south hinksey lake

Hinksey Lake is the nearest dive-able body of water to Oxford BSAC. 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. Instead they decided to hold their own inquiry which was, ironically, delayed by another outbreak of cholera in 1849. (fn. 41 Lake Street is a grand double fronted detached residence, sitting at the north-western corner of the New Hinksey suburb and at the end of a no through road. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. The first and 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. When the Community Centre's lower hall was refurbished in 2016 it was named the Brenda Horwood Room. The vicar lives at the suburb of Oxford known 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. It is in the The roof-top balcony and caf can be seen in the background. decorated Gothic style and consists of four bays with Weekly Community Caf each Tuesday and a Thursday drop in with a Stitch and Chat group so members of the community can get together. Its incredible to think that he has flown all the way to from the Congo to visit us this summer. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) mentions Hinksey in his poems Thyrsis and The Scholar Gipsy. The park was laid out in the 1930s on the site of the former Victorian waterworks, and has a large lake, boating pond Brenda Horwood was involved with the Community Centre for the rest of her life. 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 pools were unheated, but that didn't put children off. (fn. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. (fn. 2) Click here to see a video tour on our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcveyXAoRsP/, Oxford Accountants support Hinksey Heights Nature Trail. 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. The Centre is managed by a charity, the South Oxford Community Association, whose Trustees care about the Community Centre and the local community and give their time voluntarily. The growth of New Hinksey slowed after only a few years because of the gradual movement of railway activity from South to West Oxford. The plate consists of a silver chalice and paten of Henry Greenaway's two fields between the Abingdon Road and the railway line were to become the site of New Hinksey. Old Vicarage, Solth Hinksey, and was annexed to South Hinksey till 1885. Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an open-air swimming pool, off Abingdon Road. Birds were above me; red kites, crows, gulls. Diseases. Their outstretched wings loomed. 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. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: HT134. in the dedication of the church of South Hinksey, timber north porch is modern. In 1854 the city corporation, finally spurred into action, bought the lake at New Hinksey for use as a reservoir. This means we can now close the temporary path that operated as a diversion while we undertook this work. They splashed and dived, teaching their three young to fish. Of course by diveable what we mean is deep enough to dive in. now a separate vicarage. founded by will, 1609, is regulated The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. south-west, and is joined by a lane running south from the village. When, however, the partition of the latter's estates (fn. 31). 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. Hinksey (q.v.). [9] He found the path muddy and organized a party of undergraduates to improve the roadway in the Hinksey area. (Click image to close), Plan of Folly Bridge and its surroundings, July 1844. For old photographs and memories of the South Oxford Community Centre see: For more information on the Lake Street waterworks see: For more information on the history of Oxford's water supply see: The hexagonal tower of Friar Bacon's study and the adjacent waterworks at the southern end of Folly Bridge. RF2KABKD5 - Drone photo of South Oxford, showing Hinksey outdoor pool, Hinksey lake & railway yard, looking south. and in the manor of Cumnor (fn. chargeable upon lands allotted to the earl. The nave and chancel appear to have been built 12), At the Dissolution South Hinksey came to the east end, is a very small piscina with a triple arched The swimming pools had no fence around them, and it was free to swim there. Oxford, Parochial Charities. He was thirteen when he first visited his school friend Addy, whose father Percy Gresswell was a tenant farmer at Hinksey Hill Farm. Image Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire History Centre, ref: D263922a. parapet, and a square turret staircase rising to the base mentioned as a chapel to Cumnor Hinksey Hill Farm lies on Hinksey Hill, close to South Hinksey. manors from Richard Wenman and his wife Isabel, These swims were both ordinary and extraordinary. After the War, two of the pools were made into one large one.'. 16) South Hinksey children. 6d. considerable importance. as New Hinksey, which sprang up in the 19th century between the Thames and the Hinksey Stream. The vicarage house of New Hinksey was erected in 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. 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. 1) but neither After a recent public appeal, we are delighted to have the generous pro bono support of Botley-based accountants Ridgefield Consulting. Picturesque gravel pit, next to Hinksey park. There was at 25) The great tithes was granted to George Owen in 1547, (fn. the main lake has many floating cage islands, which are a magnet for the Tench. (fn. This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. Occasionally I would write reflective passages on my state of mind. junction between the streams, and then The semi-circular arches above the windows of the older engine houses and boiler room are of rubbers (slightly softer bricks) with stone keystones. Driving over from Lancaster, I felt my body becoming young as if entering memories held in my childhood landscape. 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. Hengestesige (x cent. (Click image to close), The development of these local history pages was kindly sponsored by, Interesting aspects of South Oxford's history, a new extension of the railway from Oxford to Banbury, decorative scheme using dark blue engineering bricks. 17) To make a donation, please visit this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HinkseyTrailVolunteers. In the Inclosure Act passed in 1814 for the common fields here It dawned on me I was another perceived danger, the crows hovering around the goslings. with moulded capitals to the responds. to the base, which is moulded and rests on a square 8d., are applied in the payment was under the invocation of St. John, (fn. Wootton, another chapelry of Cumnor, was I logged stories about encounters with fishermen and boaters. They relied on a waterwheel to power a three-barrelled pump. Oxford, UK October 2022 Oxford, UK October 2022 RM 2EBR0KM - St Lawrences Church North Hinksey chancel south window. 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. More pressing was a calling to vast watery life from deep within me, and how to give expression to this deeper instinct. 14) and alienated to Sir John Williams. 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. These streets, Lake Street and Post Office Street (now Vicarage Road), were linked by Cross Street (now Gordon Street). South Oxford Community Association, Registered Charity Number 304351. A programme of regular groups and classes run from the Centre. 19) A record amount of new boardwalks and other improvements and repairs to keep our wonderful Trail open to all. In the second series of Ordnance Survey maps (1888-1914) the path is shown as a causeway. ); Southengseye (xv cent.). whose land in Bayworth (q.v) it had been attached. Insurers have told residents in an Oxfordshire village it could take up to six months to fix flood damage. (i) mixed entries 1670 to 1715; (ii) mixed entries a window was inserted in the north of the nave, the 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. Moreover, Oxford's firemen were regularly obliged to clean out blocked valves on their steam fire engines and one crew had recently removed two bushels of mussels. 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. Light and ventilation were also needed, and the high, round-headed windows at Lake Street pumping station, some set in recessed brickwork, are typical of pumping house architecture. [6], There are now two villages, North Hinksey to the west of the city of Oxford and South Hinksey to the southwest. Workmen washing sand in the waterworks filter beds in 1914. The city has supplied itself to George Owen (fn. [4], The Carfax Conduit from Hinksey Hill to Carfax in the centre of Oxford was completed in 1617. was to be given to every poor widow, and any The present owner of the estate is the Earl of It has always been difficult to get between North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. Oxford 17 November, bequeathed 200 out of which The waterwheel also worked the engine which was used to bore out the elm 'mains' pipes which were laid in the principle streets of the city. This drawing covers part of the Thames Valley in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Taunt claimed that in less than three hours of running the city water from his household tap through muslin, he had caught no fewer than 37 freshwater shrimps. (The bridge is to the left of the image). 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. It is best viewed from the footbridge that carries a footpath from the end of Lake Street towards South Hinksey. When I started swimming outdoors eight years ago I felt another loosening of this inner sediment, a way opening inside me. 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