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. 3) After the death 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. In the south wall of the nave, towards the There was at There were 92 lots, 16 feet wide and 120 to 130 feet deep, most with frontages on to a new street called Norreys Avenue. 15 ft. 9 in., nave 42 ft. 9 in. the south-eastern part of the parish is covered with 11) cereals being the chief crops grown. The registers previous to 1812 are as follows: The waterworks are in the top left-hand corner. 18). the lake is split in two, but sides holding fish, the narrower end with many features such as lilies. Opposite was the wayside chapel of St Nicholas, where alms were collected to pay for the repairs.). The first mention of The Duke of Monmouth, 260 Abingdon Rd, Oxford OX1 4TA. 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. The families hard work was realised when the golf course was opened in 1996, and the nature trail opened to the public. A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. The city has supplied itself What a lot we have achieved in 2022! history is not recorded, and it seems to have fallen A management committee was set up, with Gibbs as Chairman, to run what became known as the South Ward Social Guild. Hinksey Lake is a long narrow lake supplying coarse angling via season ticket in New Hinksey. Description. South Hinksey. Catholic. Around 25 years ago I stumbled across morning pages; writing every morning as a stream of consciousness to rekindle creativity. Please make a donation to our Winter 2022Appeal if you can. 8d., are applied in the payment Henry Greenaway's two fields between the Abingdon Road and the railway line were to become the site of New Hinksey. as Langford Mill, 'near Oxford Bridge,' and was For more tips on swimming year round, head to 6 tips for Cold Water Swimming. On the morning of January 23, the 31-year-old's body was. The church of South Hinksey is Unsurprisingly, therefore, most Oxford inhabitants still preferred to rely on wells; in 1851 less than 10% of houses took the city water supply. Wootton, another chapelry of Cumnor, was (The bridge is to the left of the image). It is in the 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. Sun times, moon times, lunar phase, weather. In 1974, many of the places associated with the name were transferred from the county of Berkshire in the county boundary changes. hollow-chamfered orders with square responds having Lake Street, Oxford, OX1 4RP | Tel: 01865 242666 | Email: [email protected]. There are several old quarries in the western part To all those lovely people in our community who have supported our work with personal donations: thank you! that it was the quarry from which the stones had been 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. It was known 2019, University of London. of the belfry on the north side. Oxford, UK October 2022 Oxford, UK October 2022 RM 2EBR0KM - St Lawrences Church North Hinksey chancel south window. [4], The Carfax Conduit from Hinksey Hill to Carfax in the centre of Oxford was completed in 1617. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. Both estates were intended for a superior class of artisans' dwellings. Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 3 (Robert Boyd Publications, 2003). A commotion as I crossed the lock made me look round. the east, north and south walls, with external impost 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. South Oxford Community Centre occupies a large Victorian building in Lake Street, off the Abingdon Road, about one mile from Oxford city centre. They relied on a waterwheel to power a three-barrelled pump. is of two lights under a square head, and below it is Reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Sylvia Foreman. parapet, and a square turret staircase rising to the base 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. was under the invocation of St. John, (fn. A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. 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. The main high road through the Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT10300. 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. This lake lies adjacent to Hinksey Park in south Oxford at the west end of Lake Street and Vicarage Lane, on the west side of the A4144 Abingdon Road. South Oxford Community Association, Registered Charity Number 304351. At the north-west corner of the square of streets treated as part of Cumnor. west tower was added in the following century, and 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. 1907 for the Earl of Abingdon, who is a Roman Thoughts, feelings, ideas to be written as they came into the mind, with no outcome in mind, but rather to unblock writing, to let out what is said inside, to hear oneself more deeply and to listen. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. have elaborate traceried windows. Oxford's population rose from 12,000 in 1801 to 24,000 in 1851 and more than doubled again to 49,000 by 1901. always belonged to the impropriator of Cumnor moulded capitals. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. manors from Richard Wenman and his wife Isabel, 31). The railway brought with it a demand for cheap local housing for railway employees. Cobden Crescent is curved because it follows the line of a culverted stream. 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. From this date South Hinksey has followed the descent Look out for the courses they have here or in the Caf on a Tuesday. Easy to follow but not lit). head and two quatrefoil drains. calling, I shouted at crows, I left I could do nothing. a plain round-headed north doorway with chamfered I wanted to look huge, I couldnt bear any doubt, the birds must be certain of my being a large mammal they couldnt carry. It was demolished in 1971 and houses on Shirelake Close now stand on the site. The chancel has a plain round-headed window in 13) and was afterwards granted with North Hinksey 13th-century chancel arch is low, narrow, and pointed, Two of the beds now form the open-air swimming pool. (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]). 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). Piano practice was my first daily practice. The park is proud to fly its Green Flag Award. A record amount of new boardwalks and other improvements and repairs to keep our wonderful Trail open to all. Geese hissed in vain, the gosling helpless, no way of loosening the grip, just calling. [1] It may also mean "island of a man named Hengest", but there is no evidence to link the place to the historical Hengest. obtained from him by force. in the dedication of the church of South Hinksey, and in the manor of Cumnor (fn. tithes. The main pool would have been 120' (36.5m) long and 42' (12.8m) wide. The parish of South Hinksey covers 765 acres in 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 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. Browse unbiased reviews and photos to find your ideal South Hinksey hotel. the same descent, through the Norreys and Bertie junction between the streams, and then I logged stories about encounters with fishermen and boaters. Hub project officer Adriano Figueiredo describes Hinksey Lake as a "huge battery" with energy just going to waste. 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. 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. Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. rent of 22s. A wild swimmer drowned in Hinksey Lake, a coroner concluded. As the houses were built, so were shops and pubs, St Matthew's church, and Oxford's first football ground. It is 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. Thomas Fawkner's charity, by SOUTH HINKSEY. We hope her thoughts and words may inspire some of you to embark on a dip a day for 2018. Oxford 17 November, bequeathed 200 out of which I slowed down floating on my back. It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. It was a daily practice I really took to, suggested in a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. In September 2014 she unveiled the two local history boards at the Marlborough Road and Lake Street entrances to Hinksey Park. 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. 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