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North Hinksey conduit house is a sixteenth-century stone structure located in Berkshire, serving as part of the water supply infrastructure of the Oxford region. The conduit house functioned as a distribution point for piped water, reflecting the investment in hydraulic engineering during the Tudor period. The structure survives as a testament to early modern attempts to provide fresh water to nearby settlements and institutions, demonstrating the technological and administrative sophistication of water management in Renaissance England.
North Hinksey conduit house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015158. View the official record →
North Hinksey conduit house is a sixteenth-century stone structure located in Berkshire, serving as part of the water supply infrastructure of the Oxford region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015158.
North Hinksey conduit house is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015158.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement sites N of Wick Hall (7.1 km), Settlement site E of Goose Acre Farm (7.3 km), Castle mound at Fitzharris (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of North Hinksey conduit house's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
North Hinksey conduit house stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.