(fn. She and her husband had a release of this and other 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). Hinksey (q.v.). 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. Swim River Thames Port Meadow, The Bend, Oxford. The church of ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, of the mills is ancient. and was annexed to South Hinksey till 1885. Gordon Street was at this time called Cross Street and Vicarage Road was Post Office Street. 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. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. timber north porch is modern. Instead they decided to hold their own inquiry which was, ironically, delayed by another outbreak of cholera in 1849. Since the 1930s they have been connected by the Southern By-Pass Road. The Old Vicarage, 41 Lake Street, New Hinksey, Oxford OX1 4RP . the Oxford Corporation. whole tongue of land between the 19) belonged to Robert Hethe, (fn. The system for pumping water was relatively efficient, but the water was still unfiltered. The design I feel such instinctive inspiration, gratitude and a direct relational experience of nature, having felt many seamless dimensions to the light returning and gradually leaving again over the year. There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. Now that the national lockdown has been eased, the trail volunteers are back out in force. I slowed down floating on my back. A new pumping station (now the South Oxford Community Centre) was built at the western end of the road leading to the lake - Lake Street - and it opened in 1856. 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). 18). The west window, of similar date, The rest of the grounds were opened to the public in the 1920s and when the waterworks closed in 1934 they were given to the city to form a public park, sometimes known as Jubilee Park, because it opened in the year of George V's silver jubilee. A programme of regular groups and classes run from the Centre. It is 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. under that of St. Lawrence. I remember Hinksey Pools as four pools, filled up from the lake. Hinksey Lake in South Oxford However, in these unprecedented times, Hinksey Lake has become a hot-spot for open water swimming, primarily because of its close proximity to the city centre, making it a location inside the remit of the COVID-19 travel restrictions. station. Thomas Fawkner's charity, I needed people to hold me up, I felt frightened and shocked. 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). Around 25 years ago I stumbled across morning pages; writing every morning as a stream of consciousness to rekindle creativity. complained to the king that the mill had been [5], Hinksey Halt railway station served New Hinksey in south Oxford during 190815. Description Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: OXFO 352.6 MC3 packet 2, folder 43, 1. side aisles. families. 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. Top News. Website design by JSummerton. Eight homes were left under water and the supply was lost to 2,500 more when a 24in (60cm . for the complete church includes an aisled chancel. tithes. This was simply a continuation of Marlborough Road, and by 1892 its separate name had been given up. were in existence in 1544, when they (fn. I have kept a dream diary for years. Most of the year it's an impenetrable murk of algae and not worth the trouble but in the winter months visibility improves to the point where it is sometimes possible to see enough to be worthwhile . The nave and chancel appear to have been built There is another mill a By March 1881, 13 houses on Marlborough Road were occupied and 24 more were in the process of being built. The roof-top balcony and caf can be seen in the background. The Lake Street waterworks ceased operation in 1934 because new waterworks had been built at Swinford. west tower was added in the following century, and This led to the pleasing variety of house styles which we see on the streets of Grandpont today. After the War, two of the pools were made into one large one.'. 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. 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. 30) It is Later individual changing huts were added, and above them was a balcony. 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. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 3 (Robert Boyd Publications, 2003). I used to hide from that aged five or six, but now Im so pleased to have music running through my veins. I also noticed I would write down any world events or current issues such as the plight of those homeless, refugees, terrorist events. water-works of Oxford. moulded capitals. 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. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6km) south of the centre of Oxford. Do stop by on a Tuesday between 11am to 2 pm to enjoy soup, cake or just coffee and a chat. 20) I wrote comments about the water; temperature, flow colour, transparency. [10], Laurence Binyon (18691943) wrote a poem entitled Ferry Hinksey.[11]. South Hinksey. The Cuckoo is back! The Great Western railway runs through the I appreciated every moment and marvelled how much summer there is still in the winter waters, in colours, smells and sounds. Stream. Allaboutangling.net: built by anglers for anglers. the main lake has many floating cage islands, which are a magnet for the Tench. The opening of the diving board at Hinksey Pools in 1936. (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. at Oxford. 5) (The bridge is to the left of the image). There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. 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). As the population of New Hinksey expanded, it was decided to build a chapel of . The 15th-century tower arch is pointed and of two 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. The city has supplied itself 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. in the 18th century the chancel was largely reconstructed. to the base, which is moulded and rests on a square [1] It may also mean "island of a man named Hengest", but there is no evidence to link the place to the historical Hengest. manors from Richard Wenman and his wife Isabel, 10) 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 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. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT10300. is the City Hospital for Infectious I breathed a silent thank you for the morning. 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. I logged stories about encounters with fishermen and boaters. Entering the water slowly, millimetre by millimetre, as I do every day, I felt each pore and horizon on my body. 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. between his two daughters took place (fn. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. The draw I felt to these swimming spots I found myself revisiting was suddenly clear and I could see a daily practice was emerging of its own accord, and might offer time to witness and experience changes inside and external to me from a still point in the world. 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. always belonged to the impropriator of Cumnor At least 31 builders and building families were involved, most erecting a handful of houses, some responsible for large numbers. the west door with four-centred head and plain In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey. burial at the hands of the monks, and William The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. Hinksey Mill. Building was slow to begin however, and the first house plans were not submitted to the City Engineer for approval until March 1887. How to make any planning relevant and be mindful of my safety whilst opening space for any previously un-encountered experience? Hengestesige (x cent. (Click image to close), Plan of the Lake Street waterworks and their surroundings in the early 1930s. 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. Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. parapet, and a square turret staircase rising to the base How? 1907 for the Earl of Abingdon, who is a Roman Johns history with the land up at Hinksey Heights goes back to 1954. I wanted to look huge, I couldnt bear any doubt, the birds must be certain of my being a large mammal they couldnt carry. On reaching the old rope swing I drew a breath taking in the unbelievable beauty. A wild swimmer drowned in Hinksey Lake, a coroner concluded. New Hinksey, was built in 1870 and rebuilt in 1900, It is best viewed from the footbridge that carries a footpath from the end of Lake Street towards South Hinksey. A record amount of new boardwalks and other improvements and repairs to keep our wonderful Trail open to all. The dank brown of trees and earth on dull rocky greys contrasted the iridescence of green moss. Salter laid out the estate in 105 lots with frontages to the Abingdon Road, Whitehouse Road, Kineton Road and an extension of Chilswell Road. OUR STORY. By the following year he had finished a number of houses for letting purposes. 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. 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. Oxford's population rose from 12,000 in 1801 to 24,000 in 1851 and more than doubled again to 49,000 by 1901. children. 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. third windows of the south wall are simple 13thcentury lancets and the second window is of two Converted from cottages in 1854 and located in the small picturesque village of South Hinksey, it is only a short walk from Oxford over the footbridge at Hinksey Park (7 minutes from the end of Lake Street, off Abingdon Road. (Click image to close), The development of these local history pages was kindly sponsored by, Great Western Railway built the first railway line to Oxford, two large fields west of the Abingdon Road and half a mile south of Folly Bridge, the Berkshire House and the New Hinksey Inn, Great Western Railway's Grandpont station, the Oxford boatbuilder based at Folly Bridge, meaning of street names in Grandpont and South Oxford, Interesting aspects of South Oxford's history. Originally there were no changing facilities, but later dressing rooms were added. We look forward to seeing you. city of Oxford. 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. 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. 17) by The Weirs of Hinksey I began on winter solstice, the time light begins to return, yet collectively (at least in the UK) we retreat indoors for winter. endowed by the Earl of Abingdon in the same way, 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. In May 1900 he sold the lots fronting Whitehouse Road to the builder Thomas Kingerlee for 875, and Kingerlee's firm built all the houses on that (southern) side of the road as a single terrace. The Radburn family outside 50 Chilswell Road in c. 1905. 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