At the beginning of the 1900s more than a hundred families lived at The Glebe. In 1952 negotiations with the municipality to buy and develop The Glebe proved futile. It was then arranged that the property owners would form an association, elect a management board, and through the board, lease The Glebe from the Anglican Church at an annual rent of £200, pending the establishment of a provincially approved township. The tentative plan was submitted to the provincial authorities, altered and adjusted after frequent consultation, and finally approved. Then the arduous task of reshaping The Glebe to conform to the approved plan began.
Constructing new roads and widening the existing ones necessitated demolishing certain houses and uprooting orchards and gardens, but the owners were compensated for their losses. Gravel had to be brought in and carted for the construction of compact roads, low-lying portions built up, storm water furrows constructed and a bridge erected over the narrow, subdividing river. Approximately £12 000 was required for this development and £7 000 was raised on loan from the Diocese and from advance purchases made by prospective buyers. On 8 February 1958, at a function hosted by His Grace the Archbishop of Cape Town, Joost de Blank, the responsibility of maintenance was officially handed over to the municipality. Coloured people were now able to buy erven from the Church. As a tribute to Rev. Morris, who initiated the restructuring and change, The Glebe was renamed Morrisdale