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origin. It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige, and probably means "stallion island". It may also mean "island of a man named Hengest", but there is no evidence to link the place to the historical
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Conduit House, a roofed reservoir at Hinksey for Oxford's first water mains, built during the early 17th century
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Gelling, M. (1988). "Towards a Chronology for Early English Place Names". In Hooke, D. (ed.).
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in south Oxford during 1908−15. In 1934, Hinksey Park was laid out in New Hinksey.
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ward Hinksey Park. Here, Hinksey Park itself is an 11-acre park, including an
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Hinxey Hall was located in Oxford during the 14th to 16th centuries.
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is a road in west Oxford. There is also a suburb called
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to the south of the town centre, which contains the
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Index

place name
Oxford
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
county boundary changes
Old English
Hengest

Carfax Conduit
Hinksey Hill
Carfax
Hinksey Halt railway station
New Hinksey
North Hinksey
South Hinksey
Hinksey Stream
River Thames
Hinksey Hill Farm
Hinksey Hill
Ferry Hinksey Road
New Hinksey
Oxford City Council
open-air swimming pool
Abingdon Road
William Turner

John Ruskin
Abingdon
Oxford
Laurence Binyon

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