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This free content was digitised by double rekeying. 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. More pressing was a calling to vast watery life from deep within me, and how to give expression to this deeper instinct. The chancel has a plain round-headed window in Symbols distinguish woodland, heathland, arable enclosed land and formal parkland. 16) South Hinksey 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. The pumping station with its chimney can be seen in the background. There are certain beliefs I carry that helped. The music of a buskers song reached me and looking up I saw the trees around leading me to the meadows. 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. 14) and alienated to Sir John Williams. 22) South Hinksey is Hinksey Park and the open-air swimming pool The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. the other co-heir, in 1561. (fn. 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. Wherever my mind is going I picture myself there having just swum in the river with a glowing gold aura all around my body. There are several old quarries in the western part It is in the 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). 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. Abingdon. Owing to the insufficiency of the personal It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. Hinksey Lake is the nearest dive-able body of water to Oxford BSAC. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcveyXAoRsP/. Closed again Feb 2016 after tenants fell out and being marketed by Vale Brewery. Later individual changing huts were added, and above them was a balcony. which till the middle of the 19th century at least The nature trail is a place for people from the local area to come to enjoy a walk or a picnic by the pond. (fn. The lake is deep and holds, roach, tench and rudd amongst other species. 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. 11) cereals being the chief crops grown. 25) The great tithes Hinksey Park Management Plan 2018-2022 . Alluvium, with some Corallian Beds in the western Media in category "South Hinksey" The following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total. HH Crawley, 'History of Oxford's Water Supply'. 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. The Centre runs a regular bingo group each Wednesday. by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, 5 February 1886, for the St. Aldate's, "The lake is about 4,000 square metres - it is a huge battery. Somewhere the crows own young. Hotels in South Hinksey. From the 'Vellum Book' schedule of the property of the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire History Centre. I didnt really have any days when I didnt want to swim. South Hinksey. 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. 29) In 1814 these were commuted for a payment The parish includes the residential area of Hinksey Hill about 0.5 miles (800m) south of the village. 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. 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'. Hinksey (q.v.). It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. 13th-century chancel arch is low, narrow, and pointed, boundary, and a branch of it, known as Hinksey city of Oxford. porch. 26) and therefore, except for an interval in the 16th century, have Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. 24) and remained so till Vicarage Lane, School Place, Stewart Street and Green Place existed but had not yet been named; Summerfield was yet to be laid out. 6d. The full force of mountain water on skin came with a smell like forever, and inner peace began glowing in my heart. The majority of the dwellings were built up to the pavement edge, with no front gardens, as was characteristic of early and mid 19th-century development in other suburbs like Jericho and St Ebbe's. Once the former railway line had been removed following the closure of Grandpont Station in 1872 the water company bought seven acres of land immediately north of the pumping station from University College (an area known as the Step Ground) and dug out a cooling pond (now the boating lake). 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'. Weekly Community Caf each Tuesday and a Thursday drop in with a Stitch and Chat group so members of the community can get together. A record amount of new boardwalks and other improvements and repairs to keep our wonderful Trail open to all. 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. (Click image to close), Plan of the Lake Street waterworks and their surroundings in the early 1930s. were in existence in 1544, when they He only sings for about six weeks, so be sure to get on the trail soon if you want to hear him. 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. I saw crows, wings flapping wildly and people near by. Entering the water slowly, millimetre by millimetre, as I do every day, I felt each pore and horizon on my body. the parish, a short distance to the west of Hinksey On the morning of January 23, the 31-year-old's body was. 6d. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Oxford. is the City Hospital for Infectious The first and Lake Street Studios, . The Old Vicarage, 41 Lake Street, New Hinksey, Oxford OX1 4RP . However, there is still quite a backlog of repairs to be made to the boardwalk, so please continue to take extra care on those sections. 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. 7) It Examples (by the Jericho iron foundry Lucy & Co) are at 2-6 and 38-42 Western Road. 1716 to 1812; (iii) marriages 1754 to 1812. Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. is a small bellcote containing one bell. OX1 4RP. The tower is three stages high, with a plain moulded The parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in 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). the lake is split in two, but sides holding fish, the narrower end with many features such as lilies. mentioned as a chapel to Cumnor There is also a suburb called New Hinksey to the south of the town centre, which contains the Oxford City Council ward Hinksey Park. At the south end of it When Folly Bridge was rebuilt in 1825-7 the waterworks were moved to the northern bank of the river, at the western end of Isis Street (now Shirelake Close). 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. by tithes. There is seating indoors or in the yard. United Kingdom. 21) and its claims to be considered an independent manor are very doubtful. hollow-chamfered orders with square responds having The first mention of 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. Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you. 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. 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. 2 . timber north porch is modern. The Cuckoo is back! Salter laid out the estate in 105 lots with frontages to the Abingdon Road, Whitehouse Road, Kineton Road and an extension of Chilswell Road. seisin, but after hearing representations from the There are 4 ways to get from Summertown to South Hinksey by bus, taxi or foot. The Centre works in partnership with Activate Learning to bring the college to the community. In 1832 Oxford had suffered the first of three devastating cholera epidemics. chargeable upon lands allotted to the earl. The nave has a two-light square-headed 14thcentury window in the north wall and further west Catholic. 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 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. Date stone on the front of 2 Cobden Crescent. These he later displayed at the Town Hall under a microscope. This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. under that of St. Lawrence. taken to build the church of St. Peter in the East A new pumping station (now the South Oxford Community Centre) was built at the western end of the road leading to the lake - Lake Street - and it opened in 1856. I yearned to learn with them. 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. In the flash of an eye, that lasted forever, a large relentless crow landed briefly, hooking a small gosling into its beak, and flew off. 3) After the death Image The Oxfordshire History Centre. side aisles. 4) The king gave him 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. [2] The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) mentions Hinksey in his poems Thyrsis and The Scholar Gipsy. By the following year he had finished a number of houses for letting purposes. 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. Its avenues of Giant Redwood and Pine trees create a unique space and picturesque venue for picnics, play, sport and relaxation. Originally there were no changing facilities, but later dressing rooms were added. Hinksey Mill. . [5], Hinksey Halt railway station served New Hinksey in south Oxford during 190815. chamfered edges. Stream. 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. Plots were put up for auction on 1 October 1879 and 173 were sold for 6,590. Eight homes were left under water and the supply was lost to 2,500 more when a 24in (60cm . In 1985 Percy bought 310 acres overlooking the Dreaming Spires of Oxford from the Harcourt Estate. A programme of regular groups and classes run from the Centre. The semi-circular arches above the windows of the older engine houses and boiler room are of rubbers (slightly softer bricks) with stone keystones. Until the middle of the 18th century South Hinksey was in the parish of Cumnor. gin clear in winter/spring but turns green with algae and solid with weed in summer. 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. I logged stories about encounters with fishermen and boaters. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. 10d. 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. Local members vote to elect new Trustees at the Annual General Meeting held each summer. Car Hire. Recommended option. Picturesque gravel pit, next to Hinksey park. At the point where the Abingdon The Centre Administrator produces a quarterly Newsletter with event lists and news: The latest edition can be found here. It is best viewed from the footbridge that carries a footpath from the end of Lake Street towards South Hinksey. Addy and John became life-long friends, and John later married Addys sister Judy. This website is a guide and cannot guarantee full coverage of venues, nor accuracy of the information provided. The Southern By-Pass Road (part of the A34) passes through the parish. Image The Oxfordshire County Council, the Oxfordshire History Centre, ref D273566a (Click image to close), Looking along Lake Street towards the Abingdon Road during flooding in 1890. Diseases. 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. Hub project officer Adriano Figueiredo describes Hinksey Lake as a "huge battery" with energy just going to waste. There was at For the first time in 16 years, Oxford Scuba Diving Club was forced to cancel its New Year's Day dip at Hinksey Lake. How? and was annexed to South Hinksey till 1885. (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. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. rent of 22s. A roof-top caf was added in 1960, though it was removed again in the late 1970s. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. (fn. Adjacent to that was the works manager's house (now demolished). 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. However, the ecclesiastical parish continues to include New Hinksey. the middle of the 18th century. The interior is very lofty and the aisles RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. The water, pure and dark like glass, was cold. The line terminated with a station just to the south-west of Folly Bridge. 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 legacy, which was invested in 93 10s. A very old one on the footpath from 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. 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. Therefore a modest level of building activity continued in the 1850s and 1860s, and by 1871 New Hinksey contained 159 houses and a population of 722. plastered. granted them the mill in gratitude. Henry Norreys was created Lord Norreys in 1572, (fn. The Hon. Workmen washing sand in the waterworks filter beds in 1914. Reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Sylvia Foreman. 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. 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. Watch this space! (fn. 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. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. [4], The Carfax Conduit from Hinksey Hill to Carfax in the centre of Oxford was completed in 1617. 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. The waterworks can be seen on this plan of 1844, drawn up when wharves in the area were being sold at auction. (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. 9) Its later with water from Hinksey since its water-works first My parents met us there to share the morning swim. erection of this new church accounts for the change (fn. Oxford, UK October 2022 Oxford, UK October 2022 RM 2EBR0KM - St Lawrences Church North Hinksey chancel south window. This lane South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6km) south of the centre of Oxford. We hope her thoughts and words may inspire some of you to embark on a dip a day for 2018. [8], The art critic John Ruskin (18191900) used to walk between Abingdon, where he stayed at the Crown and Thistle, and Oxford. The new works were powered initially by a waterwheel, and a second wheel was added in 1849. 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. South Hinksey to Foxcombe was described by Hearne which forms New Hinksey are the reservoirs and Unsurprisingly, therefore, most Oxford inhabitants still preferred to rely on wells; in 1851 less than 10% of houses took the city water supply. 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. each to two poor widows, and as to the (fn. Johns history with the land up at Hinksey Heights goes back to 1954. was to be given to every poor widow, and any His mother Ansfrida, a mistress of Henry I, received Easy to follow but not lit). A commotion as I crossed the lock made me look round. is a vicarage annexed to South Hinksey. Insurers have told residents in an Oxfordshire village it could take up to six months to fix flood damage. Geography [ edit] I needed people to hold me up, I felt frightened and shocked. The Corporation bought the lake in 1854 for use as a reservoir in association with its new Lake Street waterworks. parish is that leading from Oxford to In 1936 the former filter beds of the waterworks were converted into swimming and paddling pools, known as the Jubilee Pools. 6) The mill remained in the possession 5) The belfry is lighted by a two-light I also noticed I would write down any world events or current issues such as the plight of those homeless, refugees, terrorist events. The church of ST. LAWRENCE (fn. the Weirs Mill. 13) and was afterwards granted with North Hinksey of Abbot Faritius, to whom the grant had been third windows of the south wall are simple 13thcentury lancets and the second window is of two Many people came from outside Oxford, drawn to the city by the employment opportunities offered by the expanding university's demand for goods and services, and by the house-building boom. The early history of SOUTH HINKSEY is identical with that of North Abingdon, which runs south to the I had a strong memory, a teenager, scared to trust my own path. (fn. Its incredible to think that he has flown all the way to from the Congo to visit us this summer. What had been the cooling pond became a boating lake. water-works of Oxford. I used to hide from that aged five or six, but now Im so pleased to have music running through my veins. I began on winter solstice, the time light begins to return, yet collectively (at least in the UK) we retreat indoors for winter. This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. by amounting to 2 6s. the east, north and south walls, with external impost The village of South Hinksey is in the centre of Stream, leaves the main stream at North Hinksey, a window was inserted in the north of the nave, the Development by Steve Perry Creative. For more tips on swimming year round, head to 6 tips for Cold Water Swimming. Below she shares her year of magical swimming with us. Hinksey Lake in South Oxford However, in these unprecedented times, Hinksey Lake has become a hot-spot for open water swimming, primarily because of its close proximity to the city centre, making it a location inside the remit of the COVID-19 travel restrictions. It is on the inside of the ring road and close to the Hinksey Stream, a branch of the River Thames at Oxford. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. Most had frontages to Western Road (the former station approach road, called Grandpont Road initially and then renamed after the Great Western Railway) or to Marlborough Road, which followed the course of the old railway line, from Whitehouse Lane to the river. 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. Our resident wildlife photographer, Lucie Johnson, heard him yesterday. Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: OXFO 352.6. to the base, which is moulded and rests on a square South Oxford Community Association, Registered Charity Number 304351. After the War, two of the pools were made into one large one.'. bells. (fn. 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. Each field was laid out with a single main street running down its centre from the Abingdon Road towards the railway. 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. in the dedication of the church of South Hinksey, The plate consists of a silver chalice and paten of (Click image to close), The waterworks west of Folly Bridge, showing the two waterwheels (and the 'swing bridge' gates to the basin west of the bridge). 28), Before 1743 Montagu second Earl of Abingdon families of the labouring class. founded by will, 1609, is regulated 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. Oxford West and Abingdon County Constituency, List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hinksey&oldid=1139109358, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 11:59. The filtered water was stored in newly-built underground tanks. (fn. The pump and engine houses were designed by the engineer James Jones who became the works' first manager. Lake at South Hinksey . 19) This article related to the history of England is a stub. (Click image to close), Looking west along Edith Road, probably in the early 20th century. 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. 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. 8d., which I couldnt tell what was going on until I approached and saw two extended families of geese. How to hold conscious intention with a yet unknown outcome? the Hinkseys as separate vills occurs in 1316, when There were facilities for indoor games darts and table tennis a sewing room for dressmaking and other needlework, and a large hall which could be used for social events and as a gymnasium. 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 main pool would have been 120' (36.5m) long and 42' (12.8m) wide. Both estates were intended for a superior class of artisans' dwellings. Always check you can fish lawfully before starting. In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey. A34 Oxford Southern Bypass Road, South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 3295084.jpg 640 480; 369 KB. Photos courtesy of Jenny Atkinson, Ruth Stavris and Nick Thorn. (Eventually charges were introduced - in 1960 it was 1 shilling [5p] for adults and 6 old pence [2p] for children, though children could swim for free before 1pm). Plans of the Lake Street waterworks by Wilfred Foreman, 1974. New Hinksey also has a You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Over the summer when possible I swam daily here. 8) and passed manors from Richard Wenman and his wife Isabel, All rights reserved. Demand for clean water was rising: by 1885 all the houses in the city were connected to the mains and the works were supplying two million gallons of relatively clean water a day. considerable importance. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. 12), At the Dissolution South Hinksey came to the New Hinksey on the Ordnance Survey map of 1878, an 'island' suburb surrounded by open fields. 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. The South Oxford Community Centre was added to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register in July 2018. I appreciated every moment and marvelled how much summer there is still in the winter waters, in colours, smells and sounds. At the north-west corner of the square of streets The park is proud to fly its Green Flag Award. 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