 The name ""Grietjiesgat"", after the farm owned by the settler Wilhelm Langschmidt, was used for parts of the valley, including the area where the modern town of Grabouw is located.Yet another early name was ""Koffiekraal"", after the spot where settlers unhitched oxen from the wagons, between Bot River and Palmiet River on the Cape Town to Caledon road.Overall, there was inconsistency in the naming of the different land-forms of the region.