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Coordinates: 51°4728N 1°1623W / 51.791°N 1.273°W / 51.791; -1.273
 

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Wolvercote Cemetery chapel

Wolvercote Cemetery is a cemetery in the parish of Wolvercote and district of CuttesloweinOxford, England. Its main entrance is on Banbury Road and it has a side entrance in Five Mile Drive. It has a funeral chapel, public toilets and a small amount of car parking. It was awarded plaques as a category winner of 'Cemetery of the Year' in 1999 and 2001.

The cemetery was opened in 1889 and now contains more than 15,000 burials. Along with the other Oxford public cemeteries it was expected to be full before 2021.[1]

Sections[edit]

The cemetery has a number of sections for individual religions or ethnicities, including Baháʼí, Muslim, Jewish (first section dedicated 1894; extension 2000), Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, Polish Roman Catholic, other Roman Catholic (the section in which the Tolkiens are buried) and Quakers.

There is an area for the burial of cremated remains, one for green burials and another for the burial of stillborns and infants.

Notable interments[edit]

Grave of J. R. R. and Edith Tolkien

Many notable people are buried in Wolvercote Cemetery, including many former academics of the University of Oxford.

War graves[edit]

The cemetery includes the war graves of 44 Commonwealth service personnel: 21 from World War I and 23 from World War II.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bannerman, Lucy (22 May 2019). "Oxford cemeteries face grave dilemma". The Times. London.
  • ^ Gilmour, Lauren; Shuffrey, Margaret (2003). J.A. Shuffrey 1857–1939: An Oxford artist's Life Remembered. Rural Publications. p. 53. ISBN 0-9544858-0-7.
  • ^ "Wolvercote Cemetery". Cemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Breakdown of figures obtained from casualties record. Date accessed 22 August 2012.
  • External links[edit]

    51°47′28N 1°16′23W / 51.791°N 1.273°W / 51.791; -1.273


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