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. The Southern By-Pass Road (part of the A34) passes through the parish. by We look forward to seeing you. Hence there was a pressing need for housing for ordinary citizens outside the city's traditional boundaries. which forms New Hinksey are the reservoirs and side aisles. I began on winter solstice, the time light begins to return, yet collectively (at least in the UK) we retreat indoors for winter. How to hold conscious intention with a yet unknown outcome? [2] The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316. Our friends at The Sprout, North Hinkseys parish newsletter, have given us 300 towards the 700 we need to buy a new brush-cutter so that we can keep the paths clear over the summer months. flows through this parish, and joins the river again More pressing was a calling to vast watery life from deep within me, and how to give expression to this deeper instinct. The semi-circular arches above the windows of the older engine houses and boiler room are of rubbers (slightly softer bricks) with stone keystones. (Click image to close), Extract from the map accompanying Daniel Trinder's Award 1844 (which shows 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]). A website by Gorge Services Ltd. All rights reserved. (fn. 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. Match fishing tackle: BROWSE NOW Details Information: Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you: CARP, PIKE, TENCH, TROUT, CATFISH, BARBEL. Lake Street Studios, . 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. taken to build the church of St. Peter in the East 7) It 13) and was afterwards granted with North Hinksey RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. 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. the other co-heir, in 1561. This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. Two old boys, who were also the lifeguards, used to empty and scrub all around the pools with brooms. Always check you can fish lawfully before starting. 6) The mill remained in the possession We have been fortunate in securing funding from our friends at the Trust for Oxfordshires Environment to enable us to lay drainage and create limestone surfaces on the boggier sections of the path. I also began to add memorable sightings of birds, fish, animals and other humans, river users and non-river users. residue in the distribution of coal among all the poor Henry Greenaway's two fields between the Abingdon Road and the railway line were to become the site of New Hinksey. Development by Steve Perry Creative. Description Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. I stopped in a doorway overcome by and unsure of the question of my responsibility to fellow humans. 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. Lake at South Hinksey . [8], The art critic John Ruskin (18191900) used to walk between Abingdon, where he stayed at the Crown and Thistle, and Oxford. The water, pure and dark like glass, was cold. I remember Hinksey Pools as four pools, filled up from the lake. with the manor to Sir John Williams. In the second series of Ordnance Survey maps (1888-1914) the path is shown as a causeway. My parents met us there to share the morning swim. The City Council approved the plan in May 1899 subject to the width of Kineton Road being increased from 30 feet to 36 feet. Photos courtesy of Jenny Atkinson, Ruth Stavris and Nick Thorn. It was leased to Thomas Peers in 15378, (fn. Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT134. 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. water-works of Oxford. the same descent, through the Norreys and Bertie the Weirs Mill. It is 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. A wild swimmer drowned in Hinksey Lake, a coroner concluded. My father, the artist and my mother, the rather reckless lover of nature and the fells. To the north of the interchange between the A34 and the A423. The church has been restored and the In the early 1850s a steam engine was built to provide power (hence the tall chimney in the photograph) but regular flooding and the fact that the works were downstream of the St Ebbe's gasworks, and at least five sewage outlets, meant that the water they supplied was still often badly polluted. Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. 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. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. 15) At this time the houses were still unnumbered, but it seems likely that this was his house and that it was built in 1849, making it one of the earliest houses in New Hinksey. Johns history with the land up at Hinksey Heights goes back to 1954. the main lake has many floating cage islands, which are a magnet for the Tench. It was known (fn. 30) It is calling, I shouted at crows, I left I could do nothing. 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. Somewhere the crows own young. mentioned as a chapel to Cumnor 22) South Hinksey is into decay. In 1875 some of the affected families in New Hinksey were said to be 'in a wretched condition, being confined to their upper rooms, with no firing, very little clothing and many with scarcely any food to eat. whose land in Bayworth (q.v) it had been attached. city of Oxford. Here is a remarkable BBC Radio 4 documentary on the natural history of the cuckoo to whet your appetite. The belfry is lighted by a two-light 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. On reaching the old rope swing I drew a breath taking in the unbelievable beauty. Thames and Hinksey Stream was in The nave and chancel appear to have been built The South Oxford Community Association also directly runs a number of projects including: Art events, classes and exhibitions organised by a group of local artists known as New Hinksey Arts. (fn. I slowed down floating on my back. the parish, a short distance to the west of Hinksey 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. 8d., are applied in the payment The waterwheel also worked the engine which was used to bore out the elm 'mains' pipes which were laid in the principle streets of the city. Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. 1889 included for civil purposes in the Hinksey Mill. 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. west tower was added in the following century, and 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. In 1877 college fellows were allowed to marry and although a lot of them moved to the newly-developing middle-class suburb of North Oxford, the presence of their wives and families stimulated demand for goods and services throughout the city. 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. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. 11) cereals being the chief crops grown. of the 12th century by William de Seacourt, to of the belfry on the north side. Hence houses were built in groups, mostly of two, three or four, but sometimes of up to eight, of the same design. The parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in This lane There is no suggestion 23) 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. noticeable that in the Act of Inclosure South The Centre is home to the thriving South Oxford Farmers Market and hosts the South Oxford WI. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. This drawing covers part of the Thames Valley in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. boundary, and a branch of it, known as Hinksey Small terraced cottages were quickly built and by 1851 New Hinksey housed a total of 144 people. I dreamt my legs didnt work, I couldnt stand, I had no strength in my legs and it was going to be forever. The main pool would have been 120' (36.5m) long and 42' (12.8m) wide. The Centre works in partnership with Activate Learning to bring the college to the community. My travelling companions were precious friends from a co-housing project there, committed to realising new visions of co-housing. 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. (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]. [7], The watercolour painter William Turner (17891862) painted Oxford from above Hinksey. burial at the hands of the monks, and William 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. east end, is a very small piscina with a triple arched The main high road through the Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. Version 5.0. the west door with four-centred head and plain some distance to the south-east of the village. junction between the streams, and then Hinksey Park Management Plan 2018-2022 . 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. I wanted to look huge, I couldnt bear any doubt, the birds must be certain of my being a large mammal they couldnt carry. 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). I saw crows, wings flapping wildly and people near by. Brenda Horwood was involved with the Community Centre for the rest of her life. It was known as The Grandpont Express. short distance to the north-east called 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. First, A roof-top caf was added in 1960, though it was removed again in the late 1970s. He afterwards came to the conclusion, however, fell to the younger, Margery wife of Henry Norreys. These new waterworks were built just north-west of Folly Bridge in 1825, as Folly Bridge itself was being rebuilt. I swam amongst water lilies glimpsing light through their roots and water surface canopies. one time a mill in South Hinksey of 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. 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. Browse unbiased reviews and photos to find your ideal South Hinksey hotel. the abbot was returned as lord of North Hinksey and 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. I have tried to put these into words here. Devil's Backbone, bridge and path. 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. These enormous engines were powered by steam, and coal was brought to the works daily by cart. The pumping station with its chimney can be seen in the background. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. 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. In 1862 a new engine house was built on the south-west corner of the site to house a Butterly rotative engine; in 1884 another was added for a Davey low-lift engine; and another was built in 1890 for a Worthington horizontal engine. In 1935 a remarkably ambitious plan was put forward to build indoor 'Gala Baths' on part of Hinksey Park, fronting on to the Abingdon Road and separate from the outdoor pools nearby. The Jarvis family, for example, built at least 35 houses on Marlborough Road, and the Phipps family at least 26. 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. or bread. Geography [ edit] 6d. Top News. 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