Penfield Gardens, South Australia

Penfield Gardens is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Playford. It is in the urban fringe on the Adelaide Plains, with major industries including market gardening and harness racing horse training.

Penfield Gardens
Adelaide, South Australia
Penfield Gardens
Coordinates34.6514°S 138.61233°E / -34.6514; 138.61233
Postcode(s)5121
Location8 km (5 mi) NW of Elizabeth
LGA(s)City of Playford
State electorate(s)Taylor
Federal Division(s)Sturt
Suburbs around Penfield Gardens:
Lewiston Angle Vale
Virginia Penfield Gardens MacDonald Park
Penfield

Penfield Gardens extends from the south (left) bank of the Gawler River downstream of Angle Vale to the Max Fatchen Expressway. The suburb was named in 1983, with the boundaries further adjusted in 2011 to avoid suburbs being divided by the Max Fatchen Expressway.[1]

Carclew

The Carclew Primitive Methodist Church was built on what is now Carclew Road in Penfield Gardens in 1850. It was replaced by a newer building which opened on 12 June 1870. Regular services ceased in 1919, however the building and cemetery were maintained by the trustees for many years. The furnishings were sold to the Anglican church at Lobethal. The District Council of Munno Para took over ownership in 1965, which became the City of Playford in 1997. The church was sold in 2003 and is now a private residence. The cemetery remains under control of the City of Playford but is not available for new burials.[2] The land for the church and cemetery were donated by Jonathon Roberts who had named his property Carclew after the area in Cornwall from which he had migrated.[3]

References
  1. "Placename Details: Penfield Gardens". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. 15 September 2011. SA0054313. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. Oats, Sydney (23 July 2008). "CARCLEW. Primitive Methodist Church". Flickr. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. "Playford Cemeteries". City of Playford. Retrieved 7 September 2017.


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