South Hinksey, Oxfordshire

Description
Hinksey, South, a village and a parish in Berks. The village stands near the G.W.R., 1 mile SW from Oxford. The parish comprises 897 acres, of which 781 are in Berks and 116 in Oxfordshire; population, 181, or including that portion which is contained in the administrative county borough of Oxford, 1192; of the ecclesiastical parish, 1181. A new village, called New Hinksey, half a mile distant from the old one, which arose in consequence of the opening of the Oxford station, was transferred in 1889 to the city of Oxford, and has a post office under Oxford; money order and telegraph office, Oxford. The Happy Valley, near the old village, affords a charming walk, and was much loved by Dr. Arnold. The view of Oxford, by Turner, was taken from a hill between the villages of South Hinksey and North Hinksey. The conduit built by Otho Nicholson of Christ Church in 1617 to supply Oxford with water, is in the hill-fields above the villages. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £88 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Abingdon's trustees, who are also the lords of the manor. The church, dedicated to St Lawrence, is an ancient building of stone dating partly from the 13th and partly from the 14th centuries. John Piers, Archbishop of York, was a native.