Reynolds View is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Reynolds View
Reynolds View is located in Gauteng
Reynolds View
Reynolds View
Reynolds View is located in South Africa
Reynolds View
Reynolds View
Coordinates: 26°12′04″S 28°04′41″E / 26.201°S 28.078°E / -26.201; 28.078
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Established1930
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2094

The suburb is a small enclave on the Western edge of Kensington where it meets Malvern at the Jeppe High Preparatory School. Reynold's Street runs East to West along a small ridge overlooking Malvern to the South. Entrance into the suburb is from the North, either turning South from Roberts Avenue into Dorris Street or West into Vulcan Street from MacDonald Street and then South into Dorris.

History

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Named after Alice Ethel Reynolds who in 1924 asked for the Western Reserves Malvern to be proclaim as a suburb and was done so in 1930.[1]

Oral history of the suburb holds that it was formerly a quarry. This is supported by drill marks for blasting charges in the rock on the Northen side of Reynold's Street.

References

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  1. ^ Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.