I like to remember the water inside my body and the pull of natural waters and the moon on the body. Image The Oxfordshire History Centre. Piano practice was my first daily practice. [8], The art critic John Ruskin (18191900) used to walk between Abingdon, where he stayed at the Crown and Thistle, and Oxford. The interior is very lofty and the aisles Opposite was the wayside chapel of St Nicholas, where alms were collected to pay for the repairs.). is a vicarage annexed to South Hinksey. 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. intersecting rivulets and is liable to floods. 11) cereals being the chief crops grown. Moreover, the proximity of Grandpont to the city centre made it a potentially convenient place of residence for 'labourers, college servants and a few very small tradespeople and shopkeepers.' The Weirs of Hinksey Finally I got out by the willow tree, red root tips spilling into the water strangely comforting as. Henry Hodge was reportedly a recent convert to the hobby of wild swimming. Gordon Street was at this time called Cross Street and Vicarage Road was Post Office Street. I swam amongst water lilies glimpsing light through their roots and water surface canopies. The pub seems to have changed its name in around 1874. The register recognises buildings which make a special contribution to the character of Oxford and its neighbourhoods through their locally significant historic, architectural, archaeological or artistic interest. 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. 7) It Johns history with the land up at Hinksey Heights goes back to 1954. A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. The company laid out the Grandpont Estate and divided it into 231 plots. Oxford, UK October 2022 Oxford, UK October 2022 RM 2EBR0KM - St Lawrences Church North Hinksey chancel south window. When I began daily swimming I added the location of each swim, sometimes I added the time. 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. taken to build the church of St. Peter in the East Geography [ edit] Abingdon. 29) In 1814 these were commuted for a payment The Radburn family outside 50 Chilswell Road in c. 1905. 30) It is [1] It may also mean "island of a man named Hengest", but there is no evidence to link the place to the historical Hengest. Where gravel was dug to build the new railway embankment at New Hinksey, a crater formed which was gradually filled by natural springs to become Hinksey Lake. Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. 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. Subsequently William 'recognized his fault' and gave The Nature Reserve, covering more than 12 hectares, is home to diverse wildlife, including robins, magpies, cuckoos, green woodpeckers, bullfinches, deer and red kites. 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. By the following year he had finished a number of houses for letting purposes. The plate consists of a silver chalice and paten of I breathed a silent thank you for the morning. 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. Stream, leaves the main stream at North Hinksey, 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. The dividends, Reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Sylvia Foreman. 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. 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. was to be given to every poor widow, and any These enormous engines were powered by steam, and coal was brought to the works daily by cart. parish is that leading from Oxford to the west door with four-centred head and plain [10], Laurence Binyon (18691943) wrote a poem entitled Ferry Hinksey.[11]. Avec carte, photos et avis d'autres cyclistes. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D267117a. I didnt really have any days when I didnt want to swim. 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. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. HH Crawley, 'History of Oxford's Water Supply'. I remember Hinksey Pools as four pools, filled up from the lake. United Kingdom. Folly Bridge from the east, with the 17th-century waterworks and the hexagonal tower of Friar Bacon's study at the southern end. Hotels. 2s. Photos courtesy of Jenny Atkinson, Ruth Stavris and Nick Thorn. 17) The filtered water was stored in newly-built underground tanks. 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. Dcouvrez les 20 meilleures routes cyclables et sentiers de la rgion. Description. Pistes cyclables autour de Cumnor. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. The nave has a two-light square-headed 14thcentury window in the north wall and further west In 1985 Percy bought 310 acres overlooking the Dreaming Spires of Oxford from the Harcourt Estate. each to two poor widows, and as to the 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. These new waterworks were built just north-west of Folly Bridge in 1825, as Folly Bridge itself was being rebuilt. Customer comments 1.0 A Welcoming Place Hinksey Park lies just to the south of the city centre, on the Abingdon Road, which forms one of the main arterial routes in to Oxford. 12), At the Dissolution South Hinksey came to the 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. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}5144N 116W / 51.733N 1.267W / 51.733; -1.267. All rights reserved. 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. Hence houses were built in groups, mostly of two, three or four, but sometimes of up to eight, of the same design. The force between us silent as stone. In the south wall of the nave, towards the Hinksey (q.v.). The vicarage house of New Hinksey was erected in To the north of the interchange between the A34 and the A423. (The bridge is to the left of the image). I needed people to hold me up, I felt frightened and shocked. To all those lovely people in our community who have supported our work with personal donations: thank you! 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. The project to build a boardwalk through the reserve began in 2003, carried out by students from Peers School (now Oxford Academy), which improved access through marshy areas of the reserve. 65 to 85 Abingdon Road. Alluvium, with some Corallian Beds in the western 'The old order changeth, yeilding place to the new': dons (old and new) on the High Street, 1882. If I get in the water and I want to get out, then I can. Stream. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. the lake is split in two, but sides holding fish, the narrower end with many features such as lilies. In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey. The village of South Hinksey is in the centre of gin clear in winter/spring but turns green with algae and solid with weed in summer. A programme of regular groups and classes run from the Centre. Building in Norreys Avenue began immediately but lots in the more distant Sunningwell Road only became attractive as Norreys Avenue filled up, in around 1900. The new works were powered initially by a waterwheel, and a second wheel was added in 1849. It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. 24) and remained so till 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. head and two quatrefoil drains. 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. as New Hinksey, which sprang up in the 19th century between the Thames and the Hinksey Stream. At the point where the Abingdon The nature trail is a place for people from the local area to come to enjoy a walk or a picnic by the pond. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Oxford. Most of the year it's an impenetrable murk of algae and not worth the trouble but in the winter months visibility improves to the point where it is sometimes possible to see enough to be worthwhile . 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'. Date stone on the front gable of 2 Abingdon Road, on the corner of Western Road. Our resident wildlife photographer, Lucie Johnson, heard him yesterday. 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. Hinksey Park Management Plan 2018-2022 . [9] He found the path muddy and organized a party of undergraduates to improve the roadway in the Hinksey area. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: OXFO 352.6 MC3 packet 2, folder 43, 1. Lake Street, Oxford, OX1 4RP | Tel: 01865 242666 | Email: enquiries@southoxford.org. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. I yearned to learn with them. In the water there was no room for loss, I had to swim and be present. Oxford 17 November, bequeathed 200 out of which Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1924. (fn. by South Oxford Community Centre occupies a large Victorian building in Lake Street, off the Abingdon Road, about one mile from Oxford city centre. We also extend our grateful thanks to North Hinksey Parish Council for their additional support for equipment, which is greatly appreciated. water-works of Oxford. (fn. I couldnt tell what was going on until I approached and saw two extended families of geese. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. the Weirs Mill. (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. There is also a suburb called New Hinksey to the south of the town centre, which contains the Oxford City Council ward Hinksey Park. parish from south-east to north-west, but there is no Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. Hinksey Mill. The church has been restored and the however, it is joined by several other streams, and This map, drawn to accompany Henry Acland's Memoir on the cholera at Oxford, shows how many houses had been built in New Hinksey by 1854. whose land in Bayworth (q.v) it had been attached. always belonged to the impropriator of Cumnor (fn. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. South Hinksey to Foxcombe was described by Hearne The trail was facing closure earlier in the summer due to increased damage to the boardwalk and litter that was being left behind at the two former forest school sites. On reaching the old rope swing I drew a breath taking in the unbelievable beauty. (fn. (fn. flows through this parish, and joins the river again There are certain beliefs I carry that helped. The first and 10) 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. Meanwhile the colleges were clearing houses in the city centre and replacing them with student accommodation. Oxford, Parochial Charities. The only road access to the village is via the bypass. 23) The conversion (except for the laying on of public services, which the Council paid for) was achieved entirely by voluntary labour. Their outstretched wings loomed. South Hinksey. were in existence in 1544, when they Symbols distinguish woodland, heathland, arable enclosed land and formal parkland. The causeway over the flooded fields on which the scholar is spotted here is the path called the Devil's Backbone, that leads westwards from New Hinksey over Hinksey stream to the meadows and South Hinksey beyond. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT134. (Click image to close), The development of these local history pages was kindly sponsored by, Great Western Railway built the first railway line to Oxford, two large fields west of the Abingdon Road and half a mile south of Folly Bridge, the Berkshire House and the New Hinksey Inn, Great Western Railway's Grandpont station, the Oxford boatbuilder based at Folly Bridge, meaning of street names in Grandpont and South Oxford, Interesting aspects of South Oxford's history. endowed by the Earl of Abingdon in the same way, I spread out my arms and legs, could I fly? I have kept a dream diary for years. [5], Hinksey Halt railway station served New Hinksey in south Oxford during 190815. 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. 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. 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. Hinksey is called a chapelry of Cumnor, and the Thoughts, feelings, ideas to be written as they came into the mind, with no outcome in mind, but rather to unblock writing, to let out what is said inside, to hear oneself more deeply and to listen. ); Southengseye (xv cent.). the east, north and south walls, with external impost South Oxford Community Association, Registered Charity Number 304351. The roof-top balcony and caf can be seen in the background. In the mid to late 19th century the university had undergone a series of reforms which led to a large increase in the number of students, and hence in the number of academic staff (and their families). The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) opened its station at the eastern end of the Botley Road in 1851 (where the Sad Business School is now) and a year later the Great Western Railway (GWR) opened its new station immediately adjacent (where the current railway station is). Could I carry anything in my toes or my mouth? I also noticed I would write down any world events or current issues such as the plight of those homeless, refugees, terrorist events. endowed a vicarage in South Hinksey with certain The railway brought with it a demand for cheap local housing for railway employees. The tower is three stages high, with a plain moulded 3) After the death Building was slow to begin however, and the first house plans were not submitted to the City Engineer for approval until March 1887. By March 1881, 13 houses on Marlborough Road were occupied and 24 more were in the process of being built. His mother Ansfrida, a mistress of Henry I, received You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Media in category "South Hinksey" The following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total. third windows of the south wall are simple 13thcentury lancets and the second window is of two As I rested there moor hens came out of hiding, I was forgotten me. Despite this, Alfred Boffin, an Oxford baker whose famous Boffin's Tea Room was at Carfax, developed a large area of new housing in Lake Street in the early 1880s. (fn. Catholic. The early history of SOUTH HINKSEY is identical with that of North Adjacent to that was the works manager's house (now demolished). Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT10300. in 1401 (fn. or bread. They were bought up by speculative builders, usually in blocks. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. The stench, too, in their houses arising from the flood is in some cases very offensive.' South Hinksey. Soon after, RWM Gibbs, a popular Labour councillor for the South Ward (and later father-in-law of the prominent Oxford politician Olive Gibbs) persuaded the City Council to allow the redundant pumping station to be converted into a centre for recreational activities for local people. Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner. He was thirteen when he first visited his school friend Addy, whose father Percy Gresswell was a tenant farmer at Hinksey Hill Farm. The Oxford Building & Investment Company's Grandpont estate map, 1879. However, the waterwheel did not work well when the river was flowing slowly, or in times of high water and flooding, and so Oxford's water supply was very unreliable (as well as being of poor quality, as the water was taken directly from the river, and was unfiltered). It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige, and probably means "stallion island". It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. In the 14th century Outdoor Swimming Society 2023 Terms & Conditions Shop Terms & Conditions Delivery & Returns. with water from Hinksey since its water-works first 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. Vicarage Lane, School Place, Stewart Street and Green Place existed but had not yet been named; Summerfield was yet to be laid out. Instead they decided to hold their own inquiry which was, ironically, delayed by another outbreak of cholera in 1849. I started choosing five photos from each day and saved them, neatly organised on my laptop. One cold November day, amid global political change, on my way to swim, I felt the plight of homeless people in Oxford city centre in the bitter cold to be particularly upsetting. 9) Its later Most of these railings were removed during the Second World War with the idea of melting down the metal for re-use, but on streets where the houses had semi-basements, and there was a danger of people falling in during the blackout, railings were retained. but only the nave has been completed. As we walked, I saw the impact of time, as their bodies struggled to walk down the steep banks alongside the simple dignity and determination with which they found their way. 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. which till the middle of the 19th century at least The opening of the diving board at Hinksey Pools in 1936. granted them the mill in gratitude. Old Vicarage, Solth Hinksey, timber north porch is modern. vicar. was under the invocation of St. John, (fn. The waterworks can be seen on this plan of 1844, drawn up when wharves in the area were being sold at auction. This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. They splashed and dived, teaching their three young to fish. Around 25 years ago I stumbled across morning pages; writing every morning as a stream of consciousness to rekindle creativity. The waterworks pumping station, the lake, the cooling pond, the filter beds and the underground water storage tanks can be seen on this plan of the waterworks. The parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in the valley of the Isis. 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. 26) and therefore, except for an interval in the 16th century, have 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. Feel what you feel, I heard myself say. OX1 4RP. boundary, and a branch of it, known as Hinksey RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. Salter laid out the estate in 105 lots with frontages to the Abingdon Road, Whitehouse Road, Kineton Road and an extension of Chilswell Road. The west window, of similar date, The Hon. Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: OXFO 352.6. 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. Sometimes poems came that seemed to have grown within me. early in the 13th century. incumbent is referred to as chaplain and not as Two houses on Chilswell Road were designed by John Salter's cousin, the architect Stephen Salter. Salter insisted on seeing the plans of each house before building could commence and, being a Methodist and tee-totaller, forbade the sale of liquor on any lot for 25 years without his consent. The Duke of Monmouth, 260 Abingdon Rd, Oxford OX1 4TA. In 1974, many of the places associated with the name were transferred from the county of Berkshire in the county boundary changes. In 1877 Charlotte Faulkener, by her will proved at Teachers and students from local schools are also welcome to come and use the trail for outdoor education. A man called Henry Greenaway, who lived in Newbury but who owned two large fields west of the Abingdon Road and half a mile south of Folly Bridge, was probably encouraged by this demand to sell his land for house-building. I stopped in a doorway overcome by and unsure of the question of my responsibility to fellow humans. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. as Langford Mill, 'near Oxford Bridge,' and was (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. Thames and Hinksey Stream was in A stroll along the nature trail offers stunning views down onto the city of Oxford and winds through woodland, reedland and fen. 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. (fn. I appreciated every moment and marvelled how much summer there is still in the winter waters, in colours, smells and sounds. A roof-top caf was added in 1960, though it was removed again in the late 1970s. The line terminated with a station just to the south-west of Folly Bridge. A commotion as I crossed the lock made me look round. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 3 (Robert Boyd Publications, 2003). 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. 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