Abbotsford is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. This suburb lies north-east of the Johannesburg CBD next to Oaklands, Highlands North and Melrose. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
It was established in 1902 and the suburb is named after Sir Walter Scott's house called Abbotsford a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed.[2]
In the early 2000s prominent public figures Hazel Crane and Brett Kebble were murdered in the suburb.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Abbotsford". Census 2011.
- ↑ Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
- ↑ IOL 13 November 2003 :Kebble and Hazel Crane murdered in same area
