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The cemetery is behind the church in St Cross Road, south of Holywell Manor on Manor Road and north of Longwall Street, in the parish of Holywell.History[edit]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] In 1855, new burials were forbidden at all Oxford city churches, apart from in existing vaults.The cemetery is now a wildlife refuge with many birds (including pheasants that nest there) and butterflies, as well as small and larger mammals, including Muntjac deer and foxes. Hedgehogs are also known to live there.[citation needed]Notable interments and memorials[edit]  “In Memoriam Bullard” memorial stone in Holywell CemeteryA number of well-known people are buried in the cemetery, including:Henry Wentworth Acland,[2] physician and educator, and Sarah Acland,[2] after whom the Acland Home is namedJames Blish, the American expatriate authorSir Reader Bullard and his sons Sir Giles Bullard and Sir Julian Bullard, all diplomatsMaurice 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 WonderlandGeorge Claridge Druce, botanist and Mayor of OxfordHugo Dyson, member of the Inklings[2]Francis Edgeworth, statistician and economistAustin Farrer, Warden of Keble College, OxfordKenneth 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 TownSir Richard Lodge, historianAgnes Catherine Maitland, educationnist, principal at Somerville CollegeMax M\u00fcller, philologist and Orientalist, Fellow at All Souls College, OxfordWalter Pater, essayist and critic[2]Bartholomew Price, Master of Pembroke College, OxfordLord Redcliffe-Maud, civil servant and Master of University College, Oxford, and his wife Jean Redcliffe-MaudJohn Rhys, Principal of Jesus College, OxfordGeorge Rolleston, physician and zoologistJohn Stainer, composer and organist[2]Kenneth Tynan, theatre critic and author[2]Thomas 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 \u2013 two British Army officers of World War I and a Royal Air Force officer of World War II.[7]Friends[edit]A Friends of Holywell Cemetery has been established to raise funds and manage the cemetery.[8]See also[edit]References[edit]Sources[edit]Lack, Alastair (March 2010). “The Valhalla of Oxford”. Oxfordshire Limited Edition. The Oxford Times: 35\u201339.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/holywell-cemetery-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Holywell Cemetery – Wikipedia"}}]}]