• Source: Sydenham, Johannesburg

Sydenham is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The suburb is surrounded by the area of Orchards, Orange Grove and other smaller suburbs.




History


The suburb was surveyed for housing in 1905.: 162  The suburb's name comes from the name of the farm which originated sometime before the mid-1890s.: 304  In 1910, Sydenham was still quite rural and on 26 February of that year, the land was used by Frenchman Albert Kimmerling to fly a Voisin biplane a few hundred yards and proved that aircraft could be flown at a high altitude of 2,000 m (6,600 ft).: 255 




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• Ward 72 (Johannesburg)
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