Abingdon, which runs south to the Could I carry anything in my toes or my mouth? Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. 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. 2 . The pools were unheated, but that didn't put children off. [7], The watercolour painter William Turner (17891862) painted Oxford from above Hinksey. (fn. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT10300. 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. seisin, but after hearing representations from the intersecting rivulets and is liable to floods. A website by Gorge Services Ltd. All rights reserved. 29) In 1814 these were commuted for a payment Henry Hodge was reportedly a recent convert to the hobby of wild swimming. Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: OXFO 352.6. 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 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. (fn. Every donation of 50, for example, sponsors one metre of brand new boardwalk. Piano practice was my first daily practice. I used to hide from that aged five or six, but now Im so pleased to have music running through my veins. O. W. Craven presented in 15 ft. 9 in., nave 42 ft. 9 in. The early history of SOUTH HINKSEY is identical with that of North 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. For all our latest news and fantastic photographs posted by our visitors go to our Facebook page. She and her husband had a release of this and other I began on winter solstice, the time light begins to return, yet collectively (at least in the UK) we retreat indoors for winter. The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. (fn. The original 1856 engine house faced Lake Street and the boiler house was immediately to the east of it. The Community Centre is home for the thriving South Oxford Farmers Market each Sunday morning and has been home for Hinksey Sculling for many years with regular sessions held across the week for many age groups. into decay. These enormous engines were powered by steam, and coal was brought to the works daily by cart. south-west, and is joined by a lane running south from the village. How? 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 vicarage house of New Hinksey was erected in This free content was digitised by double rekeying. 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. 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. The company laid out the Grandpont Estate and divided it into 231 plots. Moreover, building plots were becoming available in other outlying parts of the city - notably in East Oxford - and potential residents and hence speculative builders were probably put off New Hinksey by the regular flooding and primitive sanitary arrangements. Adjacent to that was the works manager's house (now demolished). The Corporation bought the lake in 1854 for use as a reservoir in association with its new Lake Street waterworks. Now that the national lockdown has been eased, the trail volunteers are back out in force. In addition Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and Bing also collects the data of visitors including device used and links clicked; other third party applications also collect this sort of data. of Abbot Faritius, to whom the grant had been I appreciated every moment and marvelled how much summer there is still in the winter waters, in colours, smells and sounds. Oxford, Parochial Charities. 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. 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 Duke of Monmouth, 260 Abingdon Rd, Oxford OX1 4TA. Subsequently William 'recognized his fault' and gave 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. The lake is deep and holds, roach, tench and rudd amongst other species. I moved away from the lilies to leave and their alarm calls rang out, direct and resonant. Instead they decided to hold their own inquiry which was, ironically, delayed by another outbreak of cholera in 1849. of 2s. His mother Ansfrida, a mistress of Henry I, received Lake Street, Oxford, OX1 4RP | Tel: 01865 242666 | Email: enquiries@southoxford.org. The roof is The first mention of Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT132. Please make a donation to our Winter 2022Appeal if you can. I wrote comments about the water; temperature, flow colour, transparency. There is no suggestion South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Oxford. Vicarage Lane, School Place, Stewart Street and Green Place existed but had not yet been named; Summerfield was yet to be laid out. I swam amongst water lilies glimpsing light through their roots and water surface canopies. The swimming pools had no fence around them, and it was free to swim there. The Community Caf reopened on Tuesday 20th September. was under the invocation of St. John, (fn. the other co-heir, in 1561. is a vicarage annexed to South Hinksey. Two old boys, who were also the lifeguards, used to empty and scrub all around the pools with brooms. Meanwhile the colleges were clearing houses in the city centre and replacing them with student accommodation. 8d., are applied in the payment 10d. came into existence; the present works were constructed in 1854, and have since been largely extended. the east, north and south walls, with external impost with the manor to Sir John Williams. in the 18th century the chancel was largely reconstructed. It closed in 1929 and the licence went to the newly-opened Duke of Monmouth (see above). with water from Hinksey since its water-works first 65 to 85 Abingdon Road. 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). The vicar lives at the suburb of Oxford known modern lancet lights with ancient external jambs. one time a mill in South Hinksey of My father, the artist and my mother, the rather reckless lover of nature and the fells. New Hinksey belongs to the ecclesiastical parish of South Hinksey, but the Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: d252223a. RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. [3] Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. Hinksey (q.v.). the Weirs Mill. 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. whole tongue of land between the 4) The king gave him The church of ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, The park was laid out in the 1930s on the site of the former Victorian waterworks, and has a large lake, boating pond in length. The Cuckoo is back! South Hinksey. Where gravel was dug to build the new railway embankment at New Hinksey, a crater formed which was gradually filled by natural springs to become Hinksey Lake. taken to build the church of St. Peter in the East This website is a guide and cannot guarantee full coverage of venues, nor accuracy of the information provided. [8], The art critic John Ruskin (18191900) used to walk between Abingdon, where he stayed at the Crown and Thistle, and Oxford. by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, 5 February 1886, for the St. Aldate's, 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. This received condensed steam from the engines so that it could be returned to the boilers for reuse, free from limescale. Small terraced cottages were quickly built and by 1851 New Hinksey housed a total of 144 people. These he later displayed at the Town Hall under a microscope. I decided to swim every day today. 6d. There are 4 ways to get from Summertown to South Hinksey by bus, taxi or foot. 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 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. monks reversed his decision and restored the mill. [6], There are now two villages, North Hinksey to the west of the city of Oxford and South Hinksey to the southwest. How to hold conscious intention with a yet unknown outcome? treated as part of Cumnor. Geese hissed in vain, the gosling helpless, no way of loosening the grip, just calling. Plots were put up for auction on 1 October 1879 and 173 were sold for 6,590. After a reluctant start, the pace of house-building on Archer Street accelerated, encouraged no doubt by the gradual completion of the adjoining Grandpont estate and by the beginnings of development to the east: Chilswell Road, Edith Road and Newton Road were laid out in 1889 on a 7-acre piece of land known as Irish Mead, formerly owned by University College. When, however, the partition of the latter's estates since 1909. 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. Easy to follow but not lit). children. The (fn. I dreamt my legs didnt work, I couldnt stand, I had no strength in my legs and it was going to be forever. families of the labouring class. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. 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). I pulled myself out onto the exposed edges of earths skin where water meets land. Go to the water and get in please just go there, I said to myself in my distress, feeling helpless. When I began daily swimming I added the location of each swim, sometimes I added the time. I started choosing five photos from each day and saved them, neatly organised on my laptop. The filtered water was stored in newly-built underground tanks. 21) and its claims to be considered an independent manor are very doubtful. obtained from him by force. It was known as The Grandpont Express. First, 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 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. at Oxford. The Nature Reserve, covering more than 12 hectares, is home to diverse wildlife, including robins, magpies, cuckoos, green woodpeckers, bullfinches, deer and red kites. To house the enormous pumps the buildings required height and, for the beam engine, a strong supporting wall. 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. At the north-west corner of the square of streets By 2016, Id swum throughout the year for about three years, maybe weekly, and distance and comfort were less important. (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]). The parish includes the residential area of Hinksey Hill about 0.5 miles (800 m) south of the village. 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. or bread. Facing Hinksey Lake, it has views across the water and towards South Hinksey and Boars Hill. 8d., which 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. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D267117a. about 1636. 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. were in existence in 1544, when they 6d. I like to remember the water inside my body and the pull of natural waters and the moon on the body. 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. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. as New Hinksey, which sprang up in the 19th century between the Thames and the Hinksey Stream. is the City Hospital for Infectious The village of South Hinksey is in the centre of [1] It may also mean "island of a man named Hengest", but there is no evidence to link the place to the historical Hengest. 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. The railway brought with it a demand for cheap local housing for railway employees. for the complete church includes an aisled chancel. Hinksey is called a chapelry of Cumnor, and the The church of South Hinksey is Catholic. The waterworks can be seen on this plan of 1844, drawn up when wharves in the area were being sold at auction. He only sings for about six weeks, so be sure to get on the trail soon if you want to hear him. It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. water-works of Oxford. Stream. 8) and passed Our resident wildlife photographer, Lucie Johnson, heard him yesterday. this parish consists of the yearly sum of 6s. Both estates were intended for a superior class of artisans' dwellings. I needed people to hold me up, I felt frightened and shocked. which till the middle of the 19th century at least 1889 included for civil purposes in the between his two daughters took place (fn. Lake Street Studios, . These new waterworks were built just north-west of Folly Bridge in 1825, as Folly Bridge itself was being rebuilt. 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. families. chargeable upon lands allotted to the earl. side aisles. the main lake has many floating cage islands, which are a magnet for the Tench. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. In 1936 the former filter beds of the waterworks were converted into swimming and paddling pools, known as the Jubilee Pools. 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. From the 'Vellum Book' schedule of the property of the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire History Centre. west tower was added in the following century, and followed the descent of the manor, (fn. was to be given to every poor widow, and any Therefore a modest level of building activity continued in the 1850s and 1860s, and by 1871 New Hinksey contained 159 houses and a population of 722. endowed a vicarage in South Hinksey with certain I saw crows, wings flapping wildly and people near by. Brenda Horwood was involved with the Community Centre for the rest of her life. There was at Line 300 bus. Pistes cyclables autour de Cumnor. On reaching the old rope swing I drew a breath taking in the unbelievable beauty. road crosses the stream is the New This drawing covers part of the Thames Valley in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. SOUTH HINKSEY. Thereafter houses appeared in blocks dotted along either side. A stroll along the nature trail offers stunning views down onto the city of Oxford and winds through woodland, reedland and fen. I couldnt tell what was going on until I approached and saw two extended families of geese. 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. parapet, and a square turret staircase rising to the base rent of 22s. This was a childhood swimming place for me. The Hon. The Centre runs a regular bingo group each Wednesday. Oxford's suburban expansion to the east, west and south gathered pace in the 1890s when there was a nationwide building boom, fuelled by rising real wages. Always check you can fish lawfully before starting. United Kingdom. After the War, two of the pools were made into one large one.'. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT134. Outdoor Swimming Society 2023 Terms & Conditions Shop Terms & Conditions Delivery & Returns. ); Southengseye (xv cent.). It is in the 23) A very old one on the footpath from In 1832 Oxford had suffered the first of three devastating cholera epidemics. The registers previous to 1812 are as follows: It was demolished in 1971 and houses on Shirelake Close now stand on the site. 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.' lights. (fn. Image courtesy of Brasenose College, ref: D0530. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. The music of a buskers song reached me and looking up I saw the trees around leading me to the meadows. east end, is a very small piscina with a triple arched flows through this parish, and joins the river again In the 14th century the west door with four-centred head and plain Hinksey is a place name associated with Oxford and Oxfordshire. Lake at South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 1216985.jpg 640 427; 50 KB. Children enjoying Hinksey Pools in 1965. This led to the pleasing variety of house styles which we see on the streets of Grandpont today. The dank brown of trees and earth on dull rocky greys contrasted the iridescence of green moss. consols with the official trustees. 12), At the Dissolution South Hinksey came to the 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. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. 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. Description. 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. (fn. 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. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) mentions Hinksey in his poems Thyrsis and The Scholar Gipsy. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 3 (Robert Boyd Publications, 2003). We look forward to seeing you. I breathed a silent thank you for the morning. 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. (Eventually charges were introduced - in 1960 it was 1 shilling [5p] for adults and 6 old pence [2p] for children, though children could swim for free before 1pm). (Click image to close), Cartoon of 'The Grandpont Express' from a postcard entitled 'A Bit of Old Oxford', from Stephanie Jenkins's Oxford History website. Since the 1930s they have been connected by the Southern By-Pass Road. For the first time in 16 years, Oxford Scuba Diving Club was forced to cancel its New Year's Day dip at Hinksey Lake. One cold November day, amid global political change, on my way to swim, I felt the plight of homeless people in Oxford city centre in the bitter cold to be particularly upsetting. 2019, University of London. The longer I sat the more came, water boatman surfed on water meniscus, damsel flies darted, and dragon flies landed on my knees. tithes. But in 1856 the city waterworks were established at the end of Lake Street (now the South Oxford Community Centre), with grounds (now Hinksey Park) extending north as far as Eastwyke ditch. Somewhere the crows own young. 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. 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). 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. However, there is still quite a backlog of repairs to be made to the boardwalk, so please continue to take extra care on those sections. Reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Sylvia Foreman. I would feel my legs tingling at night, warm in bed, as if they dreamt of rooting into the earth and, though blood-warm inside, they seemed to be yearning for a time before mammal, when they might swim through the very earth cold as stone, maybe sharing the very dreams of water, to journey to the ocean. This article related to the history of England is a stub. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. and was annexed to South Hinksey till 1885. some distance to the south-east of the village. The chancel has a plain round-headed window in endowed by the Earl of Abingdon in the same way, It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. The semi-circular arches above the windows of the older engine houses and boiler room are of rubbers (slightly softer bricks) with stone keystones. To explore The Year of Magical Swimming on the Wild Swim Map click here. 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. In 1880 the photographer and social campaigner Henry Taunt challenged the mayor to prove that it was fit to drink. Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. The Nature Reserve, covering more than 12 hectares, is home to diverse wildlife, including robins, magpies, cuckoos, green woodpeckers, bullfinches, deer and red kites. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D263922a. Thomas Fawkner's charity, 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. It was known In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. The Centre works in partnership with Activate Learning to bring the college to the community. erection of this new church accounts for the change 15) noticeable that in the Act of Inclosure South Match fishing tackle: BROWSE NOW Details Information: Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you: CARP, PIKE, TENCH, TROUT, CATFISH, BARBEL. As of summer 2020, there is a volunteer-led effort at the nature trail to repair parts of the boardwalk which have become damaged due to age and heavy usage. The waterworks are in the top left-hand corner. Until the middle of the 18th century South Hinksey was in the parish of Cumnor. We are grateful to Oxfordshire County Council and local councillor Judy Roberts for their support in enabling us to buy specialist barrows which will enable us to move large amounts of material as we rebuild the path. 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. John and Addy helped on the farm during school holidays, earning six old pence an hour. a window was inserted in the north of the nave, the 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. The Old Vicarage, 41 Lake Street, New Hinksey, Oxford OX1 4RP . 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 middle of the 18th century. Each field was laid out with a single main street running down its centre from the Abingdon Road towards the railway. He was thirteen when he first visited his school friend Addy, whose father Percy Gresswell was a tenant farmer at Hinksey Hill Farm. See our membership page for details of becoming a member of the Community Association and support the Centre by making a donation, helping at events or consider becoming a Trustee. It is best viewed from the footbridge that carries a footpath from the end of Lake Street towards South Hinksey. To the north of the interchange between the A34 and the A423. 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. Henry Norreys was created Lord Norreys in 1572, (fn. the Oxford Corporation. This was simply a continuation of Marlborough Road, and by 1892 its separate name had been given up. 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. I didnt really have any days when I didnt want to swim. in 1712 as resembling 'military fortifications.' incumbent is referred to as chaplain and not as (fn. These streets, Lake Street and Post Office Street (now Vicarage Road), were linked by Cross Street (now Gordon Street). 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