- South Hinksey
South Hinksey is a small
village andcivil parish , just off theOxford ring road (A34) south-west of the city ofOxford in the English county ofOxfordshire (formerlyBerkshire ).The only vehicular access is via the ring road. It is on the inside of the ring road and close to the
Hinksey Stream , a branch of theRiver Thames at Oxford. Pedestrian and cycle access to the village from Oxford is via the "Devil's Backbone", a historic raised pathway across the neighbouring flood plains that features in Matthew Arnold's poem "The Scholar Gypsy".It has always been difficult to get between
North Hinksey to the north-west and South Hinksey. In Victorian times,John Ruskin tried to organize making a road between the two villages, since the ground was very swampy between them. Nowadays, they are connected by the ring road.See also
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Hinksey
*Hinksey Stream
*New Hinksey
*North Hinksey External links
* [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/churches/south_hinksey.html Berkshire History website information]
* [http://www.southhinksey.co.uk/ South Hinksey village website]
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