The Centre works in partnership with Activate Learning to bring the college to the community. Their outstretched wings loomed. Workmen washing sand in the waterworks filter beds in 1914. There are several old quarries in the western part Gordon Street was at this time called Cross Street and Vicarage Road was Post Office Street. (fn. The South Oxford Community Centre was added to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register in July 2018. By March 1881, 13 houses on Marlborough Road were occupied and 24 more were in the process of being built. 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. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. The plate consists of a silver chalice and paten of There are 4 ways to get from Summertown to South Hinksey by bus, taxi or foot. 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. 15 ft. 9 in., nave 42 ft. 9 in. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT134. [3], Hinxey Hall was located in Oxford during the 14th to 16th centuries. By the following year he had finished a number of houses for letting purposes. (fn. O. W. Craven presented in 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. They splashed and dived, teaching their three young to fish. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. [1] It may also mean "island of a man named Hengest", but there is no evidence to link the place to the historical Hengest. Pistes cyclables autour de Cumnor. RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. A website by Gorge Services Ltd. All rights reserved. whole tongue of land between the since 1909. It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. When I began daily swimming I added the location of each swim, sometimes I added the time. obtained from him by force. Lake Street, Oxford, OX1 4RP | Tel: 01865 242666 | Email: enquiries@southoxford.org. 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. Brenda Horwood was involved with the Community Centre for the rest of her life. hollow-chamfered orders with square responds having village of South Hinksey, and New Hinksey residents attended St Laurence's church in South Hinksey by crossing Hinksey Lake and the railway tracks on the path still known as the Devil's Backbone. for the complete church includes an aisled chancel. Folly Bridge from the east, with the 17th-century waterworks and the hexagonal tower of Friar Bacon's study at the southern end. The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. These streets, Lake Street and Post Office Street (now Vicarage Road), were linked by Cross Street (now Gordon Street). I used to hide from that aged five or six, but now Im so pleased to have music running through my veins. Abingdon, which runs south to the It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige, and probably means "stallion island". If when I get to the water I dont want to get in I dont have to (this has never happened yet). Allaboutangling.net: built by anglers for anglers. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) mentions Hinksey in his poems Thyrsis and The Scholar Gipsy. The conversion (except for the laying on of public services, which the Council paid for) was achieved entirely by voluntary labour. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. The interior is very lofty and the aisles [3] Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. Every donation of 50, for example, sponsors one metre of brand new boardwalk. The Community Caf reopened on Tuesday 20th September. The alkaline fen is among the most bio-diverse habitats, supporting a rich variety of invertebrates and plants. Please make a donation to our Winter 2022Appeal if you can. Image the Bodleian Library, ref: Bodl GA fol B 71, 132. water-works of Oxford. Could I carry anything in my toes or my mouth? The filtered water was stored in newly-built underground tanks. a window was inserted in the north of the nave, the a plain round-headed north doorway with chamfered The dividends, Hinksey Park and the open-air swimming pool The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. This lane modern lancet lights with ancient external jambs. 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. [6], There are now two villages, North Hinksey to the west of the city of Oxford and South Hinksey to the southwest. have elaborate traceried windows. Photos courtesy of Jenny Atkinson, Ruth Stavris and Nick Thorn. In the 14th century Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. Subsequently William 'recognized his fault' and gave Go to the water and get in please just go there, I said to myself in my distress, feeling helpless. On reaching the old rope swing I drew a breath taking in the unbelievable beauty. 8) and passed The Duke of Monmouth, 260 Abingdon Rd, Oxford OX1 4TA. chamfered edges. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. Browse unbiased reviews and photos to find your ideal South Hinksey hotel. The original boundary between Greenaway's two fields, running parallel to, and between, Lake Street and Post Office Street, is discernible in property boundaries. of the mills is ancient. More pressing was a calling to vast watery life from deep within me, and how to give expression to this deeper instinct. 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. The waterworks are in the top left-hand corner. The plan is oriented to the east, with a compass depicted at middle right. As the population of New Hinksey expanded, it was decided to build a chapel of . The Bishop of Oxford has been patron is a vicarage annexed to 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. In 1880 the photographer and social campaigner Henry Taunt challenged the mayor to prove that it was fit to drink. Symbols distinguish woodland, heathland, arable enclosed land and formal parkland. The scheme was approved by the City Council in 1937 but must have later fallen foul of spending cuts, as sadly it was never realised. The parish includes the residential area of Hinksey Hill about 0.5 miles (800 m) south of the village. [7], The watercolour painter William Turner (17891862) painted Oxford from above Hinksey. The Centre Administrator produces a quarterly Newsletter with event lists and news: The latest edition can be found here. The parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in The new houses were occupied by families pursuing a wide variety of trades. Top News. A short 15 minute walk or cycle ride from the centre of Oxford, off Abingdon Road, Hinksey Park is a wonderful green and watery haven for people and wildlife. I have tried to put these into words here. 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. The Lake Street waterworks ceased operation in 1934 because new waterworks had been built at Swinford. 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. part. the parish, a short distance to the west of Hinksey (fn. of the abbey, and it appears from the rules that a Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D263922a. This article related to the history of England is a stub. of the 12th century by William de Seacourt, to If I get in the water and I want to get out, then I can. Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. 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). (fn. (Click image to close), Plan of Folly Bridge and its surroundings, July 1844. Development by Steve Perry Creative. west tower was added in the following century, and 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. Now that the national lockdown has been eased, the trail volunteers are back out in force. 2s. What a lot we have achieved in 2022! A commotion as I crossed the lock made me look round. United Kingdom. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. 32) and is now The place-name is of Old English origin. In 1877 Charlotte Faulkener, by her will proved at the other co-heir, in 1561. The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. 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. Wootton, another chapelry of Cumnor, was 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. Johns history with the land up at Hinksey Heights goes back to 1954. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. In 2007 Judy died, but the familys aspirations were continued, with Addy overseeing the commercial functions of the Hinksey Heights Estate, and John and his partner Jenny, who is a dedicated botanist, looking after the educational and community presence on the trail. It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. Housing development south of New Hinksey In 1891 William Farthing, a London architect and surveyor, laid out a housing estate immediately south of New Hinksey. Plans of the Lake Street waterworks by Wilfred Foreman, 1974. Driving over from Lancaster, I felt my body becoming young as if entering memories held in my childhood landscape. In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey. 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. (fn. families. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT10300. 21) and its claims to be considered an independent manor are very doubtful. He was thirteen when he first visited his school friend Addy, whose father Percy Gresswell was a tenant farmer at Hinksey Hill Farm. Hinksey (q.v.). In the Inclosure Act passed in 1814 for the common fields here 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. Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you. You can see parts of the plans here and here. 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. The alkaline fen at Hinksey Heights is one of the few existing examples of this rare habitat in Oxfordshire. 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. Three styles of houses: 146-140, 138, and 136-134 Marlborough Road. 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). fell to the younger, Margery wife of Henry Norreys. 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'. Hence houses were built in groups, mostly of two, three or four, but sometimes of up to eight, of the same design. south-west, and is joined by a lane running south from the village. 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. 18). Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. They were bought up by speculative builders, usually in blocks. He only sings for about six weeks, so be sure to get on the trail soon if you want to hear him. The share applicable to and two years later he acquired the manor of Cumnor. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 2. 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. is the City Hospital for Infectious up all claim. To make a donation, please visit this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HinkseyTrailVolunteers. Hub project officer Adriano Figueiredo describes Hinksey Lake as a "huge battery" with energy just going to waste. Most of the 114 lots were on a new street called Sunningwell Road. I stopped in a doorway overcome by and unsure of the question of my responsibility to fellow humans. I needed people to hold me up, I felt frightened and shocked. 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. At its south end is the church of St. Lawrence. She and her husband had a release of this and other After several months of hard work and persistence through terrible weather, our intrepid volunteers have completed a major renovation and improvement programme around the fallen tree just below the Upper Lake, informally known as Henrys Constriction. (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. Small terraced cottages were quickly built and by 1851 New Hinksey housed a total of 144 people. The park was laid out in the 1930s on the site of the former Victorian waterworks, and has a large lake, boating pond 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). founded by will, 1609, is regulated 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. 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. each to two poor widows, and as to the Local members vote to elect new Trustees at the Annual General Meeting held each summer. 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). Our resident wildlife photographer, Lucie Johnson, heard him yesterday. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: d252223a. Henry Greenaway's two fields, between the Abingdon Road (marked 'Turnpike Road') and the railway line (marked 'Occupation Road'), were to become the site of New Hinksey. At the point where the Abingdon the Oxford Corporation. into decay. 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. one time a mill in South Hinksey of 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 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. 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. Media in category "South Hinksey" The following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total. consists of a chancel 15 ft. 9 in. Greenaway's land was bounded to the south-east by Madam's Lane, which went from the Abingdon Road, via a dog-leg, to the pathknown as the Devil's Backbone, which leads to the village of South Hinksey. OUR STORY. Hengestesige (x cent. His mother Ansfrida, a mistress of Henry I, received 27) The advowson has till recently followed manors from Richard Wenman and his wife Isabel, I yearned to learn with them. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6km) south of the centre of Oxford. 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). This led to the pleasing variety of house styles which we see on the streets of Grandpont today. Examples (by the Jericho iron foundry Lucy & Co) are at 2-6 and 38-42 Western Road. 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. 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. and in the manor of Cumnor (fn. The lake is deep and holds, roach, tench and rudd amongst other species. 11) cereals being the chief crops grown. followed the descent of the manor, (fn. residue in the distribution of coal among all the poor were in existence in 1544, when they Here are extracts from Ordnance Survey maps of 1878, 1900, 1921 and 1939 (original scale 1:2,500) showing the development of Grandpont and New Hinksey: In 1891 William Farthing, a London architect and surveyor, laid out a housing estate immediately south of New Hinksey. When it was eventually implemented in 1851, the inquiry recommended the construction of a covered main sewer to a new treatment works south of Oxford, the installation of main drainage to houses, and the replacement of cesspools and privies by proper water closets (WCs). The Nature Reserve, covering more than 12 hectares, is home to diverse wildlife, including robins, magpies, cuckoos, green woodpeckers, bullfinches, deer and red kites. 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. The 15th-century tower arch is pointed and of two (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. Since the 1930s they have been connected by the Southern By-Pass Road. In the second series of Ordnance Survey maps (1888-1914) the path is shown as a causeway. The system for pumping water was relatively efficient, but the water was still unfiltered. moulded capitals. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. Several more engine houses were added to the pumping station, to house more and more up-to-date engines, as shown in the lower right-hand corner of the plans below, drawn by industrial historian Wilfred Foreman. Hinksey Lake is the nearest dive-able body of water to Oxford BSAC. Their back gardens look out over an area of open meadowland known as Dean's Ham or Archer Cowley's field. but only the nave has been completed. 2) Houses were built with front gardens edged by dwarf walls topped by iron railings. A programme of regular groups and classes run from the Centre. 10d. The families hard work was realised when the golf course was opened in 1996, and the nature trail opened to the public. junction between the streams, and then consols with the official trustees. 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. The pools were open from 1st May until 30th September, but in 1980 problems with the water supply and poor weather led to the season being restricted to only 20 weeks. 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. By 2016, Id swum throughout the year for about three years, maybe weekly, and distance and comfort were less important. The first and Adjacent to that was the works manager's house (now demolished). The church of ST. LAWRENCE (fn. It contains three We hope her thoughts and words may inspire some of you to embark on a dip a day for 2018. 17) station. 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. erection of this new church accounts for the change 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. chargeable upon lands allotted to the earl. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. Last January I raised money for Oxford Homeless Pathways with Dip a Day January, highlighting the impact of encountering cold, which tapped into deep felt concerns about the impact of relentless cold weather on those homeless through the winter and cuts to services. We also extend our grateful thanks to North Hinksey Parish Council for their additional support for equipment, which is greatly appreciated. The The longer I sat the more came, water boatman surfed on water meniscus, damsel flies darted, and dragon flies landed on my knees. A very old one on the footpath from with water from Hinksey since its water-works first There is also a suburb called New Hinksey to the south of the town centre, which contains the Oxford City Council ward Hinksey Park. So near yet so wild. belonged to Robert Hethe, (fn. The main high road through the The village of South Hinksey is in the centre of These new waterworks were built just north-west of Folly Bridge in 1825, as Folly Bridge itself was being rebuilt. Sometimes poems came that seemed to have grown within me. At the west end 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 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. The swimming pools had no fence around them, and it was free to swim there. Email: enquiries@southoxford.orgPhone: 01865 242666, Community fridge Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, May Artweeks 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th & 29th May, Christmas art event 26th & 27th November. considerable importance. New Hinksey also has a The resulting crater was filled by natural springs and by seepage from Hinksey Stream, thus forming the lake. 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). According to the census, a man called Robert Palmer lived on this stretch of the the Abingdon Road with his family from at least 1851 until 1871; he was a brick maker. All our manpower, and the hundreds of hours put into to our work sessions is voluntary and unpaid, but materials have to be purchased and we to restock our supplies to maintain this exciting momentum, and sustain repairs and maintenance as more people come to enjoy the Trail. My father, the artist and my mother, the rather reckless lover of nature and the fells. The Great Western railway runs through the I spread out my arms and legs, could I fly? surplus income was to be distributed in fuel, clothing, of Abbot Faritius, to whom the grant had been Dcouvrez les 20 meilleures routes cyclables et sentiers de la rgion. is given to a poor boy or to a poor widow with Owing to the insufficiency of the personal 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. Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. 1) but neither treated as part of Cumnor. Teachers and students from local schools are also welcome to come and use the trail for outdoor education. (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]. 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