Holywell Cemetery
Cemetery in Oxford, England
Holywell Cemetery lies behind St Cross Church in St Cross Road , Oxford , England, south of Holywell Manor on Manor Road and north of Longwall Street , in the parish of Holywell .
History
In the mid-19th century, the graveyards of the six parishes in central Oxford became full, so Merton College made some of its land available to form the cemetery in 1847.
The cemetery was established along with Osney Cemetery and St Sepulchre's Cemetery .[ 1]
The cemetery is now a wildlife refuge with many birds (including pheasants that nest there), butterflies, and small and larger mammals, including muntjac deer and foxes . Hedgehogs are also known to live there.[citation needed
Notable interments and memorials
"In Memoriam Bullard " memorial stone in Holywell Cemetery A number of well-known people are buried in the cemetery, including:
Henry Wentworth Acland ,[ 2] Sarah Acland ,[ 2] Acland Home is namedJames Blish , the American expatriate authorSir Reader Bullard and his sons Sir Giles Bullard and Sir Julian Bullard , all diplomats
Maurice Bowra , Warden of Wadham College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University [ 2] John William Burgon , Dean of Chichester Cathedral [ 2] Theophilus Carter , said to be the model for the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll 's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland George Claridge Druce , botanist and Mayor of OxfordHugo Dyson , member of the Inklings [ 2] Francis Edgeworth , statistician and economistAustin Farrer , Warden of Keble College, Oxford Kenneth Grahame , author of The Wind in the Willows [ 2] Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge , classical historian formerly of Balliol, Hertford and BrasenoseFrancis Llewellyn Griffith , Egyptologist and founder of the Griffith Institute [ 3] Nora Griffith , Egyptologist and founder of the Griffith Institute [ 3] Charles Buller Heberden , Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford UniversityAndrew John Herbertson , geographerWilliam West Jones , Archbishop of Cape Town Sir Richard Lodge , historianAgnes Catherine Maitland , educationnist, principal at Somerville College Max Müller , philologist and Orientalist, Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford Walter Pater , essayist and critic[ 2] Bartholomew Price , Master of Pembroke College, Oxford Lord Redcliffe-Maud , civil servant and Master of University College, Oxford , and his wife Jean Redcliffe-Maud John Rhys , Principal of Jesus College, Oxford George Rolleston , physician and zoologistJohn Stainer , composer and organist[ 2] Kenneth Tynan , theatre critic and author[ 2] Paul Vinogradoff , historianThomas Herbert Warren , President of Magdalen College, Oxford [ 2] Charles Williams , novelist, poet and member of the Inklings[ 2] William Wallace , Scottish philosopherF. H. Bradley , British idealist philosopher[ 4] A. C. Bradley , British literary scholar[ 4] Henry George Woods , President of Trinity College, Oxford [ 5] Margaret Louisa Woods , poet and novelist[ 5] A wooden grave marker that was used to mark the grave of the England Rugby captain Ronald Poulton-Palmer at Ploegsteert wood is affixed to a wall in the cemetery.[ 6]
The cemetery contains three war graves that are maintained and registered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – two British Army officers of World War I and a Royal Air Force officer of World War II .[ 7]
Friends
Friends of Holywell Cemetery has been established to raise funds and manage the cemetery.[ 8]
See also
References
Sources
Lack, Alastair (March 2010). "The Valhalla of Oxford". Oxfordshire Limited Edition . The Oxford Times : 35– 39.
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