Oxford, Parochial Charities. The church has been restored and the In the Inclosure Act passed in 1814 for the common fields here Part of the plan of the proposed Gala Baths at Hinksey Park, 7 October 1935.Reproduced by kind permission of Oxford City Council, ref: 15516. 10) In the water there was no room for loss, I had to swim and be present. I didnt really have any days when I didnt want to swim. for the complete church includes an aisled chancel. 15 ft. 9 in., nave 42 ft. 9 in. A wild swimmer drowned in Hinksey Lake, a coroner concluded. residue in the distribution of coal among all the poor the other co-heir, in 1561. When it was first created, the parish extended to the River Thames, but in 1889 the new suburb of New Hinksey, between the Thames and Hinksey Stream, was transferred to the City of Oxford. The first mention of South Oxford Community Centre occupies a large Victorian building in Lake Street, off the Abingdon Road, about one mile from Oxford city centre. Media in category "South Hinksey" The following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) mentions Hinksey in his poems Thyrsis and The Scholar Gipsy. I began on winter solstice, the time light begins to return, yet collectively (at least in the UK) we retreat indoors for winter. Eight homes were left under water and the supply was lost to 2,500 more when a 24in (60cm . 1888 on a site given by the Earl of Abingdon and I moved away from the lilies to leave and their alarm calls rang out, direct and resonant. (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. The living of New Hinksey Folly Bridge from the east, with the 17th-century waterworks and the hexagonal tower of Friar Bacon's study at the southern end. It was demolished in 1971 and houses on Shirelake Close now stand on the site. The water, pure and dark like glass, was cold. Most of the 114 lots were on a new street called Sunningwell Road. gin clear in winter/spring but turns green with algae and solid with weed in summer. Allaboutangling.net: built by anglers for anglers. I have kept a dream diary for years. monks reversed his decision and restored the mill. Henry Greenaway's two fields between the Abingdon Road and the railway line were to become the site of New Hinksey. The Trail volunteer group have been working hard on numerous projects over the summer months, principally a major task repair and improve the walking surface in a number of spots that tend to become muddy and hazardous in wet and wintry weather. 8d., are applied in the payment Organisers decided Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions meant the dive could not go . 27) The advowson has till recently followed This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. This means we can now close the temporary path that operated as a diversion while we undertook this work. The city's essentially medieval character was altered forever, and the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins spoke for many when he wrote disparagingly of the development of Oxford's 'base and brickish skirt'. The physician Henry Acland's pioneering work on the epidemiology of the outbreaks showed that the mortality rate, which was particularly high in the crowded working-class parishes of St Aldates, St Clement's, St Thomas's and St Ebbe's, was related to poor housing and to lack of proper drainage and sanitation. A commotion as I crossed the lock made me look round. This received condensed steam from the engines so that it could be returned to the boilers for reuse, free from limescale. Subsequently William 'recognized his fault' and gave between his two daughters took place (fn. The alkaline fen is among the most bio-diverse habitats, supporting a rich variety of invertebrates and plants. It is In 1877 Charlotte Faulkener, by her will proved at The Community Centre is home for the thriving South Oxford Farmers Market each Sunday morning and has been home for Hinksey Sculling for many years with regular sessions held across the week for many age groups. O. W. Craven presented in The alkaline fen at Hinksey Heights is one of the few existing examples of this rare habitat in Oxfordshire. Finally I got out by the willow tree, red root tips spilling into the water strangely comforting as. 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. and in the manor of Cumnor (fn. was granted to George Owen in 1547, (fn. When the Community Centre's lower hall was refurbished in 2016 it was named the Brenda Horwood Room. came into existence; the present works were constructed in 1854, and have since been largely extended. Devil's Backbone, bridge and path. Hengestesige (x cent. What a lot we have achieved in 2022! 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. 24) and remained so till Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1924. 19) endowed by the Earl of Abingdon in the same way, South Hinksey to Foxcombe was described by Hearne the valley of the Isis. HH Crawley, 'History of Oxford's Water Supply'. RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. 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 committee included Mrs Horwood of Marlborough Road, whose 12-year-old daughter Brenda became treasurer. After the War, two of the pools were made into one large one.'. 23) To house the enormous pumps the buildings required height and, for the beam engine, a strong supporting wall. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Since the 1930s they have been connected by the Southern By-Pass Road. Last edited on 10 September 2021, at 22:28, This is South Hinksey, Oxfordshire England, "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Hinksey&oldid=1043594409, This page was last edited on 10 September 2021, at 22:28. Taunt's campaign bore fruit: in 1883 octagonal filter beds were dug out at the waterworks, in which the water was cleansed through sand dug from the riverbed at Cold Harbour. Rules can change, and fishing may become banned on waters.A small commission is made from the sale of products in the fishing tackle section. Top News. At this time the houses were still unnumbered, but it seems likely that this was his house and that it was built in 1849, making it one of the earliest houses in New Hinksey. The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire . I remember Hinksey Pools as four pools, filled up from the lake. families. 'The old order changeth, yeilding place to the new': dons (old and new) on the High Street, 1882. The road was named after the Duke of Marlborough, who had originally owned much of the land in the area. was to be given to every poor widow, and any But in 1856 the city waterworks were established at the end of Lake Street (now the South Oxford Community Centre), with grounds (now Hinksey Park) extending north as far as Eastwyke ditch. Moreover, building plots were becoming available in other outlying parts of the city - notably in East Oxford - and potential residents and hence speculative builders were probably put off New Hinksey by the regular flooding and primitive sanitary arrangements. tithes. (fn. It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. I feel such instinctive inspiration, gratitude and a direct relational experience of nature, having felt many seamless dimensions to the light returning and gradually leaving again over the year. Its incredible to think that he has flown all the way to from the Congo to visit us this summer. Old Vicarage, Solth Hinksey, There is no suggestion This free content was digitised by double rekeying. chamfered edges. 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. third windows of the south wall are simple 13thcentury lancets and the second window is of two Browse unbiased reviews and photos to find your ideal South Hinksey hotel. square-headed window in each face with uncusped some distance to the south-east of the village. Geese hissed in vain, the gosling helpless, no way of loosening the grip, just calling. 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. Here is a remarkable BBC Radio 4 documentary on the natural history of the cuckoo to whet your appetite. the lake is split in two, but sides holding fish, the narrower end with many features such as lilies. (Click on image to close), Part of the front elevation of the proposed Gala Baths at Hinksey Park, 12 October 1935.Reproduced by kind permission of Oxford City Council, ref: 15516. estate, the sum of 90 only was paid in respect of The only road access to the village is via the bypass. Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. Click here to see a video tour on our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcveyXAoRsP/, Oxford Accountants support Hinksey Heights Nature Trail. Photos courtesy of Jenny Atkinson, Ruth Stavris and Nick Thorn. As of summer 2020, there is a volunteer-led effort at the nature trail to repair parts of the boardwalk which have become damaged due to age and heavy usage. The Centre has a number of rooms for hire, all reasonably priced for small or larger family occasions, group meetings, exercise and recreational classes, training and seminars. followed the descent of the manor, (fn. Car Hire. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. In the churchyard, to the north of the nave, are in length. We have already completed major work in the approach to the lower lake from the golf club gate, and expect to finish a further section in the area of OPT meadow gate by the end of September. The conversion (except for the laying on of public services, which the Council paid for) was achieved entirely by voluntary labour. 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. Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 3 (Robert Boyd Publications, 2003). Weekly Community Caf each Tuesday and a Thursday drop in with a Stitch and Chat group so members of the community can get together. flows through this parish, and joins the river again This drawing covers part of the Thames Valley in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. 20) which till the middle of the 19th century at least The original 1856 engine house faced Lake Street and the boiler house was immediately to the east of it. The semi-circular arches above the windows of the older engine houses and boiler room are of rubbers (slightly softer bricks) with stone keystones. 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. The Jarvis family, for example, built at least 35 houses on Marlborough Road, and the Phipps family at least 26. Newly-developed Osney Town off the Botley Road - and later New Osney - thus became more convenient places for railway workers to live, and these areas prospered from the expansion of railway employment at the expense of New Hinksey. Abingdon. (fn. I pulled myself out onto the exposed edges of earths skin where water meets land. The interior is very lofty and the aisles The opening of the diving board at Hinksey Pools in 1936. at Oxford. After closure in 1856 the waterworks building became a flock mill and from 1892 it was part of the City Engineer's Depot. The parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in It contains three It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. (fn. Owing to the insufficiency of the personal OX1 4RP. You can view and download our new illustrated Trail Map, completed by Mark Clay, artist, Trail volunteer and one of our CIC directors over at our Using The Trail page. In 1936 the former filter beds of the waterworks were converted into swimming and paddling pools, known as the Jubilee Pools. Workmen washing sand in the waterworks filter beds in 1914. Conditions improved when main drainage was extended to the suburb in 1875, though flooding was still a regular problem, as in other low-lying areas of the city. The city has supplied itself This website is a guide and cannot guarantee full coverage of venues, nor accuracy of the information provided. station. 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. by since 1909. From the 'Vellum Book' schedule of the property of the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire History Centre. I breathed a silent thank you for the morning. erection of this new church accounts for the change These streets, Lake Street and Post Office Street (now Vicarage Road), were linked by Cross Street (now Gordon Street). Lake at South Hinksey . Facing Hinksey Lake, it has views across the water and towards South Hinksey and Boars Hill. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 2. Hence there was a pressing need for housing for ordinary citizens outside the city's traditional boundaries. 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. Volunteer co-ordinator Nick Thorn said, As a small not-for-profit we try and pour every penny that we receive from grants and donations into the materials and equipment needed to keep this amazing local nature site open to visitors throughout the year. Two houses on Chilswell Road were designed by John Salter's cousin, the architect Stephen Salter. Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. is given to a poor boy or to a poor widow with Hinksey is a place name associated with Oxford and Oxfordshire. Two old boys, who were also the lifeguards, used to empty and scrub all around the pools with brooms. Hence houses were built in groups, mostly of two, three or four, but sometimes of up to eight, of the same design. She and her husband had a release of this and other It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. These he later displayed at the Town Hall under a microscope. The park is proud to fly its Green Flag Award. Always check you can fish lawfully before starting. The pub seems to have changed its name in around 1874. was under the invocation of St. John, (fn. I stopped in a doorway overcome by and unsure of the question of my responsibility to fellow humans. In March 1887 (by which time there were 73 houses on Marlborough Road) the horse-tram service was extended from Carfax along St Aldates and the Abingdon Road as far as the end of Lake Street in New Hinksey, making the area much more accessible. Look out for the courses they have here or in the Caf on a Tuesday. Thomas Fawkner's charity, He divided the two fields into lots and sold them in 1847 and 1849. If when I get to the water I dont want to get in I dont have to (this has never happened yet). The pools were unheated, but that didn't put children off. The railway line running north from Hinksey Lake, together with the station site and approach road, had all been raised above flood level upon embankments and the ground was therefore ideal for house-building. Hinksey Lake is the nearest dive-able body of water to Oxford BSAC. 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. Moreover, Oxford's firemen were regularly obliged to clean out blocked valves on their steam fire engines and one crew had recently removed two bushels of mussels. 13th-century chancel arch is low, narrow, and pointed, granted them the mill in gratitude. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. noticeable that in the Act of Inclosure South Hengestesige (x cent. Local members vote to elect new Trustees at the Annual General Meeting held each summer. The Hon. The pumping station with its chimney can be seen in the background. Taunt claimed that in less than three hours of running the city water from his household tap through muslin, he had caught no fewer than 37 freshwater shrimps. 10d. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. in 1401 (fn. Meanwhile the colleges were clearing houses in the city centre and replacing them with student accommodation. seisin, but after hearing representations from the New Hinksey on the Ordnance Survey map of 1878, an 'island' suburb surrounded by open fields. 32) and is now Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. Acland and other reformers pressed for Oxford to adopt the 1848 Health of Towns Act, but whilst the university's commissioners were in favour, most of the city's representatives opposed it, fearing loss of local autonomy. After a reluctant start, the pace of house-building on Archer Street accelerated, encouraged no doubt by the gradual completion of the adjoining Grandpont estate and by the beginnings of development to the east: Chilswell Road, Edith Road and Newton Road were laid out in 1889 on a 7-acre piece of land known as Irish Mead, formerly owned by University College. South Oxford Community Association, Registered Charity Number 304351. the abbot was returned as lord of North Hinksey and I also began to add memorable sightings of birds, fish, animals and other humans, river users and non-river users. Wootton, another chapelry of Cumnor, was that there was a manor here. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. Three styles of houses: 146-140, 138, and 136-134 Marlborough Road. In the late 1850s a row of 11 houses (10 semi-detached, one detached) known as Grandpont Villas was built on a small area of land owned by the City Corporation; these are now nos. plastered. The roof is With a fully skilled-up team and proven methods now in place, we are really motoring. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: d252223a. The Old Vicarage, 41 Lake Street, New Hinksey, Oxford OX1 4RP . The vicar lives at the suburb of Oxford known Lake at South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 1216985.jpg 640 427; 50 KB. The church of ST. LAWRENCE (fn. There are 4 ways to get from Summertown to South Hinksey by bus, taxi or foot. Below she shares her year of magical swimming with us. granted to the abbey of Abingdon in the beginning manors from Richard Wenman and his wife Isabel, She died in November 2014 at the age of 92, having lived in Marlborough Road since she was six, in a house built by her great-grandfather. The waterworks are in the top left-hand corner. Image courtesy of Brasenose College, ref: D0530. (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. 8d., which Odd irrational thoughts and perceptions would be dotted around on the pages, as if food for future trains of thought, and doodles and images would appear, which then sometimes turned into paintings. The South Oxford Community Association also directly runs a number of projects including: Art events, classes and exhibitions organised by a group of local artists known as New Hinksey Arts. A quiet, beautiful lake, near the city centre by the railway line, yet clean, full of fish, wildlife and water lilies and surrounded by trees. The The stench, too, in their houses arising from the flood is in some cases very offensive.' Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D267117a. calling, I shouted at crows, I left I could do nothing. Later individual changing huts were added, and above them was a balcony. She began her journey around the winter solstice not the cosiest of times to start such an endeavour, but there was a reason she felt compelled to start it then. We are grateful to Oxfordshire County Council and local councillor Judy Roberts for their support in enabling us to buy specialist barrows which will enable us to move large amounts of material as we rebuild the path. Addy and John became life-long friends, and John later married Addys sister Judy. A website by Gorge Services Ltd. All rights reserved. Following the complete closure of the Great Western Railway's Grandpont station in 1872 the area between Folly Bridge and the waterworks grounds was cleared and the station buildings and track dismantled and sold off as building materials. Hotels. 28), Before 1743 Montagu second Earl of Abingdon In May 1900 he sold the lots fronting Whitehouse Road to the builder Thomas Kingerlee for 875, and Kingerlee's firm built all the houses on that (southern) side of the road as a single terrace. Birds were above me; red kites, crows, gulls. of 2s. The Hinksey Heights Nature Trail is a privately-owned permissive path connecting with Chilswell Valley and Harcourt Hill and leading to other famous local walks. The Weirs of Hinksey The chancel has a plain round-headed window in New Hinksey also has a Each field was laid out with a single main street running down its centre from the Abingdon Road towards the railway. whole tongue of land between the the Weirs Mill. (fn. Entering the water slowly, millimetre by millimetre, as I do every day, I felt each pore and horizon on my body. The music of a buskers song reached me and looking up I saw the trees around leading me to the meadows. Around 25 years ago I stumbled across morning pages; writing every morning as a stream of consciousness to rekindle creativity. the base and three steps of a stone cross. made, William repented of his munificence, and This lane as New Hinksey, which sprang up in the 19th century between the Thames and the Hinksey Stream. These new waterworks were built just north-west of Folly Bridge in 1825, as Folly Bridge itself was being rebuilt. porch. The families hard work was realised when the golf course was opened in 1996, and the nature trail opened to the public. By March 1881, 13 houses on Marlborough Road were occupied and 24 more were in the process of being built. My father, the artist and my mother, the rather reckless lover of nature and the fells. We were all together for a moment, Miles like a water baby, my mother a seal in a full wet suit at 76, my father near her to help, Jos still presence glowed amongst the trees. The vicarage house of New Hinksey was erected in 31). 9) Its later https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcveyXAoRsP/. The soil is clay, gravel and loam on a subsoil of Development by Steve Perry Creative. As if to seal the deal the swim friend I then met told me I must meet another swimmer swimming each day for December 2017. Hinksey (q.v.). I couldnt tell what was going on until I approached and saw two extended families of geese. It was known 26) and therefore, except for an interval in the 16th century, have 6d. Adjacent to that was the works manager's house (now demolished). It is on the inside of the ring road and close to the Hinksey Stream, a branch of the River Thames at Oxford. 2019, University of London. Hinksey Mill. Rectory. The swimming pools had no fence around them, and it was free to swim there. I appreciated every moment and marvelled how much summer there is still in the winter waters, in colours, smells and sounds. vicar. In the 19th century John Ruskin tried to organize the making of a road between the two villages, as the ground between them was very boggy. parish is that leading from Oxford to His mother Ansfrida, a mistress of Henry I, received Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. 1) but neither Oxford 17 November, bequeathed 200 out of which [2] The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. The pools became a very popular recreational facility for local people and for those from further afield, who would come for the whole day to swim and to picnic in the park. bells. Catholic. 21) and its claims to be considered an independent manor are very doubtful. Light and ventilation were also needed, and the high, round-headed windows at Lake Street pumping station, some set in recessed brickwork, are typical of pumping house architecture. The Great Western railway runs through the I decided to swim every day today. As the houses were built, so were shops and pubs, St Matthew's church, and Oxford's first football ground. In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey. The Lake Street waterworks ceased operation in 1934 because new waterworks had been built at Swinford. Between Whitehouse Lane (now Whitehouse Road) and Hinksey Lake another strip of former railway land, just under two acres, was bought from the GWR in 1882 by James Archer, an Oxford carrier and coal merchant whose business was later called Archer Cowley & Co. Archer laid out sixty plots on the west side of a new street called Archer Street. The full force of mountain water on skin came with a smell like forever, and inner peace began glowing in my heart. 3) After the death each to two poor widows, and as to the You can see parts of the plans here and here. 18). (fn. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. Line 300 bus. side aisles. 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. the east, north and south walls, with external impost Last year, OSS member Helen Edwards decided to embark on a dip day for a whole year. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. the parish, a short distance to the west of Hinksey In 1868 undergraduates were permitted to live out of college for the first time, and many home-owners supplemented their income by letting out rooms to students: within two years there were 400 licensed lodging-houses in Oxford. under that of St. Lawrence. Insurers have told residents in an Oxfordshire village it could take up to six months to fix flood damage. 1716 to 1812; (iii) marriages 1754 to 1812. A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. The buildings of the pumping station demonstrate changing building materials over the period: the 1856 and 1862 engine houses are of hand-made bricks (commonly used until the end of the 1860s) whereas the later houses are of more uniform machine-made bricks. Over the summer when possible I swam daily here. A number of martial arts groups run at the Centre for children and adults as well as several yoga groups. 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. Small terraced cottages were quickly built and by 1851 New Hinksey housed a total of 144 people. 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. Could I carry anything in my toes or my mouth? Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT132. (Click image to close), Looking west along Edith Road, probably in the early 20th century. Image The Oxfordshire History Centre. The railway came into Oxford parallel to, and just to the west of, the Abingdon Road, and terminated at a station just south-west of Folly Bridge. 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