Wolvercote Cemetery
OxfordA Victorian cemetery on Oxford's northern edge where J.R.R. Tolkien and Isaiah Berlin are buried.
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Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 8EE
Quick facts
The cemetery opened in 1889 and holds more than 15,000 burials.
J.R.R. Tolkien is buried here with his wife Edith and their eldest son John, and the philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin is also buried here.
It won Cemetery of the Year plaques in 1999 and 2001.
Address
Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 8EE
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