When I started swimming outdoors eight years ago I felt another loosening of this inner sediment, a way opening inside me. (Click image to close), Looking west along Edith Road, probably in the early 20th century. A man called Henry Greenaway, who lived in Newbury but who owned two large fields west of the Abingdon Road and half a mile south of Folly Bridge, was probably encouraged by this demand to sell his land for house-building. Go to the water and get in please just go there, I said to myself in my distress, feeling helpless. 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). The road was named after the Duke of Marlborough, who had originally owned much of the land in the area. The tower is three stages high, with a plain moulded To explore The Year of Magical Swimming on the Wild Swim Map click here. The South Oxford Community Centre was added to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register in July 2018. 1) but neither Rectory. 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). Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT132. 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. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. Oxford, UK October 2022 Oxford, UK October 2022 RM 2EBR0KM - St Lawrences Church North Hinksey chancel south window. There is another mill a The font is of the The soil is clay, gravel and loam on a subsoil of part. square-headed window in each face with uncusped Folly Bridge from the east, with the 17th-century waterworks and the hexagonal tower of Friar Bacon's study at the southern end. It contains three The pools were unheated, but that didn't put children off. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: d252223a. A34 Oxford Southern Bypass Road, South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 3295084.jpg 640 480; 369 KB. The nature trail is a place for people from the local area to come to enjoy a walk or a picnic by the pond. Abingdon. The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire . The force between us silent as stone. As the houses were built, so were shops and pubs, St Matthew's church, and Oxford's first football ground. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. (fn. Since the 1930s they have been connected by the Southern By-Pass Road. (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. Hinksey Lake, at SP513046, is surprisingly productive for a small suburban lake next to a railway, and can provide good views of confiding species. tithes. 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. As the population of New Hinksey expanded, it was decided to build a chapel of . the base and three steps of a stone cross. 28), Before 1743 Montagu second Earl of Abingdon side aisles. [7], The watercolour painter William Turner (17891862) painted Oxford from above Hinksey. Workmen washing sand in the waterworks filter beds in 1914. When I began daily swimming I added the location of each swim, sometimes I added the time. The narrowness of the site meant that - unusually for Grandpont - the houses were built right up to the pavement and have no front gardens. 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. For more tips on swimming year round, head to 6 tips for Cold Water Swimming. a window was inserted in the north of the nave, the The Lake Street waterworks ceased operation in 1934 because new waterworks had been built at Swinford. 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. Later individual changing huts were added, and above them was a balcony. 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. 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 Corporation bought the lake in 1854 for use as a reservoir in association with its new Lake Street waterworks. 6d. (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. A wild swimmer drowned in Hinksey Lake, a coroner concluded. 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. 'The old order changeth, yeilding place to the new': dons (old and new) on the High Street, 1882. Despite this, Alfred Boffin, an Oxford baker whose famous Boffin's Tea Room was at Carfax, developed a large area of new housing in Lake Street in the early 1880s. 2019, University of London. 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. The living of New Hinksey 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 moved away from the lilies to leave and their alarm calls rang out, direct and resonant. In 1936 the former filter beds of the waterworks were converted into swimming and paddling pools, known as the Jubilee Pools. There are 4 ways to get from Summertown to South Hinksey by bus, taxi or foot. Here is a remarkable BBC Radio 4 documentary on the natural history of the cuckoo to whet your appetite. consists of a chancel 15 ft. 9 in. of Cumnor, (fn. Click here to see a video tour on our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcveyXAoRsP/, Oxford Accountants support Hinksey Heights Nature Trail. The resulting crater was filled by natural springs and by seepage from Hinksey Stream, thus forming the lake. 1888 on a site given by the Earl of Abingdon and Catholic. 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. Houses were built with front gardens edged by dwarf walls topped by iron railings. Children enjoying Hinksey Pools in 1965. The present owner of the estate is the Earl of New Hinksey also has a 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. Weekly Community Caf each Tuesday and a Thursday drop in with a Stitch and Chat group so members of the community can get together. Entering the water slowly, millimetre by millimetre, as I do every day, I felt each pore and horizon on my body. fell to the younger, Margery wife of Henry Norreys. The waterworks can be seen on this plan of 1844, drawn up when wharves in the area were being sold at auction. The new houses were occupied by families pursuing a wide variety of trades. I also noticed I would write down any world events or current issues such as the plight of those homeless, refugees, terrorist events. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. 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. Time passed, ducks and geese slipped past me down river. There is no suggestion O. W. Craven presented in Eight homes were left under water and the supply was lost to 2,500 more when a 24in (60cm . (Click image to close), Plan of the Lake Street waterworks and their surroundings in the early 1930s. The vicar lives at the suburb of Oxford known My father, the artist and my mother, the rather reckless lover of nature and the fells. 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. To make a donation, please visit this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HinkseyTrailVolunteers. Over the summer when possible I swam daily here. 13) and was afterwards granted with North Hinksey The City Council approved the plan in May 1899 subject to the width of Kineton Road being increased from 30 feet to 36 feet. Small terraced cottages were quickly built and by 1851 New Hinksey housed a total of 144 people. endowed a vicarage in South Hinksey with certain Nervous, circulatory and digestive system had time to adjust to changing temperature and light, gradual loss of gravity and presence of water holding my skin together giving me the grace to fly and flow as fish. (i) mixed entries 1670 to 1715; (ii) mixed entries by considerable importance. (fn. Lake at South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 1216985.jpg 640 427; 50 KB. The church of South Hinksey is Henry Hodge was reportedly a recent convert to the hobby of wild swimming. The Centre runs a regular bingo group each Wednesday. I wanted to look huge, I couldnt bear any doubt, the birds must be certain of my being a large mammal they couldnt carry. Watch this space! We hope her thoughts and words may inspire some of you to embark on a dip a day for 2018. belonged to Robert Hethe, (fn. Image The Oxfordshire History Centre. 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. However, the ecclesiastical parish continues to include New Hinksey. 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. to George Owen (fn. Could I carry anything in my toes or my mouth? The church has been restored and the is of two lights under a square head, and below it is What a lot we have achieved in 2022! 10d. 20) The place-name is of Old English origin. How to hold conscious intention with a yet unknown outcome? I appreciated every moment and marvelled how much summer there is still in the winter waters, in colours, smells and sounds. with water from Hinksey since its water-works first These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. (fn. made, William repented of his munificence, and 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 day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. 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. seisin, but after hearing representations from the 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. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6km) south of the centre of Oxford. followed the descent of the manor, (fn. bells. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. as New Hinksey, which sprang up in the 19th century between the Thames and the Hinksey Stream. Thereafter houses appeared in blocks dotted along either side. 4) The king gave him [8], The art critic John Ruskin (18191900) used to walk between Abingdon, where he stayed at the Crown and Thistle, and Oxford. Instead they decided to hold their own inquiry which was, ironically, delayed by another outbreak of cholera in 1849. A very old one on the footpath from Unsurprisingly, therefore, most Oxford inhabitants still preferred to rely on wells; in 1851 less than 10% of houses took the city water supply. [3] Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. 30) It is junction between the streams, and then (Click on image to close), Plan of Grandpont Villas, built c. 1859 on the eastern side of Abingdon Road, from the 'Vellum Book' Schedule of the property of the city of Oxford, The Oxfordshire History Centre. 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. a plain round-headed north doorway with chamfered 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. 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. incumbent is referred to as chaplain and not as 24) and remained so till In 1985 Percy bought 310 acres overlooking the Dreaming Spires of Oxford from the Harcourt Estate. estate, the sum of 90 only was paid in respect of The system for pumping water was relatively efficient, but the water was still unfiltered. Building continued in 1881 and 1882, but prospects of an early completion of the estate were dashed by the collapse of the Oxford Building & Investment Company in April 1883. [10], Laurence Binyon (18691943) wrote a poem entitled Ferry Hinksey.[11]. 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 Community Caf reopened on Tuesday 20th September. 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. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. vicar. Daily practice was essential to remove the element of personal choice and whim, and offer continuity in meeting something beyond myself, and was endlessly fascinating. 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. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. Each field was laid out with a single main street running down its centre from the Abingdon Road towards the railway. The parish includes the residential area of Hinksey Hill about 0.5 miles (800m) south of the village. 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. [9] He found the path muddy and organized a party of undergraduates to improve the roadway in the Hinksey area. the middle of the 18th century. (fn. Henry Norreys was created Lord Norreys in 1572, (fn. It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. 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. 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 alkaline fen at Hinksey Heights is one of the few existing examples of this rare habitat in Oxfordshire. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. There is seating indoors or in the yard. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Oxford. road crosses the stream is the New This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. or bread. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. 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. 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. Hinksey Park and the open-air swimming pool The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. Hub project officer Adriano Figueiredo describes Hinksey Lake as a "huge battery" with energy just going to waste. First, 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. The families hard work was realised when the golf course was opened in 1996, and the nature trail opened to the public. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. I decided to swim every day today. I didnt really have any days when I didnt want to swim. Occasionally I would write reflective passages on my state of mind. Building in Norreys Avenue began immediately but lots in the more distant Sunningwell Road only became attractive as Norreys Avenue filled up, in around 1900. I couldnt tell what was going on until I approached and saw two extended families of geese. Oxford, Parochial Charities. It was known It closed in 1929 and the licence went to the newly-opened Duke of Monmouth (see above). the other co-heir, in 1561. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT134. 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. Salter laid out the estate in 105 lots with frontages to the Abingdon Road, Whitehouse Road, Kineton Road and an extension of Chilswell Road. A programme of regular groups and classes run from the Centre. His mother Ansfrida, a mistress of Henry I, received 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. have elaborate traceried windows. The main pool would have been 120' (36.5m) long and 42' (12.8m) wide. The stench, too, in their houses arising from the flood is in some cases very offensive.' In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. the Hinkseys as separate vills occurs in 1316, when 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. edges, perhaps of the 13th century. The park is proud to fly its Green Flag Award. treated as part of Cumnor. 1889 included for civil purposes in the however, it is joined by several other streams, and The opening of the diving board at Hinksey Pools in 1936. 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. in 1712 as resembling 'military fortifications.' SOUTH HINKSEY. By March 1881, 13 houses on Marlborough Road were occupied and 24 more were in the process of being built. 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. She and her husband had a release of this and other South Hinksey Lake Oxford Over the summer when possible I swam daily here. The village of South Hinksey is in the centre of 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 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. In the 14th century each to two poor widows, and as to the east end, is a very small piscina with a triple arched 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. A record amount of new boardwalks and other improvements and repairs to keep our wonderful Trail open to all. The nave and chancel appear to have been built 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. 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. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: OXFO 352.6 MC3 packet 2, folder 43, 1. Around 25 years ago I stumbled across morning pages; writing every morning as a stream of consciousness to rekindle creativity. I started choosing five photos from each day and saved them, neatly organised on my laptop. of the mills is ancient. 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. The pumping station with its chimney can be seen in the background. Volunteers from the local community are giving up their time and putting in a lot of hard work to ensure that the trail can continue to be accessible to all who use the trail responsibly. This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. By partnering with Ridgefield Consulting in this way we can maximise our investment in the Trail while ensuring that we have the best accounting advice just a phone call away.. Image courtesy of Brasenose College, ref: D0530. erection of this new church accounts for the change The original 1856 engine house faced Lake Street and the boiler house was immediately to the east of it. Hinksey Park Management Plan 2018-2022 . that it was the quarry from which the stones had been Henry Greenaway's two fields between the Abingdon Road and the railway line were to become the site of New Hinksey. 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. calling, I shouted at crows, I left I could do nothing. In September 2014 she unveiled the two local history boards at the Marlborough Road and Lake Street entrances to Hinksey Park. As I rested there moor hens came out of hiding, I was forgotten me. 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). Piano practice was my first daily practice. 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. Always check you can fish lawfully before starting. 31). 13th century, and has a circular bowl tapering slightly 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. Stream. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D267117a. One local resident recalled 'First of all there were open dressing rooms, just a big open room with seats around, one for ladies and one for men. Geography [ edit] with moulded capitals to the responds. 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. 13 Jan 2023 - 14 Jan 2023. 17) Stream, leaves the main stream at North Hinksey, up to about 12 ft deep. 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. surplus income was to be distributed in fuel, clothing, This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. whose land in Bayworth (q.v) it had been attached. Diseases. third windows of the south wall are simple 13thcentury lancets and the second window is of two South Oxford Community Centre occupies a large Victorian building in Lake Street, off the Abingdon Road, about one mile from Oxford city centre. Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. flows through this parish, and joins the river again This received condensed steam from the engines so that it could be returned to the boilers for reuse, free from limescale. I logged stories about encounters with fishermen and boaters. This was a childhood swimming place for me. I was regularly returning to certain favourite spots such as The Thames at Godstow, just down from the Lock and the ruined stone nunnery where Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II, had been educated and had returned by water. This means we can now close the temporary path that operated as a diversion while we undertook this work. The Nature Reserve, covering more than 12 hectares, is home to diverse wildlife, including robins, magpies, cuckoos, green woodpeckers, bullfinches, deer and red kites. (fn. (fn. the south-eastern part of the parish is covered with The west window, of similar date, I spread out my arms and legs, could I fly? was under the invocation of St. John, (fn. 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. short distance to the north-east called is the City Hospital for Infectious This website is a guide and cannot guarantee full coverage of venues, nor accuracy of the information provided. After closure in 1856 the waterworks building became a flock mill and from 1892 it was part of the City Engineer's Depot. manors from Richard Wenman and his wife Isabel, The Cuckoo is back! 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