478 NOTES ON FISHING WATERS. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



THE Thames, the Isis, the Ckerwell, the Ouse, the Etenlode, and the 

 fFijM&ttift, are the chief rivers of this county. The Isis flows in a 

 north-easterly direction to Oxford, receiving in its way the Windrush 

 and the Ecenlode, as also a smaller stream, which forms the great lake 

 in Woodstock Park ; at Oxford, it divides itself into various small 

 channels, which soon after re-unite, and a little below the meads of 

 Christchurch, the Cherwell joins it, and flows through Magdalen 

 Bridge to Abiugdon, and thence to Dorchestei*, where being joined 

 by the Thame, which descends from the central part of Bucks, helps 

 to form the unrivalled Thames. In all these rivers there are a few 

 good trout, and abundance of pike, pearch, eels, and common fish, 

 and the rud is plentiful where the Ckerwell and the Isis join. 



The following useful hints on the fishing waters of Oxford and its vicinity 

 have been obligingly communicated by two gentlemen of the University. 



Passing over Pangbourne, Goring, and Wallingford, all well known 

 as good angling stations, we arrive at Didcot by the Great Western 

 Railway, and then crossing to Abingdon Road station, we are within 

 a mile of a pleasant village called CLIFTON HAMPDEN or CLIFTON 

 FERRY, where downwards towards WAY'S LOCK, and upwards towards 

 APPLEFORD, there is excellent fishing (especially trolling), the river 

 abounding here with large pike. Clifton Lock Pool is noted for the 

 size and quantity of its pearch and barbel. Seven miles further on is 

 OXFORD, where the angler will find every accommodation in the way of 

 punts, men and baits, at moderate charges. From Oxford to IFFLEY, 

 and thence to KENNINGTON ISLAND, which is within a mile of it, there 

 is capital fishing, and two good houses of entertainment, famous for 

 fried and stewed eels. At SANDFORD FERRY is a celebrated pool called 

 Sandford-LocJc Pool, in which are many very heavy pike, barbel, trout, 

 &c. A pike was killed spinning in this pool on the 13th of the present 

 month (May, 1856), weighing nineteen pounds and a half. At and near 

 NUNEHAM (the seat of the late Archbishop of York), the river abounds 

 with fish, and affords excellent fly-fishing for chub. Iffley is 1^ miles, 

 Kennington Island 2 miles, Sandford 3 miles, and Nuneham Q\ miles 

 from Oxford. 



Beyond Oxford, at GODSTOW, called par excellence the trout Godstoiv, a 

 beautiful walk of about two miles across Port Meadow, there is capital 

 fishing, and at the King^s weir and the stream thereabouts, the best trol- 

 ling perhaps in the county of Oxford. In the pool, in front of the house, 

 are some heavy trout ; indeed, large trout are occasionally found in all 

 the lode-pools and weir-holes in this part of the Thames ; but there are no, 

 so to say, trout streams in the immediate vicinity of Oxford. A little 

 beyond Godstow, 5 miles from Oxford, is ENSHAM BRIDGE, SKINNER'S 

 WEIR, and BABLOCK HYTHE (famous for its roach fishing), all places 

 affording good sport as well as accommodation to the angler. 



At LECHLADE, 7 miles from Oxford, and 6 from the Farringdon-road 

 station, is very excellent fishing and a comfortable house of entertain- 

 ment, called the " Fish," at Tadpole Bridge. This spot is well adapted 



