the valley of the Isis. The line terminated with a station just to the south-west of Folly Bridge. 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. 14) and alienated to Sir John Williams. Volunteer co-ordinator Nick Thorn said, As a small not-for-profit we try and pour every penny that we receive from grants and donations into the materials and equipment needed to keep this amazing local nature site open to visitors throughout the year. burial at the hands of the monks, and William Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. with water from Hinksey since its water-works first The west window, of similar date, (fn. Piano practice was my first daily practice. The plan is oriented to the east, with a compass depicted at middle right. 6d. Plots were put up for auction on 1 October 1879 and 173 were sold for 6,590. The original 1856 engine house faced Lake Street and the boiler house was immediately to the east of it. It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige, and probably means "stallion island". Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. 13th-century chancel arch is low, narrow, and pointed, Its incredible to think that he has flown all the way to from the Congo to visit us this summer. Hinksey Park and the open-air swimming pool The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. The swimming pools had no fence around them, and it was free to swim there. (fn. Always check you can fish lawfully before starting. Lake at South Hinksey - geograph.org.uk - 1216985.jpg 640 427; 50 KB. 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. junction between the streams, and then of the mills is ancient. Lake at South Hinksey . After the War, two of the pools were made into one large one.'. 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). He divided the two fields into lots and sold them in 1847 and 1849. 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 design 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. OUR STORY. 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. Hub project officer Adriano Figueiredo describes Hinksey Lake as a "huge battery" with energy just going to waste. My travelling companions were precious friends from a co-housing project there, committed to realising new visions of co-housing. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. Oxford, Parochial Charities. Meanwhile the colleges were clearing houses in the city centre and replacing them with student accommodation. I wanted to look huge, I couldnt bear any doubt, the birds must be certain of my being a large mammal they couldnt carry. Website design by JSummerton. From the 'Vellum Book' schedule of the property of the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire History Centre. 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. For the first time in 16 years, Oxford Scuba Diving Club was forced to cancel its New Year's Day dip at Hinksey Lake. Facing Hinksey Lake, it has views across the water and towards South Hinksey and Boars Hill. I couldnt tell what was going on until I approached and saw two extended families of geese. She and her husband had a release of this and other We gratefully acknowledge the support of TOE, the Trust for Oxfordshires Environment, who have made a generous grant to make this possible. 24) and remained so till 4) The king gave him 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. New Hinksey, was built in 1870 and rebuilt in 1900, 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. Sometimes poems came that seemed to have grown within me. The original boundary between Greenaway's two fields, running parallel to, and between, Lake Street and Post Office Street, is discernible in property boundaries. 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. Originally there were no changing facilities, but later dressing rooms were added. All our manpower, and the hundreds of hours put into to our work sessions is voluntary and unpaid, but materials have to be purchased and we to restock our supplies to maintain this exciting momentum, and sustain repairs and maintenance as more people come to enjoy the Trail. The tower is three stages high, with a plain moulded 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. 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. The nave has a two-light square-headed 14thcentury window in the north wall and further west A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. is of two lights under a square head, and below it is 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). There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. Devil's Backbone, bridge and path. 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. the Weirs Mill. It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. boundary, and a branch of it, known as Hinksey 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. The full force of mountain water on skin came with a smell like forever, and inner peace began glowing in my heart. Description 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. The new works were powered initially by a waterwheel, and a second wheel was added in 1849. Below she shares her year of magical swimming with us. How? These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. The Lake Street waterworks ceased operation in 1934 because new waterworks had been built at Swinford. children. The interior is very lofty and the aisles Local members vote to elect new Trustees at the Annual General Meeting held each summer. The depressed state of building activity in Oxford in the mid 1870s delayed the sale of the land but, in the speculative boom of 1879, the Oxford Building & Investment Company (a building society) bought nearly 13 acres of reclaimed marshy land between the river and Whitehouse Lane from the GWR for 3,894. It was leased to Thomas Peers in 15378, (fn. treated as part of Cumnor. Lake Street Studios, . Until the middle of the 18th century South Hinksey was in the parish of Cumnor. Since the 1930s they have been connected by the Southern By-Pass Road. (fn. The register recognises buildings which make a special contribution to the character of Oxford and its neighbourhoods through their locally significant historic, architectural, archaeological or artistic interest. This brought back memories of that daily practice. Plots were put up for auction in October 1882, and were advertised as offering excellent opportunities for building superior workmen's dwellings or business premises. 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. 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. At the point where the Abingdon and two years later he acquired the manor of Cumnor. In 1936 the former filter beds of the waterworks were converted into swimming and paddling pools, known as the Jubilee Pools. Geese hissed in vain, the gosling helpless, no way of loosening the grip, just calling. (Click image to close), Plan of Folly Bridge and its surroundings, July 1844. That river forms its eastern The longer I sat the more came, water boatman surfed on water meniscus, damsel flies darted, and dragon flies landed on my knees. To explore The Year of Magical Swimming on the Wild Swim Map click here. Gordon Street was at this time called Cross Street and Vicarage Road was Post Office Street. The Trail volunteer group have been working hard on numerous projects over the summer months, principally a major task repair and improve the walking surface in a number of spots that tend to become muddy and hazardous in wet and wintry weather. Hinksey Lake is the nearest dive-able body of water to Oxford BSAC. There is no suggestion Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. Thames and Hinksey Stream was in OX1 4RP. 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. The parish includes the residential area of Hinksey Hill about 0.5 miles (800m) south of the village. When I began daily swimming I added the location of each swim, sometimes I added the time. Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you. 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. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. at Oxford. Here are extracts from Ordnance Survey maps of 1878, 1900, 1921 and 1939 (original scale 1:2,500) showing the development of Grandpont and New Hinksey: In 1891 William Farthing, a London architect and surveyor, laid out a housing estate immediately south of New Hinksey. Subsequently William 'recognized his fault' and gave 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. into decay. under that of St. Lawrence. (The bridge is to the left of the image). What a lot we have achieved in 2022! A simple but attractive decorative scheme using dark blue engineering bricks (some stamped 'Joseph Hamblet West Bromwich') was used around the windows of the Davey engine house. as Langford Mill, 'near Oxford Bridge,' and was 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. (fn. each to two poor widows, and as to the John and Addy helped on the farm during school holidays, earning six old pence an hour. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. flows through this parish, and joins the river again and in the manor of Cumnor (fn. The church has been restored and the 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. (Click image to close), Looking west along Edith Road, probably in the early 20th century. (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]). A number of martial arts groups run at the Centre for children and adults as well as several yoga groups. parish is that leading from Oxford to They relied on a waterwheel to power a three-barrelled pump. There is also a suburb called New Hinksey to the south of the town centre, which contains the Oxford City Council ward Hinksey Park. This means we can now close the temporary path that operated as a diversion while we undertook this work. Hinksey (q.v.). 26) and therefore, except for an interval in the 16th century, have You can see parts of the plans here and here. 2 . Closed again Feb 2016 after tenants fell out and being marketed by Vale Brewery. The new suburb was named New Hinksey after the nearby villages of North and South Hinksey; 'Hinksey' is made up of the Old English elements 'hengest' meaning 'horse' and 'eg' ['ey' in modern spellings] meaning island or area of slightly higher ground above flood level. but only the nave has been completed. west tower was added in the following century, and by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, 5 February 1886, for the St. Aldate's, The registers previous to 1812 are as follows: The present owner of the estate is the Earl of Both estates were intended for a superior class of artisans' dwellings. Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. (fn. Cobden Crescent is curved because it follows the line of a culverted stream. the same descent, through the Norreys and Bertie SOUTH HINKSEY. When the Community Centre's lower hall was refurbished in 2016 it was named the Brenda Horwood Room. the middle of the 18th century. This website is a guide and cannot guarantee full coverage of venues, nor accuracy of the information provided. (fn. He was thirteen when he first visited his school friend Addy, whose father Percy Gresswell was a tenant farmer at Hinksey Hill Farm. A website by Gorge Services Ltd. All rights reserved. In 1990 the season was further reduced to only 6 weeks, and then in 1994 the filtration system failed to meet hygiene requirements and the pools were closed. taken to build the church of St. Peter in the East Opposite was the wayside chapel of St Nicholas, where alms were collected to pay for the repairs.). The church of South Hinksey is The place-name is of Old English origin. (fn. Hinksey is a place name associated with Oxford and Oxfordshire. (fn. 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. history is not recorded, and it seems to have fallen On the morning of January 23, the 31-year-old's body was. granted them the mill in gratitude. The Cuckoo is back! Workmen washing sand in the waterworks filter beds in 1914. came into existence; the present works were constructed in 1854, and have since been largely extended. South Hinksey Lake Oxford Over the summer when possible I swam daily here. tithes. which forms New Hinksey are the reservoirs and Henry Greenaway's two fields between the Abingdon Road and the railway line were to become the site of New Hinksey. Search. By March 1881, 13 houses on Marlborough Road were occupied and 24 more were in the process of being built. She began her journey around the winter solstice not the cosiest of times to start such an endeavour, but there was a reason she felt compelled to start it then. This article related to the history of England is a stub. founded by will, 1609, is regulated Moments of mammalian gold creep all over my body, The water dips suddenly, so suddenly that my shoulders rush around myself from all sides, In my lungs a rushing once drowsy comes deep and downy, Innocent light runs into my eyes blinding me, Lost to the course of life which runs through a distant memory and into life. In the south wall of the nave, towards the the west door with four-centred head and plain city of Oxford. 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. Reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Sylvia Foreman. 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 vicar lives at the suburb of Oxford known 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. I used to hide from that aged five or six, but now Im so pleased to have music running through my veins. A programme of regular groups and classes run from the Centre. He only sings for about six weeks, so be sure to get on the trail soon if you want to hear him. since 1909. 31). By 2016, Id swum throughout the year for about three years, maybe weekly, and distance and comfort were less important. consols with the official trustees. Owing to the insufficiency of the personal If I get in the water and I want to get out, then I can. In the 19th century John Ruskin tried to organize the making of a road between the two villages, as the ground between them was very boggy. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. It was demolished in 1971 and houses on Shirelake Close now stand on the site. There is seating indoors or in the yard. bells. lights. moulded capitals. water-works of Oxford. [3], Hinxey Hall was located in Oxford during the 14th to 16th centuries. 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. The living of New Hinksey 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. 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