sommige kenners beweer egter die myn is genoem na Heriot in Midlothian, Skotland, ’n naam wat in 1164 voorkom as Herth en in 1198 as Hereget, wat daarop dui dat dit afgelei is van Ou-Engels here-geat, wat ’n gaping of opening in die heuwels waardeur ’n leër dalk kan beweeg"beteken.
Sources
Stals, Prof. Dr. E.L.P (ed.). 1978. Afrikaners in die Goudstad, vol. 1: 1886 - 1924. Cape Town/Pretoria: HAUM.
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abcRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.
Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Doornfontein.[2] Before becoming a suburb, the area was mining land with the Heriot Mine opening in 1887.[2] After the gold was exhausted in the mine, the land was proclaimed as a suburb in October 1946.[2] The mine is said to have been named after the
Scottish goldsmith
George Heriot, the "Jingling Geordie" in Sir
Walter Scott's novel
The Fortunes of Nigel. Some experts, however, claim the mine was instead named after the village of
Heriot in
Midlothian, Scotland. This village was founded in 1164 as Herth, but its name was changed in 1198 to Hereget (from the
Old Englishhere-geat, meaning a break in a hillside through which troops could march.
Die myn se naam is na bewering afgelei van die Skotse goudsmid George Heriot (1563–1624), die "Jingling Geordie" in sir Walter Scott se roman The Fortunes of Nigel. Sommige kenners beweer egter die myn is genoem na Heriot in Midlothian, Skotland, ’n naam wat in 1164 voorkom as Herth en in 1198 as Hereget, wat daarop dui dat dit afgelei is van Ou-Engels here-geat, wat ’n gaping of opening in die heuwels waardeur ’n leër dalk kan beweeg"beteken.
Sources
Stals, Prof. Dr. E.L.P (ed.). 1978. Afrikaners in die Goudstad, vol. 1: 1886 - 1924. Cape Town/Pretoria: HAUM.
^
abcRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.