General Eliott, South Hinksey (General Elliott)

Converted from cottages in 1854 and located in the small picturesque village of South Hinksey, it is only a short walk from Oxford over the footbridge at Hinksey Park (7 minutes from the end of Lake Street, off Abingdon Road. Easy to follow but not lit). Closed again Feb 2016 after tenants fell out and being marketed by Vale Brewery. Named after George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, the hero of the Siege of Gibraltar during the American War of Independence. Robert Graves, a frequenter of the pub in the 1920s, wrote a poem about the General and the pub when he discovered no-one knew who he was. Unfortunately the poem's title is The General Elliott (sic). Council agreed not viable as a public house, especially as Environment Agency putting CPO on car park for Oxford Flood Relief scheme, and planning permission for wholly residential granted 30 January 2019.