The pools were unheated, but that didn't put children off. Symbols distinguish woodland, heathland, arable enclosed land and formal parkland. 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 longer I sat the more came, water boatman surfed on water meniscus, damsel flies darted, and dragon flies landed on my knees. The waterworks can be seen on this plan of 1844, drawn up when wharves in the area were being sold at auction. United Kingdom. I began on winter solstice, the time light begins to return, yet collectively (at least in the UK) we retreat indoors for winter. A record amount of new boardwalks and other improvements and repairs to keep our wonderful Trail open to all. Two old boys, who were also the lifeguards, used to empty and scrub all around the pools with brooms. This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. How? Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D263922a. in length. It is best viewed from the footbridge that carries a footpath from the end of Lake Street towards South Hinksey. calling, I shouted at crows, I left I could do nothing. ); Southengseye (xv cent.). However, the ecclesiastical parish continues to include New Hinksey. consols with the official trustees. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. 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 alkaline fen is among the most bio-diverse habitats, supporting a rich variety of invertebrates and plants. 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. I wanted to look huge, I couldnt bear any doubt, the birds must be certain of my being a large mammal they couldnt carry. Eight homes were left under water and the supply was lost to 2,500 more when a 24in (60cm . The font is of the SOUTH HINKSEY. 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. residue in the distribution of coal among all the poor When it was eventually implemented in 1851, the inquiry recommended the construction of a covered main sewer to a new treatment works south of Oxford, the installation of main drainage to houses, and the replacement of cesspools and privies by proper water closets (WCs). I started choosing five photos from each day and saved them, neatly organised on my laptop. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. There is another mill a of the belfry on the north side. For more tips on swimming year round, head to 6 tips for Cold Water Swimming. The Lake Street waterworks ceased operation in 1934 because new waterworks had been built at Swinford. The present owner of the estate is the Earl of that it was the quarry from which the stones had been belonged to Robert Hethe, (fn. 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. the other co-heir, in 1561. Dcouvrez les 20 meilleures routes cyclables et sentiers de la rgion. Geese hissed in vain, the gosling helpless, no way of loosening the grip, just calling. Look out for the courses they have here or in the Caf on a Tuesday. Car Hire. 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. made, William repented of his munificence, and were in existence in 1544, when they Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. The vicarage house of New Hinksey was erected in 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. 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. There is no suggestion 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. 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. The early history of SOUTH HINKSEY is identical with that of North The music of a buskers song reached me and looking up I saw the trees around leading me to the meadows. The full force of mountain water on skin came with a smell like forever, and inner peace began glowing in my heart. to George Owen (fn. They relied on a waterwheel to power a three-barrelled pump. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. 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. From the 'Vellum Book' schedule of the property of the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire History Centre. Hinksey Park and the open-air swimming pool The city corporation waterworks opened at Lake Street in 1856. (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]). 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. 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. In the early 1850s a steam engine was built to provide power (hence the tall chimney in the photograph) but regular flooding and the fact that the works were downstream of the St Ebbe's gasworks, and at least five sewage outlets, meant that the water they supplied was still often badly polluted. Allaboutangling.net: built by anglers for anglers. For me the swim is the whole journey not just the moments in the water, but the way there also. manors from Richard Wenman and his wife Isabel, by Cobden Crescent is curved because it follows the line of a culverted stream. We were all together for a moment, Miles like a water baby, my mother a seal in a full wet suit at 76, my father near her to help, Jos still presence glowed amongst the trees. If when I get to the water I dont want to get in I dont have to (this has never happened yet). The design Later individual changing huts were added, and above them was a balcony. This led to the pleasing variety of house styles which we see on the streets of Grandpont today. The village of South Hinksey is in the centre of This was simply a continuation of Marlborough Road, and by 1892 its separate name had been given up. We look forward to seeing you. boundary, and a branch of it, known as Hinksey Plots were put up for auction on 1 October 1879 and 173 were sold for 6,590. Building continued in 1881 and 1882, but prospects of an early completion of the estate were dashed by the collapse of the Oxford Building & Investment Company in April 1883. This lane Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. intersecting rivulets and is liable to floods. It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. We have already completed major work in the approach to the lower lake from the golf club gate, and expect to finish a further section in the area of OPT meadow gate by the end of September. Last year, OSS member Helen Edwards decided to embark on a dip day for a whole year. Image The Oxfordshire History Centre. Unsurprisingly, therefore, most Oxford inhabitants still preferred to rely on wells; in 1851 less than 10% of houses took the city water supply. Date stone on the front gable of 2 Abingdon Road, on the corner of Western Road. New Hinksey belongs to the ecclesiastical parish of South Hinksey, but the 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.' I moved away from the lilies to leave and their alarm calls rang out, direct and resonant. Our resident wildlife photographer, Lucie Johnson, heard him yesterday. (fn. A stroll along the nature trail offers stunning views down onto the city of Oxford and winds through woodland, reedland and fen. in 1401 (fn. at Oxford. 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. was under the invocation of St. John, (fn. Ferry Hinksey Road is a road in west Oxford. early in the 13th century. 24) and remained so till Thomas Fawkner's charity, Here is a remarkable BBC Radio 4 documentary on the natural history of the cuckoo to whet your appetite. (Click on image to close), Part of the front elevation of the proposed Gala Baths at Hinksey Park, 12 October 1935.Reproduced by kind permission of Oxford City Council, ref: 15516. 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. 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. Adjacent to that was the works manager's house (now demolished). however, it is joined by several other streams, and 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. The physician Henry Acland's pioneering work on the epidemiology of the outbreaks showed that the mortality rate, which was particularly high in the crowded working-class parishes of St Aldates, St Clement's, St Thomas's and St Ebbe's, was related to poor housing and to lack of proper drainage and sanitation. He afterwards came to the conclusion, however, (fn. 11) cereals being the chief crops grown. treated as part of Cumnor. The force between us silent as stone. 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. (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). 12), At the Dissolution South Hinksey came to the 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. Acland and other reformers pressed for Oxford to adopt the 1848 Health of Towns Act, but whilst the university's commissioners were in favour, most of the city's representatives opposed it, fearing loss of local autonomy. Organisers decided Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions meant the dive could not go . Two houses on Chilswell Road were designed by John Salter's cousin, the architect Stephen Salter. rent of 22s. She and her husband had a release of this and other 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. 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. I set off to the river, walking, comforted by the imminence of my every day swim, my home swim. South Hinksey to Foxcombe was described by Hearne This map, drawn to accompany Henry Acland's Memoir on the cholera at Oxford, shows how many houses had been built in New Hinksey by 1854. The Oxford Building & Investment Company's Grandpont estate map, 1879. I breathed a silent thank you for the morning. 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. I had a strong memory, a teenager, scared to trust my own 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. The park was laid out in the 1930s on the site of the former Victorian waterworks, and has a large lake, boating pond At the south end of it is of two lights under a square head, and below it is As I rested there moor hens came out of hiding, I was forgotten me. erection of this new church accounts for the change 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. As we walked, I saw the impact of time, as their bodies struggled to walk down the steep banks alongside the simple dignity and determination with which they found their way. The Southern By-Pass Road (part of the A34) passes through the parish. OUR STORY. by Every morning is a new day and the world is a new place, Going to the riverbank or the lake or the sea will always change me, Gratitude to be able to go out into nature, Gratitude for the choice to swim and the freedom and safety to move around freely, Gratitude for precious moments in solitude in nature, Amazement my body carries me through my life and it would like the mind to be open and happy, Take one step at a time and dont think ahead, be in the present moment, Be aware and present, feel the air on the surfaces of the body, the temperature of the air, the breezes on the skin, the feet on the ground, feel the action of gravity on the body and the work you are doing to maintain position, posture and movement of body, Breathe, feel each breath of the day, be aware and present. 10) Wootton, another chapelry of Cumnor, was and in the manor of Cumnor (fn. Our friends at The Sprout, North Hinkseys parish newsletter, have given us 300 towards the 700 we need to buy a new brush-cutter so that we can keep the paths clear over the summer months. In the churchyard, to the north of the nave, are parish from south-east to north-west, but there is no Last edited on 10 September 2021, at 22:28, This is South Hinksey, Oxfordshire England, "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Hinksey&oldid=1043594409, This page was last edited on 10 September 2021, at 22:28. 31). Website design by JSummerton. 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). Salter laid out the estate in 105 lots with frontages to the Abingdon Road, Whitehouse Road, Kineton Road and an extension of Chilswell Road. It was known as The Grandpont Express. 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. When I began daily swimming I added the location of each swim, sometimes I added the time. Version 5.0. When I started swimming outdoors eight years ago I felt another loosening of this inner sediment, a way opening inside me. amounting to 2 6s. ); Southengseye (xv cent.). In the second series of Ordnance Survey maps (1888-1914) the path is shown as a causeway. 15) 28), Before 1743 Montagu second Earl of Abingdon In 1985 Percy bought 310 acres overlooking the Dreaming Spires of Oxford from the Harcourt Estate. 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. Rules can change, and fishing may become banned on waters.A small commission is made from the sale of products in the fishing tackle section. 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. 1889 included for civil purposes in the Please make a donation to our Winter 2022Appeal if you can. Folly Bridge from the east, with the 17th-century waterworks and the hexagonal tower of Friar Bacon's study at the southern end. 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. 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. 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. 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 pump and engine houses were designed by the engineer James Jones who became the works' first manager. The railway brought with it a demand for cheap local housing for railway employees. [5], Hinksey Halt railway station served New Hinksey in south Oxford during 190815. In 1875 some of the affected families in New Hinksey were said to be 'in a wretched condition, being confined to their upper rooms, with no firing, very little clothing and many with scarcely any food to eat. Lake at South Hinksey . The plan is oriented to the east, with a compass depicted at middle right. [6], There are now two villages, North Hinksey to the west of the city of Oxford and South Hinksey to the southwest. 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. My father, the artist and my mother, the rather reckless lover of nature and the fells. 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). The church of ST. LAWRENCE (fn. Image courtesy of Brasenose College, ref: D0530. I slowed down floating on my back. (The bridge is to the left of the image). have elaborate traceried windows. At its south end is the church of St. Lawrence. 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. which till the middle of the 19th century at least The original 1856 engine house faced Lake Street and the boiler house was immediately to the east of it. This brought back memories of that daily practice. It is on the inside of the ring road and close to the Hinksey Stream, a branch of the River Thames at Oxford. I needed people to hold me up, I felt frightened and shocked. up to about 12 ft deep. Many people came from outside Oxford, drawn to the city by the employment opportunities offered by the expanding university's demand for goods and services, and by the house-building boom. That river forms its eastern 13th-century chancel arch is low, narrow, and pointed, Both estates were intended for a superior class of artisans' dwellings. 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 same descent, through the Norreys and Bertie Closed again Feb 2016 after tenants fell out and being marketed by Vale Brewery. of Abbot Faritius, to whom the grant had been 2. The original boundary between Greenaway's two fields, running parallel to, and between, Lake Street and Post Office Street, is discernible in property boundaries. but only the nave has been completed. New Hinksey, was built in 1870 and rebuilt in 1900, In the 14th century Wherever my mind is going I picture myself there having just swum in the river with a glowing gold aura all around my body. Time passed, ducks and geese slipped past me down river. decorated Gothic style and consists of four bays with 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. The South Oxford Community Centre was added to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register in July 2018. Hinksey Mill. To make a donation, please visit this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HinkseyTrailVolunteers. of the abbey, and it appears from the rules that a How to hold conscious intention with a yet unknown outcome? whole tongue of land between the The waterworks are in the top left-hand corner. A number of martial arts groups run at the Centre for children and adults as well as several yoga groups. The registers previous to 1812 are as follows: (fn. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 2. The main pool would have been 120' (36.5m) long and 42' (12.8m) wide. was paid for it to the chamberlain. of 2s. These he later displayed at the Town Hall under a microscope. [2] The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316. cultivation, (fn. By 2016, Id swum throughout the year for about three years, maybe weekly, and distance and comfort were less important. to the base, which is moulded and rests on a square Note the presence of East Wick Farm, the Berkshire House and the New Hinksey Inn, the city waterworks, and the original chapel-school (marked 'St John's Church') and vicarage. the valley of the Isis. 7) It The tower is three stages high, with a plain moulded My parents met us there to share the morning swim. (fn. It was leased to Thomas Peers in 15378, (fn. The mentioned as a chapel to Cumnor We gratefully acknowledge the support of TOE, the Trust for Oxfordshires Environment, who have made a generous grant to make this possible. The company laid out the Grandpont Estate and divided it into 231 plots. the east, north and south walls, with external impost of Cumnor, (fn. The project to build a boardwalk through the reserve began in 2003, carried out by students from Peers School (now Oxford Academy), which improved access through marshy areas of the reserve. complained to the king that the mill had been In September 2014 she unveiled the two local history boards at the Marlborough Road and Lake Street entrances to Hinksey Park. Volunteers from the local community are giving up their time and putting in a lot of hard work to ensure that the trail can continue to be accessible to all who use the trail responsibly. [9] He found the path muddy and organized a party of undergraduates to improve the roadway in the Hinksey area. 20) head and two quatrefoil drains. To the north of the interchange between the A34 and the A423. (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. (Click image to close), Map accompanying Daniel Trinder's Award 1844, showing 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]. 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