1907 for the Earl of Abingdon, who is a Roman Image The Oxfordshire History Centre. The Southern By-Pass Road (part of the A34) passes through the parish. chargeable upon lands allotted to the earl. After closure in 1856 the waterworks building became a flock mill and from 1892 it was part of the City Engineer's Depot. The Nature Reserve, covering more than 12 hectares, is home to diverse wildlife, including robins, magpies, cuckoos, green woodpeckers, bullfinches, deer and red kites. You can see parts of the plans here and here. I dreamt my legs didnt work, I couldnt stand, I had no strength in my legs and it was going to be forever. Henry Greenaway's two fields between the Abingdon Road and the railway line were to become the site of New Hinksey. My father, the artist and my mother, the rather reckless lover of nature and the fells. They were bought up by speculative builders, usually in blocks. Occasionally I would write reflective passages on my state of mind. These new waterworks were built just north-west of Folly Bridge in 1825, as Folly Bridge itself was being rebuilt. fell to the younger, Margery wife of Henry Norreys. square-headed window in each face with uncusped Hence houses were built in groups, mostly of two, three or four, but sometimes of up to eight, of the same design. The only road access to the village is via the bypass. Vicarage Lane, School Place, Stewart Street and Green Place existed but had not yet been named; Summerfield was yet to be laid out. 13th-century chancel arch is low, narrow, and pointed, 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. 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. 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. The west window, of similar date, 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. noticeable that in the Act of Inclosure South the middle of the 18th century. 8d., which These enormous engines were powered by steam, and coal was brought to the works daily by cart. Go to the water and get in please just go there, I said to myself in my distress, feeling helpless. The tower is three stages high, with a plain moulded It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige, and probably means "stallion island". Alluvium, with some Corallian Beds in the western Hinksey Park and the open-air swimming pool The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. Last year, OSS member Helen Edwards decided to embark on a dip day for a whole year. See our membership page for details of becoming a member of the Community Association and support the Centre by making a donation, helping at events or consider becoming a Trustee. There is also a suburb called New Hinksey to the south of the town centre, which contains the Oxford City Council ward Hinksey Park. 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 force between us silent as stone. 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. was to be given to every poor widow, and any From this date South Hinksey has followed the descent is a small bellcote containing one bell. The font is of the were in existence in 1544, when they The footbridge links the village of South Hinksey with the South Oxford suburb of New Hinksey and provides a Public Right of Way (PRoW) between the residential areas (Figure 1.1). which forms New Hinksey are the reservoirs and The Lake Street waterworks ceased operation in 1934 because new waterworks had been built at Swinford. 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. [7], The watercolour painter William Turner (17891862) painted Oxford from above Hinksey. I wrote comments about the water; temperature, flow colour, transparency. which till the middle of the 19th century at least I saw crows, wings flapping wildly and people near by. Skyscanner. This lane Moments of mammalian gold creep all over my body, The water dips suddenly, so suddenly that my shoulders rush around myself from all sides, In my lungs a rushing once drowsy comes deep and downy, Innocent light runs into my eyes blinding me, Lost to the course of life which runs through a distant memory and into life. Catholic. The Cuckoo is back! I breathed a silent thank you for the morning. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. Always check you can fish lawfully before starting. Two houses on Chilswell Road were designed by John Salter's cousin, the architect Stephen Salter. It was leased to Thomas Peers in 15378, (fn. New Hinksey, was built in 1870 and rebuilt in 1900, Wootton, another chapelry of Cumnor, was Weekly Community Caf each Tuesday and a Thursday drop in with a Stitch and Chat group so members of the community can get together. Oxford, Parochial Charities. This was a childhood swimming place for me. Image courtesy of Brasenose College, ref: D0530. about 1636. 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. Hengestesige (x cent. The Community Caf reopened on Tuesday 20th September. since 1909. We gratefully acknowledge the support of TOE, the Trust for Oxfordshires Environment, who have made a generous grant to make this possible. Website design by JSummerton. It was known How to make any planning relevant and be mindful of my safety whilst opening space for any previously un-encountered experience? 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. 'The old order changeth, yeilding place to the new': dons (old and new) on the High Street, 1882. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. Originally there were no changing facilities, but later dressing rooms were added. A management committee was set up, with Gibbs as Chairman, to run what became known as the South Ward Social Guild. Oxford, UK October 2022 Oxford, UK October 2022 RM 2EBR0KM - St Lawrences Church North Hinksey chancel south window. (i) mixed entries 1670 to 1715; (ii) mixed entries The new works were powered initially by a waterwheel, and a second wheel was added in 1849. between his two daughters took place (fn. This drawing covers part of the Thames Valley in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. I have tried to put these into words here. It is I wanted to look huge, I couldnt bear any doubt, the birds must be certain of my being a large mammal they couldnt carry. At least 31 builders and building families were involved, most erecting a handful of houses, some responsible for large numbers. 2s. 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. calling, I shouted at crows, I left I could do nothing. 65 to 85 Abingdon Road. They relied on a waterwheel to power a three-barrelled pump. The soil is clay, gravel and loam on a subsoil of history is not recorded, and it seems to have fallen By partnering with Ridgefield Consulting in this way we can maximise our investment in the Trail while ensuring that we have the best accounting advice just a phone call away.. Madam's Lane became subsumed by future housing development, though it remained an open area between the gardens of the houses on the southern side of Vicarage Road and the northern side of Norreys Avenue, until an extension to Green Place was built over part of it in the 1970s. The parish includes the residential area of Hinksey Hill about 0.5 miles (800 m) south of the village. 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. Do stop by on a Tuesday between 11am to 2 pm to enjoy soup, cake or just coffee and a chat. Johns history with the land up at Hinksey Heights goes back to 1954. Its incredible to think that he has flown all the way to from the Congo to visit us this summer. 1716 to 1812; (iii) marriages 1754 to 1812. by Plots were put up for auction on 1 October 1879 and 173 were sold for 6,590. burial at the hands of the monks, and William As the houses were built, so were shops and pubs, St Matthew's church, and Oxford's first football ground. (fn. The chancel has a plain round-headed window in the west door with four-centred head and plain RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. What a lot we have achieved in 2022! 2) in the 18th century the chancel was largely reconstructed. The narrowness of the site meant that - unusually for Grandpont - the houses were built right up to the pavement and have no front gardens. He afterwards came to the conclusion, however, 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. In the south wall of the nave, towards the The belfry is lighted by a two-light A number of martial arts groups run at the Centre for children and adults as well as several yoga groups. The vicarage house of New Hinksey was erected in families. as Langford Mill, 'near Oxford Bridge,' and was by 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. Top News. Image the Bodleian Library, ref: Bodl GA fol B 71, 132. The Centre is home to the thriving South Oxford Farmers Market and hosts the South Oxford WI. 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. of 2s. (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]. In the churchyard, to the north of the nave, are I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. (In the medieval period this had been the site of a Hermitage or Bridgewrights' house, occupied by the bridge hermits who were responsible for the repair of the Grandpont causeway and South (Folly) Bridge. This brought back memories of that daily practice. 10d. is crossed by a rifle range 1,000 yards The Old Vicarage, 41 Lake Street, New Hinksey, Oxford OX1 4RP . The place-name is of Old English origin. Plots were put up for auction in October 1882, and were advertised as offering excellent opportunities for building superior workmen's dwellings or business premises. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: d252223a. have elaborate traceried windows. The pump and engine houses were designed by the engineer James Jones who became the works' first manager. chamfered edges. Geography [ edit] 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 conversion (except for the laying on of public services, which the Council paid for) was achieved entirely by voluntary labour. The lake is deep and holds, roach, tench and rudd amongst other species. In 1974, many of the places associated with the name were transferred from the county of Berkshire in the county boundary changes. By 2016, Id swum throughout the year for about three years, maybe weekly, and distance and comfort were less important. Stream, leaves the main stream at North Hinksey, 32) and is now 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 company laid out the Grandpont Estate and divided it into 231 plots. 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. I like to remember the water inside my body and the pull of natural waters and the moon on the body. Hinksey Lake. I slowed down floating on my back. 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. This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. (Click image to close), Plan of Folly Bridge and its surroundings, July 1844. [2] The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316. Gordon Street was at this time called Cross Street and Vicarage Road was Post Office Street. The share applicable to of Abbot Faritius, to whom the grant had been 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. Sun times, moon times, lunar phase, weather. In addition Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and Bing also collects the data of visitors including device used and links clicked; other third party applications also collect this sort of data. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. at Oxford. (fn. Hinksey Lake is the nearest dive-able body of water to Oxford BSAC. Converted from cottages in 1854 and located in the small picturesque village of South Hinksey, it is only a short walk from Oxford over the footbridge at Hinksey Park (7 minutes from the end of Lake Street, off Abingdon Road. 17) 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. Hinksey Park Management Plan 2018-2022 . A website by Gorge Services Ltd. All rights reserved. They underwent extensive refurbishment and re-opened, heated, in 1997. came into existence; the present works were constructed in 1854, and have since been largely extended. One local resident recalled 'First of all there were open dressing rooms, just a big open room with seats around, one for ladies and one for men. 6d. All rights reserved. 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. surplus income was to be distributed in fuel, clothing, Gradually the gaps between the houses filled up and the majority of dwellings in Grandpont were built by the turn of the century; all 260 were completed by 1914. Hotels in South Hinksey. always belonged to the impropriator of Cumnor 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. I was regularly returning to certain favourite spots such as The Thames at Godstow, just down from the Lock and the ruined stone nunnery where Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II, had been educated and had returned by water. This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. In the water there was no room for loss, I had to swim and be present. SOUTH HINKSEY. The line terminated with a station just to the south-west of Folly Bridge. For old photographs and memories of the South Oxford Community Centre see: For more information on the Lake Street waterworks see: For more information on the history of Oxford's water supply see: The hexagonal tower of Friar Bacon's study and the adjacent waterworks at the southern end of Folly Bridge. Other plots were formed on the riverside meadows near Folly Bridge with frontages to roads named Brook Street and Buckingham Street (after former landowners) and Cobden Crescent (after Richard Cobden (1804-1865), the British Liberal politician whose defence of free trade was greatly admired by the Oxford Building & Investment Company). The roof is New Hinksey belongs to the ecclesiastical parish of South Hinksey, but the When the Community Centre's lower hall was refurbished in 2016 it was named the Brenda Horwood Room. The pools were unheated, but that didn't put children off. The first houses were built in 1880 at the northern end of Marlborough Road, nearest the river, on the eastern part of a piece of land originally owned by University College and known as Friars Mead. 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. These he later displayed at the Town Hall under a microscope. Pedestrian and cycle access to the village from Oxford is via the Devil's Backbone; a historic raised pathway across the neighbouring flood plains that features in Matthew Arnold's poem The Scholar Gipsy. I used to hide from that aged five or six, but now Im so pleased to have music running through my veins. Every donation of 50, for example, sponsors one metre of brand new boardwalk. It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. 6) The mill remained in the possession whose land in Bayworth (q.v) it had been attached. This led to the pleasing variety of house styles which we see on the streets of Grandpont today. The full force of mountain water on skin came with a smell like forever, and inner peace began glowing in my heart. belonged to Robert Hethe, (fn. In the second series of Ordnance Survey maps (1888-1914) the path is shown as a causeway. The park was laid out in the 1930s on the site of the former Victorian waterworks, and has a large lake, boating pond The Bishop of Oxford has been patron Please make a donation to our Winter 2022Appeal if you can. A programme of regular groups and classes run from the Centre. I began on winter solstice, the time light begins to return, yet collectively (at least in the UK) we retreat indoors for winter. The city has supplied itself There are several old quarries in the western part South Oxford Community Centre - Lake Street, Oxford, OX1 4RP | Tel: 01865 242666 | Email: enquiries@southoxford.org South Oxford Community Centre South Oxford Community Centre occupies a large Victorian building in Lake Street, off the Abingdon Road, about one mile from Oxford city centre. It is in the These streets, Lake Street and Post Office Street (now Vicarage Road), were linked by Cross Street (now Gordon Street). In the 14th century 19) Volunteers from the local community are giving up their time and putting in a lot of hard work to ensure that the trail can continue to be accessible to all who use the trail responsibly. As I rested there moor hens came out of hiding, I was forgotten me. 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. [9] He found the path muddy and organized a party of undergraduates to improve the roadway in the Hinksey area. Date stone on the front of 2 Cobden Crescent. Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. Easy to follow but not lit). Brenda Horwood was involved with the Community Centre for the rest of her life. It contains three Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New 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. HH Crawley, 'History of Oxford's Water Supply'. My parents met us there to share the morning swim. Feel what you feel, I heard myself say. Old Vicarage, Solth Hinksey, Here he built six- and seven-roomed artisan houses of which ten fronted the existing street and the rest a new cul-de-sac which he called Summerfield. early in the 13th century. The first mention of parish from south-east to north-west, but there is no 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. Addy and John became life-long friends, and John later married Addys sister Judy. residue in the distribution of coal among all the poor bells. 9) Its later endowed by the Earl of Abingdon in the same way, New Hinksey also has a a window was inserted in the north of the nave, the Examples (by the Jericho iron foundry Lucy & Co) are at 2-6 and 38-42 Western Road. (fn. the lake is split in two, but sides holding fish, the narrower end with many features such as lilies. edges, perhaps of the 13th century. junction between the streams, and then How to hold conscious intention with a yet unknown outcome? Diseases. Most of the 114 lots were on a new street called Sunningwell Road. Rectory. A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. The alkaline fen at Hinksey Heights is one of the few existing examples of this rare habitat in Oxfordshire. a plain round-headed north doorway with chamfered At the north-west corner of the square of streets You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. considerable importance. (fn. When I started swimming outdoors eight years ago I felt another loosening of this inner sediment, a way opening inside me. A very old one on the footpath from 25) The great tithes It closed in 1929 and the licence went to the newly-opened Duke of Monmouth (see above). but only the nave has been completed. I also began to add memorable sightings of birds, fish, animals and other humans, river users and non-river users. Learn more about how we use cookies in our Privacy Policy, and also find links to the privacy policy of Google and other data holders whose applications are present on or integrated with this website. Piano practice was my first daily practice. 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. 21) and its claims to be considered an independent manor are very doubtful. A34 Oxford Southern Bypass Road, South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 3295084.jpg 640 480; 369 KB. Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. Since the 1930s they have been connected by the Southern By-Pass Road. amounting to 2 6s. 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