Holywell Cemetery, Oxford
Introduction
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Holywell Cemetery, Oxford
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 31 Jul 2013
In the mid C19th, when the graveyards of the six parishes in central Oxford became full, Merton College made a plot of land available in 1847 to form this cemetery. This lodge was built in 1850 for an anticipated line of successive keepers. The secured gate on the right leads to some adjacent Halls of Residence, whereas the cemetery gate is to the photographer's right. In fact the wooden entrance gate is easy to miss as a result of it being set back from the normal building line on St Cross Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.755684
Longitude
-1.248053