# Hinksey Stream > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hinksey_Stream > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hinksey_Stream.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinksey_Stream > Source revision: 1334908090 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Stream in Oxfordshire, England The stream at North Hinksey. Bridge over Hinksey Stream. **Hinksey Stream** is a branch of the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) to the west of the city of [Oxford](/source/Oxford), [England](/source/England). It starts as **Seacourt Stream** (also known as **Wytham Stream**), which leaves the Thames at a [bifurcation](/source/River_bifurcation) north of the village of [Wytham](/source/Wytham), and rejoins the river south of the city near [Kennington](/source/Kennington%2C_Oxfordshire). ## Course ### Seacourt Stream From the bifurcation Seacourt Stream flows south past Wytham and under the [A34](/source/A34_road) [Oxford Ring Road](/source/Oxford_Ring_Road). Near the site of the lost village of [Seacourt](/source/Seacourt) Botley Stream branches off Seacourt Stream on its left bank, and flows 0.8 km to enter [Bulstake Stream](/source/Bulstake_Stream).[1] Seacourt Stream then flows under [Botley Road](/source/Botley_Road) and enters Bulstake Stream near [North Hinksey](/source/North_Hinksey). Seacourt Stream is 12.7 km long.[1] ### Hinksey Stream Hinksey Stream branches off Seacourt Stream on its right bank just before the confluence with Bulstake Stream. It flows between the village of [South Hinksey](/source/South_Hinksey) to the west and the suburb of [New Hinksey](/source/New_Hinksey) to the east. It flows under the [Oxford Ring Road](/source/Oxford_Ring_Road) near its junction with the [Abingdon Road](/source/Abingdon_Road) ([A4144](/source/A4144_road)). Shortly afterwards it is joined on its left bank by Weirs Mill Stream, another branch of the Thames, 2.1 km long, which leaves the river just north of [Donnington Bridge](/source/Donnington_Bridge). Hinksey Stream joins the Thames just above [Kennington Railway Bridge](/source/Kennington_Railway_Bridge).[2] The [Thames Path](/source/Thames_Path) crosses Hinksey Stream on a footbridge at this point. A ferry used to operate between [Ferry Hinksey Road](/source/Ferry_Hinksey_Road), off the Botley Road in west Oxford, and North Hinksey, former known as [Ferry Hinksey](/source/Ferry_Hinksey). This ceased operation in 1928 and the two are now linked by bridges. Hinksey Stream is 4.2 km long.[1] ## Boundary In [Anglo-Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon_England) times Seacourt Stream formed part of the border between [Mercia](/source/Mercia) and [Wessex](/source/Wessex), and until 1974 it was part of the boundary between [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) and [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire). In the 16th century the stream was known as Shire Lake.[3] Downstream of North Hinksey the boundary between Berkshire and Oxfordshire was Hogacre Stream (or Hogacre Ditch), a branch of Bulstake Stream which runs parallel to Hinksey Stream and joins it after 1.9 km. Between 1889 (when [Grandpont](/source/Grandpont) and New Hinksey were absorbed into Oxfordshire) and 1974, Hinksey Stream was the boundary south of its confluence with Hogacre Stream. ## See also - [List of rivers of England](/source/List_of_rivers_of_England) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-flood_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-flood_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-flood_1-2) [Oxford Area Flood Information Guidance Booklet](http://www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/75393OxfordAreaFloodInformationGuidanceBooklet.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111214181948/http://www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/75393OxfordAreaFloodInformationGuidanceBooklet.pdf) 14 December 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), pages 37–38. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Oxford, Chipping Norton and Bicester (Landranger Maps)* (D1 ed.), [Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey), 2006, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-319-22913-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-319-22913-2) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Crossley, Alan; [Elrington, C.R. (eds.)](/source/Christopher_Elrington); Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Hassall, T.G.; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). [*A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 4*](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22806). Victoria County History. pp. 260–264. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: |first2= has generic name ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name)) ## External links - [Oxford Area Flood Map](http://www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/75395OxfordAreaFloodMap.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111214181558/http://oxford.gov.uk/Direct/75395OxfordAreaFloodMap.pdf) 14 December 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Next confluence upstream River Thames Next confluence downstream River Cherwell (north) Hinksey Stream River Ock (south) [51°43′18″N 1°14′34″W / 51.7216°N 1.2429°W / 51.7216; -1.2429](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hinksey_Stream¶ms=51.7216_N_1.2429_W_type:river_region:GB) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hinksey Stream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinksey_Stream) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinksey_Stream?action=history)). 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