A small village set out by Richard Daniel in the early 1830's along the lines of an English country
village with Daniel's house, Sidbury Park, being set a little way from the village. Sidbury boasts
two splendid churches, Anglican and Methodist. It has a number of war graves in the church
graveyards. The area is of importance to South African agricultural history as merino sheep were
first imported to this area, which then led to a wool boom. It was also from here that Merino
sheep were first exported to Australia, marking the beginning of that country's massive modern
wool industry.
