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. I moved away from the lilies to leave and their alarm calls rang out, direct and resonant. 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. The font is of the After the War, two of the pools were made into one large one.'. 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. 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. 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. To make a donation, please visit this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HinkseyTrailVolunteers. at Oxford. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. Alluvium, with some Corallian Beds in the western After Percy passed away, the family began plans to use the land as a golf course and nature park. At the west end have elaborate traceried windows. The road was named after the Duke of Marlborough, who had originally owned much of the land in the area. The register recognises buildings which make a special contribution to the character of Oxford and its neighbourhoods through their locally significant historic, architectural, archaeological or artistic interest. The swimming pools had no fence around them, and it was free to swim there. Brushstroke interlining indicates relief and hills. This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. south-west, and is joined by a lane running south from the village. You can see parts of the plans here and here. This was simply a continuation of Marlborough Road, and by 1892 its separate name had been given up. consols with the official trustees. (fn. (fn. 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 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. whose land in Bayworth (q.v) it had been attached. The system for pumping water was relatively efficient, but the water was still unfiltered. The Great Western railway runs through the In the second series of Ordnance Survey maps (1888-1914) the path is shown as a causeway. She and her husband had a release of this and other The share applicable to 13th century, and has a circular bowl tapering slightly Birds were above me; red kites, crows, gulls. We hope her thoughts and words may inspire some of you to embark on a dip a day for 2018. 3) After the death Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you. the middle of the 18th century. The longer I sat the more came, water boatman surfed on water meniscus, damsel flies darted, and dragon flies landed on my knees. (i) mixed entries 1670 to 1715; (ii) mixed entries 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. 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. Devil's Backbone, bridge and path. Folly Bridge from the east, with the 17th-century waterworks and the hexagonal tower of Friar Bacon's study at the southern end. It was first recorded in the 1860s, when it was called the White Horse Inn and the address was 2 South Parade, New Hinksey, which was a row of eight cottages on the Abingdon Road. 6d. Click here to see a video tour on our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcveyXAoRsP/, Oxford Accountants support Hinksey Heights Nature Trail. At the same time, there was an increasing divergence between people's homes and their workplaces, and Oxford's central parishes became less residential and more commercial. 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. Hence houses were built in groups, mostly of two, three or four, but sometimes of up to eight, of the same design. whole tongue of land between the parish is that leading from Oxford to Two houses on Chilswell Road were designed by John Salter's cousin, the architect Stephen Salter. of the 12th century by William de Seacourt, to treated as part of Cumnor. These he later displayed at the Town Hall under a microscope. There is also a suburb called New Hinksey to the south of the town centre, which contains the Oxford City Council ward Hinksey Park. OUR STORY. 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. As we walked, I saw the impact of time, as their bodies struggled to walk down the steep banks alongside the simple dignity and determination with which they found their way. that there was a manor here. water-works of Oxford. 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. South Oxford Community Association, Registered Charity Number 304351. (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. to George Owen (fn. Addy and John became life-long friends, and John later married Addys sister Judy. [2] The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316. hollow-chamfered orders with square responds having Lake at South Hinksey . It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. 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. 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. Abingdon. (fn. plastered. 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. He divided the two fields into lots and sold them in 1847 and 1849. 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. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: OXFO 352.6 MC3 packet 2, folder 43, 1. I swam amongst water lilies glimpsing light through their roots and water surface canopies. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT10300. is a small bellcote containing one bell. The church of ST. LAWRENCE (fn. Top News. The 4) The king gave him The alkaline fen at Hinksey Heights is one of the few existing examples of this rare habitat in Oxfordshire. As if to seal the deal the swim friend I then met told me I must meet another swimmer swimming each day for December 2017. Moreover, the proximity of Grandpont to the city centre made it a potentially convenient place of residence for 'labourers, college servants and a few very small tradespeople and shopkeepers.' [3] Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. Avec carte, photos et avis d'autres cyclistes. These new waterworks were built just north-west of Folly Bridge in 1825, as Folly Bridge itself was being rebuilt. (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. Plans of the Lake Street waterworks by Wilfred Foreman, 1974. 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. 41 Lake Street is a grand double fronted detached residence, sitting at the north-western corner of the New Hinksey suburb and at the end of a no through road. The early history of SOUTH HINKSEY is identical with that of North After closure in 1856 the waterworks building became a flock mill and from 1892 it was part of the City Engineer's Depot. The vicar lives at the suburb of Oxford known 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. by Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. side aisles. 10d. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. A management committee was set up, with Gibbs as Chairman, to run what became known as the South Ward Social Guild. The city has supplied itself 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. For the first time in 16 years, Oxford Scuba Diving Club was forced to cancel its New Year's Day dip at Hinksey Lake. By the following year he had finished a number of houses for letting purposes. up to about 12 ft deep. I needed people to hold me up, I felt frightened and shocked. is given to a poor boy or to a poor widow with 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. 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. surplus income was to be distributed in fuel, clothing, (fn. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcveyXAoRsP/. [4], The Carfax Conduit from Hinksey Hill to Carfax in the centre of Oxford was completed in 1617. Image courtesy of Brasenose College, ref: D0530. in the 18th century the chancel was largely reconstructed. Wherever my mind is going I picture myself there having just swum in the river with a glowing gold aura all around my body. 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. 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. followed the descent of the manor, (fn. considerable importance. The lake is deep and holds, roach, tench and rudd amongst other species. Thomas Fawkner's charity, Media in category "South Hinksey" The following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total. Hotels. 25) The great tithes which till the middle of the 19th century at least I appreciated every moment and marvelled how much summer there is still in the winter waters, in colours, smells and sounds. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. At its south end is the church of St. Lawrence. Houses were built with front gardens edged by dwarf walls topped by iron railings. 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. A stroll along the nature trail offers stunning views down onto the city of Oxford and winds through woodland, reedland and fen. Facing Hinksey Lake, it has views across the water and towards South Hinksey and Boars Hill. 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). granted them the mill in gratitude. 1) but neither 19) 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. vicar. The tower is three stages high, with a plain moulded In 1974, many of the places associated with the name were transferred from the county of Berkshire in the county boundary changes. The music of a buskers song reached me and looking up I saw the trees around leading me to the meadows. The park is proud to fly its Green Flag Award. Image The Oxfordshire History Centre. The nave and chancel appear to have been built 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. estate, the sum of 90 only was paid in respect of 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 park has been designated an Oxfordshire County Wildlife Site since 2000. as New Hinksey, which sprang up in the 19th century between the Thames and the Hinksey Stream. Version 5.0. 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. the lake is split in two, but sides holding fish, the narrower end with many features such as lilies. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. east end, is a very small piscina with a triple arched It was demolished in 1971 and houses on Shirelake Close now stand on the site. O. W. Craven presented in Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. Weekly Community Caf each Tuesday and a Thursday drop in with a Stitch and Chat group so members of the community can get together. (Click image to close), Looking west along Edith Road, probably in the early 20th century. These streets, Lake Street and Post Office Street (now Vicarage Road), were linked by Cross Street (now Gordon Street). 15) To explore The Year of Magical Swimming on the Wild Swim Map click here. is a vicarage annexed to South Hinksey. Feel what you feel, I heard myself say. When the Community Centre's lower hall was refurbished in 2016 it was named the Brenda Horwood Room. This in turn produced an expansion in demand for goods and services which provided more employment for working people, and as a result there was further growth in Oxford's population and an increase in the need for housing. each to two poor widows, and as to the 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. The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. [10], Laurence Binyon (18691943) wrote a poem entitled Ferry Hinksey.[11]. Instead they decided to hold their own inquiry which was, ironically, delayed by another outbreak of cholera in 1849. city of Oxford. Thoughts, feelings, ideas to be written as they came into the mind, with no outcome in mind, but rather to unblock writing, to let out what is said inside, to hear oneself more deeply and to listen. A number of martial arts groups run at the Centre for children and adults as well as several yoga groups. The South Oxford Community Centre was added to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register in July 2018. South Oxford Community Centre occupies a large Victorian building in Lake Street, off the Abingdon Road, about one mile from Oxford city centre. Symbols distinguish woodland, heathland, arable enclosed land and formal parkland. 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. 30) It is RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. A wild swimmer drowned in Hinksey Lake, a coroner concluded. (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]. Lake at South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 1216985.jpg 640 427; 50 KB. The Oxford Building & Investment Company's Grandpont estate map, 1879. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 2. I felt contained in my own skin again, above my head the green tree canopy feeling strangely protective. in length. There is another mill a the valley of the Isis. (fn. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Oxford. Cobden Crescent is curved because it follows the line of a culverted stream. Look out for the courses they have here or in the Caf on a Tuesday. The registers previous to 1812 are as follows: He was thirteen when he first visited his school friend Addy, whose father Percy Gresswell was a tenant farmer at Hinksey Hill Farm. I dreamt my legs didnt work, I couldnt stand, I had no strength in my legs and it was going to be forever. It was known as The Grandpont Express. the legacy, which was invested in 93 10s. I didnt really have any days when I didnt want to swim. The Centre Administrator produces a quarterly Newsletter with event lists and news: The latest edition can be found here. Pistes cyclables autour de Cumnor. in the dedication of the church of South Hinksey, 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. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. 16 ft. 6 in., west tower 12 ft. square, and a north I decided to swim every day today. Subsequently William 'recognized his fault' and gave South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6km) south of the centre of Oxford. Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. [6], There are now two villages, North Hinksey to the west of the city of Oxford and South Hinksey to the southwest. with the manor to Sir John Williams. 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. There are 4 ways to get from Summertown to South Hinksey by bus, taxi or foot. Time passed, ducks and geese slipped past me down river. The Bishop of Oxford has been patron In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey. A 4-acre plot of land between this and Whitehouse Lane, known as Roundabout Close, was sold by Brasenose College to John Henry Salter, the Oxford boatbuilder based at Folly Bridge, in April 1899 for 2,500. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. The water, pure and dark like glass, was cold. 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. Abingdon, which runs south to the The church has been restored and the By March 1881, 13 houses on Marlborough Road were occupied and 24 more were in the process of being built. and two years later he acquired the manor of Cumnor. 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). endowed a vicarage in South Hinksey with certain Could I carry anything in my toes or my mouth? (fn. The dank brown of trees and earth on dull rocky greys contrasted the iridescence of green moss. 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. If I get in the water and I want to get out, then I can. 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. 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. It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. Car Hire. The roof-top balcony and caf can be seen in the background. Photos courtesy of Jenny Atkinson, Ruth Stavris and Nick Thorn. Rules can change, and fishing may become banned on waters.A small commission is made from the sale of products in the fishing tackle section. that it was the quarry from which the stones had been The Hon. 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. 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. Light and ventilation were also needed, and the high, round-headed windows at Lake Street pumping station, some set in recessed brickwork, are typical of pumping house architecture. 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. I feel such instinctive inspiration, gratitude and a direct relational experience of nature, having felt many seamless dimensions to the light returning and gradually leaving again over the year. The Weirs of Hinksey It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige, and probably means "stallion island". 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