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  Binsey to Skiddaw Cumbria
I parked the car in the lane by the side of Binsey Lodge, on the eastern side of Binsey.
It is an interesting little summit anyway and you have to visit the cairn on the subsidiary summit a short distance away; the view might have been good if Skiddaw had not been completely obscured by mist.
I climbed Binsey and was back at the car within forty minutes; it is the only fell that I haven't managed to build a route around and I drove to my next starting point.
www.thecumbriadirectory.com /Walks/Binsey_to_Skiddaw/Binsey_to_Skiddaw.php   (1739 words)

  
  Looney Binsey, 15/12/2004
The only road into Binsey is the lane to the south (over 1,5km in length) which starts to flood in a 1 in 5 year storm event.
Binsey Lane has no footpaths or street lighting and I saw that the path across the Thames is in places muddy and uneven under foot with a narrow bridge to negotiate.
Binsey Conservation Area was designated in 1981, in the Council's words as a response to the survival and timeless beauty of the village and its green.
www.btinternet.com /~akme/binsey09.html   (3967 words)

  
 Binsey, Oxfordshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Binsey is a small village just to the west of Oxford, England, in modern times encompassed within the city's ring road.
She had fled to Binsey in a bid to escape marriage to a king of Mercia, whose pursuit of her was halted when he was struck blind at the gates of Oxford.
Frideswide's prayers brought forth a healing spring, whose waters cured his blindness, and the spring was walled into a shallow well which became something of a focus for pilgrimage, the mediaeval sense of the word 'Treacle' meaning 'healing unguent'.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Binsey,_Oxfordshire   (294 words)

  
 Looney Binsey, 22/4/2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The plans, described by a group calling themselves The Binsey Residents Association as "not practical for an affordable housing" were rejected by Oxford City Council, for the second time in as many years.
The refusal stemmed from advice given by the Environment Agency, as Binsey is situated within a major flood plain.
In addition to this, Binsey residents are opposing the move on cultural and nostalgic grounds.
www.btinternet.com /~akme/binsey41.html   (468 words)

  
 Binsey poplars - Favorite poems: an ongoing series of poems, with commentary, as selected by Century editors Christian ...
Binsey poplars felled 1879 My aspens dear, whose airy cages quelled, Quelled or quenched in leaves the leaping sun, All felled, felled, are all felled; Of a fresh and following folded rank Not spared, not one That dandled a sandalled Shadow that swam or sank On meadow and river and wind-wandering weed-winding bank.
I'M A PUSHOVER for poignancy, and Hopkins's "Binsey Poplars" is rife with it.
Although not as explicitly religious as most of his nature poems, "Binsey Poplars" nonetheless is illustrative of Hopkins's acute concern about the countless ways that humankind has sullied God's creation.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_9_120/ai_101339455   (435 words)

  
 Binsey Treacle Well   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In fact a visitor to Binsey in the 1850s recorded that the spring was lost and the neighbouring peasantry knew nothing of the well.
Fortunately this situation was remedied by the Vicar, the Reverend Thomas Prout, a Christ Church don, who rediscovered the spring in 1857 and fully restored the yell in 1874.
The two must not be confused according to the older residents of the village for whereas the `treacle' well is the healing well, the `treacle mines' were a different proposition.
ox18.net /talesoxbinsey.htm   (520 words)

  
 The Binsey Poplars
There once was an avenue of mighty Poplars, each 100 feet high with 6 foot wide trunks, running along the bank of the Thames between Oxford and the village of Binsey.
But they will be replanted in turn, and the glorious Thames bank at Binsey will remain, a monument to man's wise stewardship of nature.
I've just discovered that Hopkins was outraged to later discovered that the poplars had been used to make brake shoes for the Great Western railway.
www.igreens.org.uk /binsey_poplars.htm   (316 words)

  
 Searching the Thames: Binsey
Gerda, bless her, takes me on a detour to the tiny hamlet of Binsey.
This was the home of Miss Prickett (the Red Queen), governess to Alice Liddell, or Alice in Wonderland.
Binsey Church must be one of the few remaining unspoiled churches in the country.
www.thames-search.com /binsey.html   (611 words)

  
 Binsey
Binsey Lodge, along the main path to the summit, straight on to the subsidiary summit to the north west, then returning along the contour round the southern side, back to Binsey Lodge
Harry, her 12 month old cousin, was of course able to cope with anything, but Binsey seemed a good choice for everyone, so we met up with them in the lay-by near Binsey Lodge.
Binsey has a subsidiary Summit on an outcrop, and we decided to walk out there, to make the walk into a circular walk of sorts, and also to give David ideas for his fell-running.
www.blencathra.org /walks/20050117.htm   (967 words)

  
 Oxford, Binsey, Godstow and Wolvercote
This goes to the village of Binsey, whereat is the Perch, a CAMRA award winning pub which does good food.
Leaving Binsey behind, the path makes it leisurely way to Godstow lock.
I've taken boats on the Thames myself (though not getting this far up), so I wasn't perhaps quite as riveted as some other onlookers, preferring instead to read the story-boards.
dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/avenue/pd49/places/godstow/godstow.html   (1170 words)

  
 UK Indymedia | Binsey, Oxford. Historic site under threat of development by Oxford college   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Binsey was where Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland, Gerald Manley Hopkins wrote about the Binsey Poplars and a historic site of pilgrimage for St Frideswide, patron saint of Oxford.
The grounds for refusal were that the development would put additional households at risk of flooding, thus placing a further burden on the emergency services.
In December 2001 and January 2003, Binsey was cut off by the floods.
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/regions/oxford/2004/04/289319.html   (573 words)

  
 Essay: Poem Analysis: Binsey Poplars, Author of Poem: G.M. Hopkins. - Coursework.Info
Essay: Poem Analysis: Binsey Poplars, Author of Poem: G.M. Hopkins.
Niels Looije Poem Analysis: Binsey Poplars Author of Poem: G.M. Hopkins The poet mourns the cutting of the poplar trees, whose delicate beauty is not only conveyed in their appearance, but in the way they created "airy cages" to catch the sunlight.
These lovely trees, Hopkins grieves, have all been "felled." This may insinuate that Hopkins is disappointed in the human race because they fail to realize the consequences of their actions The diction used in the poem is closely related to flora and nature, but is generally in a negative sense.
www.coursework.info /I_B_/World_Literature/Poem_Analysis_Binsey_Poplars_Author_of_Poem_G_M_L57217.html   (287 words)

  
 24th November 2006
Binsey summit with Criffel between the cairn and trig point
Criffel and the Solway from some of the old cairns and shelters on Binsey summit
Binsey from the foot of Bass Lake - still in sun but not for long
www.madaboutmountains.com /61124.htm   (179 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Binsey Walk Guide | Binsey Walk London, SE2, England, UK | London Streets by Street
Binsey Walk is located in the borough of Bexley
Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop.
The nearest underground station to Binsey Walk is 'Becontree ' which is about 87 minutes to the North East.
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/binsey_walk_d1f.html   (70 words)

  
 Binsey, St Margaret of Antioch, Binsey, Oxfordshire | Diocese of Oxford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Binsey, St Margaret of Antioch, Binsey, Oxfordshire
Diocese of Oxford » binsey, st margaret of antioch, binsey
Binsey church is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, who,
www.achurchnearyou.com /venue.php?V=281   (163 words)

  
 St. Frideswide of Oxfordshire: Folklore of Fact?
Tradition says the deserted medieval village of Seacourt had twenty-two inns to house the vast numbers of pilgrims visiting Binsey (excavation has shown there was only actually one).
Recent excavations at Binsey have revealed an Iron-Age/Early Saxon enclosure surrounding St. Margaret's Church which is consistent with the name Thorn-bury, the Thorny Fort.
Thus the later Binsey connection, as put forward by the Berkshire tale, is perhaps given some credence.
www.britannia.com /history/legend/berks/frideswide02.html   (1237 words)

  
 Binsey, followed by a evening visit to Castlerigg Stonecircle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This is a gentle uphill walk over grass but somewhat longer than first appearances suggest; the summit is not in view from Binsey Lodge.
Cross the stile over the wall to the left of the Sheep Pen and follow the wide sketchy track uphill to reach the top.
Bakestall, Skiddaw & Ullock Pike from Binsey Lodge
www.iwcam.gothere.uk.com /ldcam/HTML-JavaFiles/2004Walks/040609.htm   (550 words)

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