St. Macheals and All Angels Church in Blantyre, the site was chosen by Livingstone but he did not live to see it finished. Dr. David Livingstone ventured up the Shire (pronounced Sheer-ree) River iand was he first european to arrive in the landlocked country of Malawi. He named the first city there after Blantyre his hometown in Scotland, and chose the site of the church in the country.