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Leach Charles N athaniel, Fox P.H
R ivers W illiam , blacksm
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W ells Jn. beer retlr. L it. H ungerford
Lowe John W orthington, grocer
Robinson G eorge, Fox & Hounds P.H . W ernham Edward, farm er, Fence frm
M erritt Charles, b utcher
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N O R T H o r F E R R Y H I N K S E Y (anciently “ Hen- and bears a shield of the Tudors. Th e ground at the
gestesige,' from the m ythical chieftain H en gist), w ith back of the church, a t first a farm yard, rises rapidly
the ham let of Botley, form a parish on the western into a p ark-like em inence, th ic k ly wooded with fine
Isis, in the "N orthern
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Hormer hundred, Abingdon p etty sessional division and i ground
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an exceedingly
good, view
— > Oxford
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H inksey
The village of N orth H inksey is i m ile west from pleasant p ath across the fields, and a ferry across a
Oxford and 5J m iles north from Abingdon. Th e church sm all feeder of the Isis un ites it to a causew ay leading
of S t. Law rence, situated on an em inence at th e north through the meadows into the B otley road. The R igh t
end of the village and form erly a chapel of ease to Hon. Lew is H arcourt M .P. who is lord of the m anor,
Curnnor, is a plain b u ild in g of stone in the m ixed and Brasenose College, Oxford, are the p rin cipal lan d­
styles, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and owners. The soil is chiefly stone brash, clay, gra vel,
a western tower of E arly Norm an date, w ith a p yra­ peat and lo a m ; subsoil on th e hills is lim estone, in
midal roof and containing 4 b e lls : the south door­ the valley peat and clay. T h e crops are the usual
way is a fine specim en of E arly Norm an, and on the c e re a ls ; the low lands are chiefly m eadow. T he parish
south side of the chancel is a low side window of the com prises 797 ac re s; rateable value, £ 1 ,4 7 0 ; th e popu­
same d a te; on the north side of the chancel is an lation in 1911 was 225 in the c iv il and 657 in the
arched recess, w ith zigzag m oulding, probably a blocked
ecclesiastical parish
A portion of the parish was tran s­
hagiosco p e; in the church is a m em orial to Thom as ferred to S t. A ldate, O xford, M arch 25, 1885, by Local
W illis (father of the celebrated Dr. W illis, and ancestor
G overn m en t Board O rder 18,178, for c iv il purposes.
of Browne W illis, the antiquary), who died in the Royal
B O T L E Y is a h am let th ree -quarters of a m ile north
cause at the siege of O xford, A u g. 4, 1643; an in­
scription on the m onum ent of W illiam Finm ore, fellow from H inksey ch urch , p artly in th is parish and p artly
of St. John’s College, O xford, who died in 1647, begins in Cum nor. B otley bridge, crossing a trib u ta ry of the
thus : “ Reader, look at th y fe e t ; honest and loyal men Tsis, stands on the extended boundary westward of the
are sleeping under them ! ” there are other m em orials c ity of Oxford. S t. P a u l’s, a chapel of ease to F erry
to the same fa m ily ; in the churchyard near the porch H in ksey church, is a tem porary zin c stru ctu re, and
is a fine old yew and at the east’ end the steps and seats 250; the ch u rch stands on ground given by the
shaft of a c ro s s ; this old church, w ith its ru stic su r­ E arl of Abingdon. H ere is a B ap tist chapel.
A new cem etery, under th e control of the Corporation,
roundings, is one of the m ost picturesq ue in the
neighbourhood of Oxford, and has been repeatedly of the c ity of Oxford, of the exten t of 8 acres 3 roods,,
sketched by the late M r. Ruskin and other a r t is t s ; was opened on 12th M arch, 1894. I t contains onethere are 160 sittin gs. The reg ister dates from the m ortu ary chapel.
year 1703. The liv in g is a vicarage, net Yearly value Post Office, B otley.— W illiam Isaac H em m ings, subpostm aster. L e tters arrive through Oxford at 7.20.
£230, derived from 64 acres of glebe and £200 from the
а.m . & 1.35 p .m . ; Sundays, 6.20 a.m . ; dispatched at
E cclesiastical Com m issioners, w ith residence, in the
9.5 a.m . & 2.35, 8 & 10.43 P m -; Sundays, 10.40 p.m .
g ift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1910 by the
Th e nearest m oney order office is at Osney & tele­
Rev. Osborne M ills Jones B .A . of London U niversity.
graph office at O xford railw ay station, 1 m ile distan t
The village contains one or two ancient houses, and on
the road to B otley are some others, one of w hich retains W all L e tte r B oxes.— New B otley, cleared at 9.15 a.m . &
2.45, 6.30, 8.20 & 10.20 p .m . ; sunday, 10.35 a m - &
a m antel-piece of the 16th century, and another a
10.50 p .m . ; N orth H inksey, cleared at 7.25 a.m . Sc
ceiling of E a rly Tudor d a te ; near these, in the road,
б.5 p.m . ;Sundays, 10.5 a . m . ; B otley Pound, cleared
are the rem ains of a cross; eastw ard of the village a
at 9 a.m . & 2, 7.45 & 10.35 P m - 5 Sundays, 10.35 P m
pathway leads up the h ill to a conduit, constructed by
Otho Nicholson, to supply the conduit form erly stand­ County Police Station, John M artin, constable, B otley
ing a t C arfax, in Oxford, and now in Nuneham park ; Elem entary School, founded in 1867, & enlarged 1894,.
it is a b uttressed edifice of stone, about 18 ft. square, | for 100 c h ild re n ; M iss M ay Mohan, m istress
NORTH H IN K S E Y .
H aym an C harles, Old Botley
Hem m ings W illiam Isaac, m arket
Jones Rev. Osborne .Mills B .A. (vicar) Read Joseph Barnes
gardener, & post office, Old B otley
The Vicarage
Venables John, W illowdene
Hill Charles, builder, B otley pound
R aleigh S irW alter M .A .T he H angings
Howitt Geo. A. farm r.T he E lm s frm
C O M M E R C IA L .
T ilb y W illiam F rancis, Priory
Parker G eorge, assistan t overseer
W iggs C harles, H illside
Bidgood Percival Fras. insurance ag t Phillips A lfred Henry, Carpenters*
Greening W m. farm er, H inksey hill Botley C em etery (O xford C orpora­
A rm s P.H
tion) (W illiam W h ite, supt)
Hedges A. (exors.
of), farm ers,
Surm an W illiam , baker
Manor farm
Bull W illiam A lfred, shopkeeper
NEW BO TLEY.
Hedges W illiam , b utcher, College fm C arey E rn est G eorge, grocer
Ovenell H enry, The Fishes inn
C urtis John & Sons, m illw rig h ts & Barson E m m a (M iss), shopkeeper
engineers
Barson
G
eorge,
natu ralist
BO TLEY.
C urtis Stephen Henry, farm er,Sw eat- Blackwell E sth er (M iss), dress m akr
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S.
m an’s farm
Isles C harles, insurance agent
A llan Vernon, E lm s lodge
C urtis W m . farm er,H utchoom b’s fm
Charlton A lfred John, H arm sworth Daniels F rederick, m iller & G eorge Isles Daniel, insurance agen t
Jenkins W illiam , dairym an
C urtis E rn est E. Kenilw orth
inn, Old B otley
Messenger G eorge, shopkeeper
C urtis Frank Robert. Briardene
Hancox Spencer, Black Horse P.H
Payne G eorge W illiam , grocer
CuTtis John T. N orth lodge
H edderlv F rederick W illiam (M rs.), Penny Frank, laundry
C urtis W illiam J. Seacourt villa
farm er, T ilb u ry S tu d farm
Soanes W illiam , hurdle m aker
S O T J T H H I N K S E Y is a parish one m ile south still re m a in ; the chancel windows were altered and
from Oxford and 5J m iles north from A bingdon, and enlarged early in the 18th c en tu ry ; in the south wall
is in the Northern division erf the countv, hundred of
is a curious double piscina, and there is one m em orial
Hormer,
county
court
d istrict of Oxford, p etty w in dow : the church affords 120 s it t in g s : in the
sessional division and union of Abingdon, ru ral deanery
churchyard are the rem ains of a cross, p resum ably of
of Oxford, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese of
the 15th century. The reg ister dates from th e year
Oxford. The G reat W estern railw ay passes on the
1669, th e pages relatin g to burials up to the year 1693
border of the parish. The church of S t. Lawrence is being m issing. The livin g is a vicarage, n et vearly
a b uilding of stone p a rtly of the 13th and p artly of
value £200, w ith 16 acres of glebe and residence, in the
the 14th century, consisting of chancel, nave, north
g ift of the Bishop of O xford, and held since 1900 by
porch and a w estern tower, w ith plain parapet, con­
the Rev. W illiam W ellesley Gordon Lloyd M .A. of St.
taining 3 bells, two of w hich are crack ed ; on the John's College, Oxford, who resides at New H inksev.
sm allest is the inscription, “ V ox A u g u stin i sonet in The livin g origin ally belonged to th e A bbey of A b in g ­
aure Dei,” on the second, u Sancta M argareta ora don, afterw ards it becam e a chapelry of C um nor, from
pro n o b is :” the nave has a good plain open-tim bered which it was separated about 1750, and was subse­
roof; the chancel is divided from the nave by a
quently annexed, un til 1885. to the vicarage of W ootton.
T , ? V nd lo w , arch ' n,ot m °re than 6ft. Sin. in w idth, A
Anew
cost of
new vicarage
vicarage house
house was
wasbnilt
b u ilt in 1888,'
1888,’ at
at aa cost
and there are traces of a rood lo ft, the stairs to which I ¿3,055, from designs b y Mr.
H. W . M oire arch itect!

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