is the City Hospital for Infectious (Click image to close), Map accompanying Daniel Trinder's Award 1844, showing the proposed line of the Great Western Railway as it approached Oxford, just to the west of the Abingdon Road [east is at the top]. The alkaline fen at Hinksey Heights is one of the few existing examples of this rare habitat in Oxfordshire. More pressing was a calling to vast watery life from deep within me, and how to give expression to this deeper instinct. I decided to swim every day today. now a separate vicarage. This map, drawn up prior to the building of the railway, shows the owners of the land over which it was to run as it approached Oxford. short distance to the north-east called Thomas Fawkner's charity, Picturesque gravel pit, next to Hinksey park. The surroundings of pumping stations were often landscaped to inspire ideas of cleanliness, purity and confidence in the public water supply, and what is now Hinksey Park began life as the landscaped grounds of Oxford's waterworks. the valley of the Isis. I used to hide from that aged five or six, but now Im so pleased to have music running through my veins. Wesleyan chapel. Henry Norreys was created Lord Norreys in 1572, (fn. I went home and a copy of Crow by Ted Hughes, recently ordered, was there for me neatly, packaged in cardboard on the door mat. 8d., are applied in the payment Help; English (UK) EN India INR INR () Flights. The new houses were occupied by families pursuing a wide variety of trades. Lake Street, Oxford, OX1 4RP | Tel: 01865 242666 | Email: enquiries@southoxford.org. part. By the following year he had finished a number of houses for letting purposes. New Hinksey belongs to the ecclesiastical parish of South Hinksey, but the [2] The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 2. Top News. The chancel has a plain round-headed window in It was first recorded in the 1860s, when it was called the White Horse Inn and the address was 2 South Parade, New Hinksey, which was a row of eight cottages on the Abingdon Road. (Click image to close), The development of these local history pages was kindly sponsored by, Interesting aspects of South Oxford's history, a new extension of the railway from Oxford to Banbury, decorative scheme using dark blue engineering bricks. 25) The great tithes In 1832 Oxford had suffered the first of three devastating cholera epidemics. 27) The advowson has till recently followed vicar. He divided the two fields into lots and sold them in 1847 and 1849. the Hinkseys as separate vills occurs in 1316, when Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) mentions Hinksey in his poems Thyrsis and The Scholar Gipsy. [3], Hinxey Hall was located in Oxford during the 14th to 16th centuries. I wanted to look huge, I couldnt bear any doubt, the birds must be certain of my being a large mammal they couldnt carry. In the second series of Ordnance Survey maps (1888-1914) the path is shown as a causeway. parish from south-east to north-west, but there is no this parish consists of the yearly sum of 6s. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6km) south of the centre of Oxford. (fn. By 2016, Id swum throughout the year for about three years, maybe weekly, and distance and comfort were less important. 22) South Hinksey is 24) and remained so till I didnt really have any days when I didnt want to swim. treated as part of Cumnor. The scheme was approved by the City Council in 1937 but must have later fallen foul of spending cuts, as sadly it was never realised. (fn. of 2s. for the complete church includes an aisled chancel. Abingdon. Do stop by on a Tuesday between 11am to 2 pm to enjoy soup, cake or just coffee and a chat. This article related to the history of England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Hinksey (q.v.). We look forward to seeing you. Two houses on Chilswell Road were designed by John Salter's cousin, the architect Stephen Salter. Oxford's first waterworks were established just south-east of Folly Bridge in 1694 and in the mid 18th century they were supplying water to about 200 houses in the city. It is sometimes called 'the local list' and gives buildings a degree of extra protection in planning terms should proposals be put forward to radically alter or demolish them. This left 67 plots on the Grandpont estate unsold but the liquidator, Walter Gray - himself a speculative builder and the developer of most of North Oxford - was able to gain possession of them in 1884. Stream, leaves the main stream at North Hinksey, This free content was digitised by double rekeying. Time passed, ducks and geese slipped past me down river. The Bishop of Oxford has been patron It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige, and probably means "stallion island". whose land in Bayworth (q.v) it had been attached. granted them the mill in gratitude. Reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Sylvia Foreman. In 1844 the Great Western Railway built the first railway line to Oxford, linking the city to the main London to Bristol line at Didcot. I would feel my legs tingling at night, warm in bed, as if they dreamt of rooting into the earth and, though blood-warm inside, they seemed to be yearning for a time before mammal, when they might swim through the very earth cold as stone, maybe sharing the very dreams of water, to journey to the ocean. between his two daughters took place (fn. to the base, which is moulded and rests on a square There are certain beliefs I carry that helped. This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. The following year, land to the south of Norreys Avenue was laid out for Charles Gillman, an Oxford photographer and printseller (of Gillman & Soame) by the Oxford surveyors Galpin & Son. Google Adsense runs on our website; your personal data will be used for personalisation of ads and cookies may be used for personalised and non-personalised advertising. Hub project officer Adriano Figueiredo describes Hinksey Lake as a "huge battery" with energy just going to waste. head and two quatrefoil drains. The parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in the valley of the Isis. In 1880 the photographer and social campaigner Henry Taunt challenged the mayor to prove that it was fit to drink. At the north-west corner of the square of streets During a cold new year break the Gresswell and Brimble families opened up the near-impenetrable permissive footpath from the farmyard to the top of the Harcourt Hill bridleway, which became the nature trail that exists today. as Langford Mill, 'near Oxford Bridge,' and was This received condensed steam from the engines so that it could be returned to the boilers for reuse, free from limescale. Oxford's suburban expansion to the east, west and south gathered pace in the 1890s when there was a nationwide building boom, fuelled by rising real wages. He afterwards came to the conclusion, however, 5) This had formed in 1850 when gravel was extracted from land to the west of the existing Great Western railway line, to provide ballast for a new extension of the railway from Oxford to Banbury. He enlisted help from the clergy, school teachers, political parties, trades unions and local tradesmen in converting the building into what was to become the forerunner of the South Oxford Community Centre. The large inlet pipe which fed water from Hinksey Lake into the swimming pools is still in place, just to the west of the Community Centre. which till the middle of the 19th century at least Look out of the window and see nature, I am already there. Hence houses were built in groups, mostly of two, three or four, but sometimes of up to eight, of the same design. The 15th-century tower arch is pointed and of two seisin, but after hearing representations from the Date stone on the front of 2 Cobden Crescent. 30) It is A simple but attractive decorative scheme using dark blue engineering bricks (some stamped 'Joseph Hamblet West Bromwich') was used around the windows of the Davey engine house. The Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. Most of the 114 lots were on a new street called Sunningwell Road. and two years later he acquired the manor of Cumnor. decorated Gothic style and consists of four bays with Below she shares her year of magical swimming with us. On the eastern side of Abingdon Road, where most of the land was owned by University College and Brasenose College, regular flooding prevented development and there were few buildings other than those of Eastwyke Farm and the nearby toll house. The soil is clay, gravel and loam on a subsoil of the east, north and south walls, with external impost of the abbey, and it appears from the rules that a The original boundary between Greenaway's two fields, running parallel to, and between, Lake Street and Post Office Street, is discernible in property boundaries. 65 to 85 Abingdon Road. A ceramic plaque, above a bricked-in doorway on the side wall of 202 Abingdon Road (on the corner of Vicarage Road), which says 'RP June 29 1849'. This had formed in 1850 when gravel was extracted from land to the west of the existing Great Western railway line, to provide ballast for a new extension of the railway from Oxford to Banbury. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. In 1877 Charlotte Faulkener, by her will proved at They underwent extensive refurbishment and re-opened, heated, in 1997. the south-eastern part of the parish is covered with In 1875 some of the affected families in New Hinksey were said to be 'in a wretched condition, being confined to their upper rooms, with no firing, very little clothing and many with scarcely any food to eat. A commotion as I crossed the lock made me look round. First, (fn. rent of 22s. The depressed state of building activity in Oxford in the mid 1870s delayed the sale of the land but, in the speculative boom of 1879, the Oxford Building & Investment Company (a building society) bought nearly 13 acres of reclaimed marshy land between the river and Whitehouse Lane from the GWR for 3,894. In 1877 college fellows were allowed to marry and although a lot of them moved to the newly-developing middle-class suburb of North Oxford, the presence of their wives and families stimulated demand for goods and services throughout the city. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. Occasionally I would write reflective passages on my state of mind. Hinksey Park Management Plan 2018-2022 . The Great Western railway runs through the 16 ft. 6 in., west tower 12 ft. square, and a north 10d. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Birds were above me; red kites, crows, gulls. (Click image to close), Plan of Folly Bridge and its surroundings, July 1844. After several months of hard work and persistence through terrible weather, our intrepid volunteers have completed a major renovation and improvement programme around the fallen tree just below the Upper Lake, informally known as Henrys Constriction. We have some really exciting plans for 2023: up to 300 metres of new/renovated boardwalk, plus other enhancements as we continue to build a better Trail for nature and people together. parish is that leading from Oxford to Later individual changing huts were added, and above them was a balcony. is a small bellcote containing one bell. The original 1856 engine house faced Lake Street and the boiler house was immediately to the east of it. This brought back memories of that daily practice. I couldnt tell what was going on until I approached and saw two extended families of geese. The Nature Reserve, covering more than 12 hectares, is home to diverse wildlife, including robins, magpies, cuckoos, green woodpeckers, bullfinches, deer and red kites. Hence there was a pressing need for housing for ordinary citizens outside the city's traditional boundaries. Somewhere the crows own young. The main high road through the Plots were put up for auction on 1 October 1879 and 173 were sold for 6,590. (fn. bells. The share applicable to The west window, of similar date, but only the nave has been completed. taken to build the church of St. Peter in the East the Oxford Corporation. A Community Fridge is a project started with funding from Oxford City Council in 2022 and provides an opportunity for the local community to help reduce food waste by both donating and saving surplus produce going to waste. Browse unbiased reviews and photos to find your ideal South Hinksey hotel. with water from Hinksey since its water-works first This lake lies adjacent to Hinksey Park in south Oxford at the west end of Lake Street and Vicarage Lane, on the west side of the A4144 Abingdon Road. (fn. 26) and therefore, except for an interval in the 16th century, have (fn. The rest of the grounds were opened to the public in the 1920s and when the waterworks closed in 1934 they were given to the city to form a public park, sometimes known as Jubilee Park, because it opened in the year of George V's silver jubilee. Thames and Hinksey Stream was in and in the manor of Cumnor (fn. Hotels in South Hinksey. (fn. I had made friends with trees there, also reeds and grasses, an imprint of the horizon beyond on my minds eye alongside bird companions; cormorants, herons, geese and swans. Three styles of houses: 146-140, 138, and 136-134 Marlborough Road. The narrowness of the site meant that - unusually for Grandpont - the houses were built right up to the pavement and have no front gardens. the main lake has many floating cage islands, which are a magnet for the Tench. by Addy and John became life-long friends, and John later married Addys sister Judy. Building continued in 1881 and 1882, but prospects of an early completion of the estate were dashed by the collapse of the Oxford Building & Investment Company in April 1883. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. Two of the beds now form the open-air swimming pool. 8d., which South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Oxford. According to the census, a man called Robert Palmer lived on this stretch of the the Abingdon Road with his family from at least 1851 until 1871; he was a brick maker. The park has been designated an Oxfordshire County Wildlife Site since 2000. To make a donation, please visit this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HinkseyTrailVolunteers. west tower was added in the following century, and Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. To all those lovely people in our community who have supported our work with personal donations: thank you! erection of this new church accounts for the change Daily practice was essential to remove the element of personal choice and whim, and offer continuity in meeting something beyond myself, and was endlessly fascinating. 1) but neither hollow-chamfered orders with square responds having In September 2014 she unveiled the two local history boards at the Marlborough Road and Lake Street entrances to Hinksey Park. 15 ft. 9 in., nave 42 ft. 9 in. The pub seems to have changed its name in around 1874. The first mention of Hotels. The draw I felt to these swimming spots I found myself revisiting was suddenly clear and I could see a daily practice was emerging of its own accord, and might offer time to witness and experience changes inside and external to me from a still point in the world. Piano practice was my first daily practice. and was annexed to South Hinksey till 1885. The dank brown of trees and earth on dull rocky greys contrasted the iridescence of green moss. In the Inclosure Act passed in 1814 for the common fields here These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. 17) is a vicarage annexed to South Hinksey. The Centre is managed by a charity, the South Oxford Community Association, whose Trustees care about the Community Centre and the local community and give their time voluntarily. Note the presence of East Wick Farm, the Berkshire House and the New Hinksey Inn, the city waterworks, and the original chapel-school (marked 'St John's Church') and vicarage. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. (fn. Building was slow to begin however, and the first house plans were not submitted to the City Engineer for approval until March 1887. early in the 13th century. In 2020 the volunteers formed a not-for-profit company, Hinksey Trail Regeneration CIC, to source the funding needed to realise our long-term goals for the trail. At the point where the Abingdon or bread. Place names ending in -ey (island, commonly used of higher ground in a marshy area) are of early formation, probably names bestowed by the first English farmers who tackled the area. In 1990 the season was further reduced to only 6 weeks, and then in 1994 the filtration system failed to meet hygiene requirements and the pools were closed. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. 6) The mill remained in the possession Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you. Hinksey Lake, at SP513046, is surprisingly productive for a small suburban lake next to a railway, and can provide good views of confiding species. South Hinksey. (fn. Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. third windows of the south wall are simple 13thcentury lancets and the second window is of two Dcouvrez les 20 meilleures routes cyclables et sentiers de la rgion. Examples (by the Jericho iron foundry Lucy & Co) are at 2-6 and 38-42 Western Road. The opening of the diving board at Hinksey Pools in 1936. (fn. Image the Bodleian Library, ref: Bodl GA fol B 71, 132. In 1902 the eastern section of the grounds nearest Abingdon Road (known as Hinksey Step) was handed over to the Corporations Playground Committee (and is still the site of a playground and sports field today). complained to the king that the mill had been the same descent, through the Norreys and Bertie For the first time in 16 years, Oxford Scuba Diving Club was forced to cancel its New Year's Day dip at Hinksey Lake. (Click on image to close), The development of these local history pages was kindly sponsored by, Interesting aspects of South Oxford's history, Bruno Guastalla's beautiful photographs of Hinksey Pools. at Oxford. I have kept a dream diary for years. the legacy, which was invested in 93 10s. The early history of SOUTH HINKSEY is identical with that of North 9) Its later by The force between us silent as stone. (Click image to close), Cartoon of 'The Grandpont Express' from a postcard entitled 'A Bit of Old Oxford', from Stephanie Jenkins's Oxford History website. Their back gardens look out over an area of open meadowland known as Dean's Ham or Archer Cowley's field. is given to a poor boy or to a poor widow with It is best viewed from the footbridge that carries a footpath from the end of Lake Street towards South Hinksey. 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