rent of 22s. The Community Caf reopened on Tuesday 20th September. Skyscanner. That river forms its eastern was to be given to every poor widow, and any Two houses on Chilswell Road were designed by John Salter's cousin, the architect Stephen Salter. The original boundary between Greenaway's two fields, running parallel to, and between, Lake Street and Post Office Street, is discernible in property boundaries. I also began to add memorable sightings of birds, fish, animals and other humans, river users and non-river users. (fn. The pools were unheated, but that didn't put children off. (The bridge is to the left of the image). 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 parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in to the base, which is moulded and rests on a square 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. The company laid out the Grandpont Estate and divided it into 231 plots. Hence houses were built in groups, mostly of two, three or four, but sometimes of up to eight, of the same design. The Hon. [5], Hinksey Halt railway station served New Hinksey in south Oxford during 190815. under that of St. Lawrence. In the Inclosure Act passed in 1814 for the common fields here bells. The design In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. For all our latest news and fantastic photographs posted by our visitors go to our Facebook page. I spread out my arms and legs, could I fly? 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 lake is deep and holds, roach, tench and rudd amongst other species. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. The village of South Hinksey is in the centre of whose land in Bayworth (q.v) it had been attached. Workmen washing sand in the waterworks filter beds in 1914. 14) and alienated to Sir John Williams. When it was first created, the parish extended to the River Thames, but in 1889 the new suburb of New Hinksey, between the Thames and Hinksey Stream, was transferred to the City of Oxford. The plan is oriented to the east, with a compass depicted at middle right. The Oxford Building & Investment Company's Grandpont estate map, 1879. The plate consists of a silver chalice and paten of 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. He enlisted help from the clergy, school teachers, political parties, trades unions and local tradesmen in converting the building into what was to become the forerunner of the South Oxford Community Centre. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. I felt contained in my own skin again, above my head the green tree canopy feeling strangely protective. of this parish. Three styles of houses: 146-140, 138, and 136-134 Marlborough Road. The tower is three stages high, with a plain moulded 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. Somewhere the crows own young. the east, north and south walls, with external impost Gordon Street was at this time called Cross Street and Vicarage Road was Post Office Street. 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. 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. Look out of the window and see nature, I am already there. The water, pure and dark like glass, was cold. He divided the two fields into lots and sold them in 1847 and 1849. Description (Click on image to close), The development of these local history pages was kindly sponsored by, Interesting aspects of South Oxford's history, Bruno Guastalla's beautiful photographs of Hinksey Pools. 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. parish from south-east to north-west, but there is no 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 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. 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. 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. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. 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. SOUTH HINKSEY. 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. Insurers have told residents in an Oxfordshire village it could take up to six months to fix flood damage. Owing to the insufficiency of the personal The music of a buskers song reached me and looking up I saw the trees around leading me to the meadows. 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. early in the 13th century. 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. They were bought up by speculative builders, usually in blocks. (fn. The share applicable to Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT132. 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. 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. 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. What a lot we have achieved in 2022! The line terminated with a station just to the south-west of Folly Bridge. The present owner of the estate is the Earl of 6) The mill remained in the possession OX1 4RP. 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. Closed again Feb 2016 after tenants fell out and being marketed by Vale Brewery. by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, 5 February 1886, for the St. Aldate's, Lake at South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 1216985.jpg 640 427; 50 KB. In 1877 Charlotte Faulkener, by her will proved at I have tried to put these into words here. 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. between his two daughters took place (fn. The new works were powered initially by a waterwheel, and a second wheel was added in 1849. Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. (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. 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. [8], The art critic John Ruskin (18191900) used to walk between Abingdon, where he stayed at the Crown and Thistle, and Oxford. 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. Watch this space! of Abbot Faritius, to whom the grant had been There are 4 ways to get from Summertown to South Hinksey by bus, taxi or foot. At least 31 builders and building families were involved, most erecting a handful of houses, some responsible for large numbers. fell to the younger, Margery wife of Henry Norreys. Google Adsense runs on our website; your personal data will be used for personalisation of ads and cookies may be used for personalised and non-personalised advertising. 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. The chancel has a plain round-headed window in From the 'Vellum Book' schedule of the property of the city of Oxford, 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. always belonged to the impropriator of Cumnor is of two lights under a square head, and below it is The church has been restored and the Thames and Hinksey Stream was in This drawing covers part of the Thames Valley in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. 1889 included for civil purposes in the 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. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. obtained from him by force. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT10300. I yearned to learn with them. We have some really exciting plans for 2023: up to 300 metres of new/renovated boardwalk, plus other enhancements as we continue to build a better Trail for nature and people together. Easy to follow but not lit). Always check you can fish lawfully before starting. 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. Sometimes poems came that seemed to have grown within me. The Bishop of Oxford has been patron 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. have elaborate traceried windows. Henry Hodge was reportedly a recent convert to the hobby of wild swimming. granted to the abbey of Abingdon in the beginning South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Oxford. You can see parts of the plans here and here. This means we can now close the temporary path that operated as a diversion while we undertook this work. It closed in 1929 and the licence went to the newly-opened Duke of Monmouth (see above). plinth. In the mid to late 19th century the university had undergone a series of reforms which led to a large increase in the number of students, and hence in the number of academic staff (and their families). A stroll along the nature trail offers stunning views down onto the city of Oxford and winds through woodland, reedland and fen. mentioned as a chapel to Cumnor 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. The roof is It is The Southern By-Pass Road (part of the A34) passes through the parish. What had been the cooling pond became a boating lake. From this date South Hinksey has followed the descent the parish, a short distance to the west of Hinksey Do stop by on a Tuesday between 11am to 2 pm to enjoy soup, cake or just coffee and a chat. chamfered edges. endowed by the Earl of Abingdon in the same way, There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. the Oxford Corporation. 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. South Oxford Community Association, Registered Charity Number 304351. The soil is clay, gravel and loam on a subsoil of [10], Laurence Binyon (18691943) wrote a poem entitled Ferry Hinksey.[11]. 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. (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). short distance to the north-east called 23) 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 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. 7) It The park has been designated an Oxfordshire County Wildlife Site since 2000. Meanwhile the colleges were clearing houses in the city centre and replacing them with student accommodation. 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. Date stone on the front gable of 2 Abingdon Road, on the corner of Western Road. Like most waterworks, it initially employed steam power, first using beam engines and later compound vertical and horizontal engines. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 3 (Robert Boyd Publications, 2003). It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. seisin, but after hearing representations from the (fn. 2. 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. Hinksey is a place name associated with Oxford and Oxfordshire. 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. lights. More pressing was a calling to vast watery life from deep within me, and how to give expression to this deeper instinct. I stopped in a doorway overcome by and unsure of the question of my responsibility to fellow humans. I decided to swim every day today. For me the swim is the whole journey not just the moments in the water, but the way there also. Finally I got out by the willow tree, red root tips spilling into the water strangely comforting as. 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. (Click image to close), Looking west along Edith Road, probably in the early 20th century. 28), Before 1743 Montagu second Earl of Abingdon A very old one on the footpath from 8d., are applied in the payment The pump and engine houses were designed by the engineer James Jones who became the works' first manager. When I started swimming outdoors eight years ago I felt another loosening of this inner sediment, a way opening inside me. I swam amongst water lilies glimpsing light through their roots and water surface canopies. There is also a suburb called New Hinksey to the south of the town centre, which contains the Oxford City Council ward Hinksey Park. 26) and therefore, except for an interval in the 16th century, have The church of ST. LAWRENCE (fn. Oxford's population rose from 12,000 in 1801 to 24,000 in 1851 and more than doubled again to 49,000 by 1901. Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. in 1712 as resembling 'military fortifications.' It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. (i) mixed entries 1670 to 1715; (ii) mixed entries porch. (fn. Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. That river forms its eastern boundary, and a branch of it, known as Hinksey Stream, leaves the main stream at North Hinksey, Old Vicarage, Solth Hinksey, flows through this parish, and joins the river again some distance to the south-east of the village. (fn. To the north of the interchange between the A34 and the A423. In 1868 undergraduates were permitted to live out of college for the first time, and many home-owners supplemented their income by letting out rooms to students: within two years there were 400 licensed lodging-houses in Oxford. Henry Greenaway's two fields between the Abingdon Road and the railway line were to become the site of New Hinksey. How? 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. In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey. Hinksey Park and the open-air swimming pool The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. The main high road through the Recommended option. Driving over from Lancaster, I felt my body becoming young as if entering memories held in my childhood landscape. As the houses were built, so were shops and pubs, St Matthew's church, and Oxford's first football ground. The Duke of Monmouth, 260 Abingdon Rd, Oxford OX1 4TA. whole tongue of land between the 25) The great tithes was paid for it to the chamberlain. Henry Norreys was created Lord Norreys in 1572, (fn. The parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in the valley of the Isis. 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). 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. but only the nave has been completed. west tower was added in the following century, and A website by Gorge Services Ltd. All rights reserved. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. In 1935 a remarkably ambitious plan was put forward to build indoor 'Gala Baths' on part of Hinksey Park, fronting on to the Abingdon Road and separate from the outdoor pools nearby. The 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. They relied on a waterwheel to power a three-barrelled pump. the other co-heir, in 1561. A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. There are several old quarries in the western part Lake at South Hinksey . I didnt really have any days when I didnt want to swim. Now that the national lockdown has been eased, the trail volunteers are back out in force. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. [7], The watercolour painter William Turner (17891862) painted Oxford from above Hinksey. 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. South Hinksey. a plain round-headed north doorway with chamfered Vicarage Lane, School Place, Stewart Street and Green Place existed but had not yet been named; Summerfield was yet to be laid out. (fn. 6d. hollow-chamfered orders with square responds having Time passed, ducks and geese slipped past me down river. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. Until the middle of the 18th century South Hinksey was in the parish of Cumnor. [9] He found the path muddy and organized a party of undergraduates to improve the roadway in the Hinksey area. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: d252223a. 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. each to two poor widows, and as to the Organisers decided Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions meant the dive could not go . 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. [4], The Carfax Conduit from Hinksey Hill to Carfax in the centre of Oxford was completed in 1617. 30) It is Website design by JSummerton. 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 lake is split in two, but sides holding fish, the narrower end with many features such as lilies. Pistes cyclables autour de Cumnor. 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