GENUKI: North Hinksey, Berkshire

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"NORTH HINKSEY, (or Ferry Hinksey), a parish in the hundred of Hormer, county Berks, 2 miles W. of Oxford, and 5 N. of Abingdon. This place was anciently called Hengestseigge, and was given in 955 to Abingdon Abbey. It includes part of the tything of Botley, and until recently (1726) formed a chapelry in the parish of Cumnor. The village, which is small and wholly agricultural, is situated on the western bank of the Isis. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1776. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Oxford, value £92. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, has two Norman doorways.

"NORTH HINKSEY VILLAGE, a village in the parish of North Hinksey, hundred of Hormer, county Berks."

Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards from Berkshire FHS (members only) and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.

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Archives & Libraries

In addition to those listed on the Berkshire home page, see the Research Wiki from Family Search (the Church of Latter-day Saints (Genealogical Society of Utah))

Cemeteries

**Anglican**
St Lawrence, North Hinksey, Church of England

**Cemeteries**
Botley Cemetary, Botley, Cemetery

Churches

**Anglican**
St Lawrence, North Hinksey, Church of England
St Peter & St Paul, Botley, Church of England

**Baptist**
Botley Baptist, Botley, Baptist

**Cemeteries**
Botley Cemetary, Botley, Cemetery

**Roman Catholic**
Holy Rood, North Hinksey, Roman Catholic
Our Lady of the Rosary, North Hinksey, Roman Catholic

Church History

Further information about some of the churches can be found below:

Historic Churches of Berkshire

British Listed Buildings Online

Images of England

Victoria County History of Berkshire

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland

Church Records

Parochial and non-parochial church registers

Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

Ask for a calculation of the distance from North Hinksey to another place.

Historical Geography

North Hinksey was in the hundred of Hormer

History

See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings

Royal Berkshire History

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP498045 (Lat/Lon: 51.737003, -1.280223), North Hinksey which are provided by:

OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
Bing (was Multimap)
Old Maps Online
National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

North Hinksey was in the Abingdon Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.