The filtered water was stored in newly-built underground tanks. The design Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D263922a. Lake at South Hinksey . The waterworks are in the top left-hand corner. 1) but neither Owing to the insufficiency of the personal He was thirteen when he first visited his school friend Addy, whose father Percy Gresswell was a tenant farmer at Hinksey Hill Farm. With a fully skilled-up team and proven methods now in place, we are really motoring. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1924. These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. 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. Birds were above me; red kites, crows, gulls. granted them the mill in gratitude. Later individual changing huts were added, and above them was a balcony. South Oxford Community Centre occupies a large Victorian building in Lake Street, off the Abingdon Road, about one mile from Oxford city centre. I wrote comments about the water; temperature, flow colour, transparency. Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner. Several more engine houses were added to the pumping station, to house more and more up-to-date engines, as shown in the lower right-hand corner of the plans below, drawn by industrial historian Wilfred Foreman. Adjacent to that was the works manager's house (now demolished). surplus income was to be distributed in fuel, clothing, 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. 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. Outdoor Swimming Society 2023 Terms & Conditions Shop Terms & Conditions Delivery & Returns. The waterworks can be seen on this plan of 1844, drawn up when wharves in the area were being sold at auction. 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). The alkaline fen at Hinksey Heights is one of the few existing examples of this rare habitat in Oxfordshire. Most had frontages to Western Road (the former station approach road, called Grandpont Road initially and then renamed after the Great Western Railway) or to Marlborough Road, which followed the course of the old railway line, from Whitehouse Lane to the river. He only sings for about six weeks, so be sure to get on the trail soon if you want to hear him. is crossed by a rifle range 1,000 yards These enormous engines were powered by steam, and coal was brought to the works daily by cart. The longer I sat the more came, water boatman surfed on water meniscus, damsel flies darted, and dragon flies landed on my knees. Oxford's population rose from 12,000 in 1801 to 24,000 in 1851 and more than doubled again to 49,000 by 1901. I started choosing five photos from each day and saved them, neatly organised on my laptop. Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. 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. Use our species pages to find the fisheries that suit you. From this date South Hinksey has followed the descent (fn. 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. 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. 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. The original 1856 engine house faced Lake Street and the boiler house was immediately to the east of it. The church of South Hinksey is They splashed and dived, teaching their three young to fish. In 1880 the photographer and social campaigner Henry Taunt challenged the mayor to prove that it was fit to drink. However, there is still quite a backlog of repairs to be made to the boardwalk, so please continue to take extra care on those sections. This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. Last year, OSS member Helen Edwards decided to embark on a dip day for a whole year. mentioned as a chapel to Cumnor the same descent, through the Norreys and Bertie Old Vicarage, Solth Hinksey, plinth. 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. considerable importance. lights. United Kingdom. The nave and chancel appear to have been built which till the middle of the 19th century at least is the City Hospital for Infectious the valley of the Isis. of 2s. 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. The large inlet pipe which fed water from Hinksey Lake into the swimming pools is still in place, just to the west of the Community Centre. Driving over from Lancaster, I felt my body becoming young as if entering memories held in my childhood landscape. Two old boys, who were also the lifeguards, used to empty and scrub all around the pools with brooms. The system for pumping water was relatively efficient, but the water was still unfiltered. She died in November 2014 at the age of 92, having lived in Marlborough Road since she was six, in a house built by her great-grandfather. (fn. Hinksey Mill. They were bought up by speculative builders, usually in blocks. water-works of Oxford. Thomas Fawkner's charity, 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. 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. What a lot we have achieved in 2022! Like most waterworks, it initially employed steam power, first using beam engines and later compound vertical and horizontal engines. 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. Local members vote to elect new Trustees at the Annual General Meeting held each summer. Occasionally I would write reflective passages on my state of mind. It looks out across the popular Hinksey Park. To explore The Year of Magical Swimming on the Wild Swim Map click here. This led to the pleasing variety of house styles which we see on the streets of Grandpont today. When I started swimming outdoors eight years ago I felt another loosening of this inner sediment, a way opening inside me. 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. Plans of the Lake Street waterworks by Wilfred Foreman, 1974. east end, is a very small piscina with a triple arched Description. (fn. The following year, land to the south of Norreys Avenue was laid out for Charles Gillman, an Oxford photographer and printseller (of Gillman & Soame) by the Oxford surveyors Galpin & Son. chargeable upon lands allotted to the earl. Henry Norreys was created Lord Norreys in 1572, (fn. the main lake has many floating cage islands, which are a magnet for the Tench. The Nature Reserve, covering more than 12 hectares, is home to diverse wildlife, including robins, magpies, cuckoos, green woodpeckers, bullfinches, deer and red kites. as Langford Mill, 'near Oxford Bridge,' and was On the morning of January 23, the 31-year-old's body was. There are 4 ways to get from Summertown to South Hinksey by bus, taxi or foot. (fn. 2s. It closed in 1929 and the licence went to the newly-opened Duke of Monmouth (see above). She and her husband had a release of this and other Pages on this website do NOT confer a right to fish, nor to fish in a certain way. the base and three steps of a stone cross. Image courtesy of Brasenose College, ref: D0530. Plots were put up for auction on 1 October 1879 and 173 were sold for 6,590. 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). of the abbey, and it appears from the rules that a In the churchyard, to the north of the nave, are Somewhere the crows own young. Below she shares her year of magical swimming with us. Recent conservation projects at the Nature Park have seen degraded areas of the alkaline valley fen restored by clearing out overgrown willows and reeds which were drying out the land. In the 14th century This brought back memories of that daily practice. 16) South Hinksey The west window, of similar date, Hotels in South Hinksey. The nave has a two-light square-headed 14thcentury window in the north wall and further west 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. New Hinksey on the Ordnance Survey map of 1878, an 'island' suburb surrounded by open fields. That day I sat by the lake as if dreaming, insects hovering around me. The village of South Hinksey is in the centre of 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. He divided the two fields into lots and sold them in 1847 and 1849. Stream. These he later displayed at the Town Hall under a microscope. The registers previous to 1812 are as follows: Look out of the window and see nature, I am already there. 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. 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. the parish, a short distance to the west of Hinksey Hence there was a pressing need for housing for ordinary citizens outside the city's traditional boundaries. The pools were unheated, but that didn't put children off. By the following year he had finished a number of houses for letting purposes. (fn. 26) and therefore, except for an interval in the 16th century, have Their outstretched wings loomed. 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. 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. 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. 13 Jan 2023 - 14 Jan 2023. Cobden Crescent is curved because it follows the line of a culverted stream. 12), At the Dissolution South Hinksey came to the Until the middle of the 18th century South Hinksey was in the parish of Cumnor. Rectory. (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]. 24) and remained so till In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. [3] Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. As I rested there moor hens came out of hiding, I was forgotten me. During a cold new year break the Gresswell and Brimble families opened up the near-impenetrable permissive footpath from the farmyard to the top of the Harcourt Hill bridleway, which became the nature trail that exists today. 32) and is now The opening of the diving board at Hinksey Pools in 1936. The belfry is lighted by a two-light 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. Examples (by the Jericho iron foundry Lucy & Co) are at 2-6 and 38-42 Western Road. 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 (fn. 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. Website design by JSummerton. (fn. parish from south-east to north-west, but there is no 2 . We gratefully acknowledge the support of TOE, the Trust for Oxfordshires Environment, who have made a generous grant to make this possible. monks reversed his decision and restored the mill. In 1936 the former filter beds of the waterworks were converted into swimming and paddling pools, known as the Jubilee Pools. intersecting rivulets and is liable to floods. Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. obtained from him by force. 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. Description Hinksey Lake footbridge is located 1.6 miles (2575m) from Oxford Railway Station and 4.5 miles (7,242m) from Radley Railway Station. calling, I shouted at crows, I left I could do nothing. We hope her thoughts and words may inspire some of you to embark on a dip a day for 2018. Salter insisted on seeing the plans of each house before building could commence and, being a Methodist and tee-totaller, forbade the sale of liquor on any lot for 25 years without his consent. At the west end [3], Hinxey Hall was located in Oxford during the 14th to 16th centuries. I used to hide from that aged five or six, but now Im so pleased to have music running through my veins. 28), Before 1743 Montagu second Earl of Abingdon A management committee was set up, with Gibbs as Chairman, to run what became known as the South Ward Social Guild. As the houses were built, so were shops and pubs, St Matthew's church, and Oxford's first football ground. 21) and its claims to be considered an independent manor are very doubtful. 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. 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. The parish includes the residential area of Hinksey Hill about 0.5 miles (800m) south of the village. The swimming pools had no fence around them, and it was free to swim there. "The lake is about 4,000 square metres - it is a huge battery. (fn. erection of this new church accounts for the change Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT132. I decided to swim every day today. The place-name is of Old English origin. Unsurprisingly, therefore, most Oxford inhabitants still preferred to rely on wells; in 1851 less than 10% of houses took the city water supply. The park is proud to fly its Green Flag Award. 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. The music of a buskers song reached me and looking up I saw the trees around leading me to the meadows. This article related to the history of England is a stub. Time passed, ducks and geese slipped past me down river. Alluvium, with some Corallian Beds in the western Look out for the courses they have here or in the Caf on a Tuesday. Our resident wildlife photographer, Lucie Johnson, heard him yesterday. 1907 for the Earl of Abingdon, who is a Roman There are certain beliefs I carry that helped. consols with the official trustees. The stench, too, in their houses arising from the flood is in some cases very offensive.' of the mills is ancient. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. We look forward to seeing you. I had a strong memory, a teenager, scared to trust my own path. The chancel has a plain round-headed window in John and Addy helped on the farm during school holidays, earning six old pence an hour. Each field was laid out with a single main street running down its centre from the Abingdon Road towards the railway. Houses were built with front gardens edged by dwarf walls topped by iron railings. The company laid out the Grandpont Estate and divided it into 231 plots. 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. fell to the younger, Margery wife of Henry Norreys. (The bridge is to the left of the image). It was known 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. taken to build the church of St. Peter in the East My father, the artist and my mother, the rather reckless lover of nature and the fells. I felt contained in my own skin again, above my head the green tree canopy feeling strangely protective. RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. In the Inclosure Act passed in 1814 for the common fields here When the Community Centre's lower hall was refurbished in 2016 it was named the Brenda Horwood Room. some distance to the south-east of the village. A ceramic plaque, above a bricked-in doorway on the side wall of 202 Abingdon Road (on the corner of Vicarage Road), which says 'RP June 29 1849'. rent of 22s. Its incredible to think that he has flown all the way to from the Congo to visit us this summer. 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 number of martial arts groups run at the Centre for children and adults as well as several yoga groups. The Oxford Building & Investment Company's Grandpont estate map, 1879. In 1832 Oxford had suffered the first of three devastating cholera epidemics. Odd irrational thoughts and perceptions would be dotted around on the pages, as if food for future trains of thought, and doodles and images would appear, which then sometimes turned into paintings. Madam's Lane became subsumed by future housing development, though it remained an open area between the gardens of the houses on the southern side of Vicarage Road and the northern side of Norreys Avenue, until an extension to Green Place was built over part of it in the 1970s. 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. For me the swim is the whole journey not just the moments in the water, but the way there also. Brenda Horwood was involved with the Community Centre for the rest of her life. 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. Catholic. Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. (Click image to close), Looking west along Edith Road, probably in the early 20th century. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. 27) The advowson has till recently followed short distance to the north-east called a plain round-headed north doorway with chamfered Thames and Hinksey Stream was in I also noticed I would write down any world events or current issues such as the plight of those homeless, refugees, terrorist events. There are several old quarries in the western part Image from Carole Newbigging, The Changing Faces of South Oxford and South Hinksey, Book 3 (Robert Boyd Publications, 2003). Piano practice was my first daily practice. 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