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. Thomas Fawkner's charity, Oxford, UK October 2022 Oxford, UK October 2022 RM 2EBR0KM - St Lawrences Church North Hinksey chancel south window. 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. (fn. 8) and passed A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. 20) 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. Rectory. To make a donation, please visit this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HinkseyTrailVolunteers. families of the labouring class. 2 . That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. A wild swimmer drowned in Hinksey Lake, a coroner concluded. The first and On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. The city has supplied itself 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). I had made friends with trees there, also reeds and grasses, an imprint of the horizon beyond on my minds eye alongside bird companions; cormorants, herons, geese and swans. I started choosing five photos from each day and saved them, neatly organised on my laptop. 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. intersecting rivulets and is liable to floods. Brenda Horwood was involved with the Community Centre for the rest of her life. Description. 1) but neither 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. [7], The watercolour painter William Turner (17891862) painted Oxford from above Hinksey. 16 ft. 6 in., west tower 12 ft. square, and a north Place names ending in -ey (island, commonly used of higher ground in a marshy area) are of early formation, probably names bestowed by the first English farmers who tackled the area. Adjacent to that was the works manager's house (now demolished). However, the waterwheel did not work well when the river was flowing slowly, or in times of high water and flooding, and so Oxford's water supply was very unreliable (as well as being of poor quality, as the water was taken directly from the river, and was unfiltered). The church of ST. LAWRENCE (fn. (Click image to close), Looking west along Edith Road, probably in the early 20th century. 5) 2. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) mentions Hinksey in his poems Thyrsis and The Scholar Gipsy. The music of a buskers song reached me and looking up I saw the trees around leading me to the meadows. Occasionally I would write reflective passages on my state of mind. 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. This brought back memories of that daily practice. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The west window, of similar date, Symbols distinguish woodland, heathland, arable enclosed land and formal parkland. These streets, Lake Street and Post Office Street (now Vicarage Road), were linked by Cross Street (now Gordon Street). Hengestesige (x cent. When I started swimming outdoors eight years ago I felt another loosening of this inner sediment, a way opening inside me. Catholic. parish from south-east to north-west, but there is no When the Community Centre's lower hall was refurbished in 2016 it was named the Brenda Horwood Room. 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 plan is oriented to the east, with a compass depicted at middle right. Local members vote to elect new Trustees at the Annual General Meeting held each summer. In 1974, many of the places associated with the name were transferred from the county of Berkshire in the county boundary changes. The roof is Old Vicarage, Solth 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. Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. Their outstretched wings loomed. In 1936 the former filter beds of the waterworks were converted into swimming and paddling pools, known as the Jubilee Pools. [10], Laurence Binyon (18691943) wrote a poem entitled Ferry Hinksey.[11]. For more tips on swimming year round, head to 6 tips for Cold Water Swimming. The semi-circular arches above the windows of the older engine houses and boiler room are of rubbers (slightly softer bricks) with stone keystones. Soon after, RWM Gibbs, a popular Labour councillor for the South Ward (and later father-in-law of the prominent Oxford politician Olive Gibbs) persuaded the City Council to allow the redundant pumping station to be converted into a centre for recreational activities for local people. The chancel has a plain round-headed window in 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. Henry Norreys was created Lord Norreys in 1572, (fn. Gordon Street was at this time called Cross Street and Vicarage Road was Post Office Street. The growth of New Hinksey slowed after only a few years because of the gradual movement of railway activity from South to West Oxford. It is sometimes called 'the local list' and gives buildings a degree of extra protection in planning terms should proposals be put forward to radically alter or demolish them. To the north of the interchange between the A34 and the A423. city of Oxford. A number of martial arts groups run at the Centre for children and adults as well as several yoga groups. Below she shares her year of magical swimming with us. 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. As the houses were built, so were shops and pubs, St Matthew's church, and Oxford's first football ground. Until the middle of the 18th century South Hinksey was in the parish of Cumnor. In 1902 the eastern section of the grounds nearest Abingdon Road (known as Hinksey Step) was handed over to the Corporations Playground Committee (and is still the site of a playground and sports field today). by 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. were in existence in 1544, when they O. W. Craven presented in (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. Easy to follow but not lit). was under the invocation of St. John, (fn. Last year, OSS member Helen Edwards decided to embark on a dip day for a whole year. erection of this new church accounts for the change It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige, and probably means "stallion island". 18). side aisles. of 2s. The opening of the diving board at Hinksey Pools in 1936. On the morning of January 23, the 31-year-old's body was. In September 2014 she unveiled the two local history boards at the Marlborough Road and Lake Street entrances to Hinksey Park. Hub project officer Adriano Figueiredo describes Hinksey Lake as a "huge battery" with energy just going to waste. moulded capitals. 6) The mill remained in the possession Johns history with the land up at Hinksey Heights goes back to 1954. 9) Its later was paid for it to the chamberlain. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6km) south of the centre of Oxford. 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. It was leased to Thomas Peers in 15378, (fn. Somewhere the crows own young. Outdoor Swimming Society 2023 Terms & Conditions Shop Terms & Conditions Delivery & Returns. The pub seems to have changed its name in around 1874. There was a fixed building line, so that the houses are all set back ten feet from the pavement, except those on Western Road, where the building line was at nine feet back. The Weirs of Hinksey square-headed window in each face with uncusped Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 3 (Robert Boyd Publications, 2003). There is also a suburb called New Hinksey to the south of the town centre, which contains the Oxford City Council ward Hinksey Park. 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. Subsequently William 'recognized his fault' and gave Stream. Wesleyan chapel. and was annexed to South Hinksey till 1885. 65 to 85 Abingdon Road. You can see parts of the plans here and here. We gratefully acknowledge the support of TOE, the Trust for Oxfordshires Environment, who have made a generous grant to make this possible. The committee included Mrs Horwood of Marlborough Road, whose 12-year-old daughter Brenda became treasurer. It is in the 25) The great tithes 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. consists of a chancel 15 ft. 9 in. the Hinkseys as separate vills occurs in 1316, when He only sings for about six weeks, so be sure to get on the trail soon if you want to hear him. My travelling companions were precious friends from a co-housing project there, committed to realising new visions of co-housing. It is best viewed from the footbridge that carries a footpath from the end of Lake Street towards South Hinksey. What a lot we have achieved in 2022! Lake at South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 1216985.jpg 640 427; 50 KB. At the west end Its avenues of Giant Redwood and Pine trees create a unique space and picturesque venue for picnics, play, sport and relaxation. 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. endowed by the Earl of Abingdon in the same way, for the complete church includes an aisled chancel. Abingdon. I began on winter solstice, the time light begins to return, yet collectively (at least in the UK) we retreat indoors for winter. a plain round-headed north doorway with chamfered Houses were built with front gardens edged by dwarf walls topped by iron railings. I breathed a silent thank you for the morning. I needed people to hold me up, I felt frightened and shocked. A website by Gorge Services Ltd. All rights reserved. We hope her thoughts and words may inspire some of you to embark on a dip a day for 2018. Following the complete closure of the Great Western Railway's Grandpont station in 1872 the area between Folly Bridge and the waterworks grounds was cleared and the station buildings and track dismantled and sold off as building materials. The filtered water was stored in newly-built underground tanks. 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. 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. consols with the official trustees. 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. [4], The Carfax Conduit from Hinksey Hill to Carfax in the centre of Oxford was completed in 1617. Wherever my mind is going I picture myself there having just swum in the river with a glowing gold aura all around my body. To explore The Year of Magical Swimming on the Wild Swim Map click here. 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. 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. 8d., which Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT132. The lake is deep and holds, roach, tench and rudd amongst other species. (fn. treated as part of Cumnor. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. 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. that there was a manor here. This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. in the dedication of the church of South Hinksey, Hence there was a pressing need for housing for ordinary citizens outside the city's traditional boundaries. cultivation, (fn. The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire . The original 1856 engine house faced Lake Street and the boiler house was immediately to the east of it. Sometimes poems came that seemed to have grown within me. amounting to 2 6s. Reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Sylvia Foreman. the middle of the 18th century. 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.. 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. South Oxford Community Association, Registered Charity Number 304351. Pages on this website do NOT confer a right to fish, nor to fish in a certain way. 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. 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. The South Oxford Community Centre was added to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register in July 2018. calling, I shouted at crows, I left I could do nothing. (fn. water-works of Oxford. Look out of the window and see nature, I am already there. 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. Avec carte, photos et avis d'autres cyclistes. Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. Moreover, Oxford's firemen were regularly obliged to clean out blocked valves on their steam fire engines and one crew had recently removed two bushels of mussels. Plans of the Lake Street waterworks by Wilfred Foreman, 1974. 32) and is now The Corporation bought the lake in 1854 for use as a reservoir in association with its new Lake Street waterworks. 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. (fn. to the base, which is moulded and rests on a square We look forward to seeing you. It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. 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. As I rested there moor hens came out of hiding, I was forgotten me. The Duke of Monmouth, 260 Abingdon Rd, Oxford OX1 4TA. 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