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St Sepulchre's Cemetery is a cemetery located on Walton Street,

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, central

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. The cemetery was opened in 1848 as a cemetery for the Oxford parishes of St Giles, St Paul, St Michael, and St Mary Magdalen. It was founded because all the other existing Oxford cemeteries were overcrowded after many hundreds of years of burials; two other cemeteries,

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and

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, were also opened at the same time, to cater to the other eight Oxford parishes. In 1855, new burials were forbidden in all Oxford churchyards, with burials only to take place in existing vaults. However, this order seems to have been ignored; by 1887 the cemetery was supposedly so full that bones were littered between graves. The last new grave was dug in 1944, as St Sepulchre's finally stopped accepting new burials in 1945. After 1945, the cemetery deteriorated significantly; the gatehouse was sold as a private house and the chapel demolished in 1970. In 2004, St Sepulchre's was added to the

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, and in 2005 the group "Friends of St Sepulchre's" was created to uphold the cemetery. The cemetery was formerly surrounded on two sides by the Eagle Ironworks, which shut down in 2005 and has since been replaced by apartments. The cemetery is listed Grade II on the

Notable internments

A number of well-known people are buried in the cemetery, including: *

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and benefactor of St Barnabas Church, both nearby. *

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and Master of Balliol College. *

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Friends of St Sepulchre's Cemetery, with biographies of many people buried here

Oxford Guide information

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Sepulchre's Cemetery 1848 establishments in England Cemeteries in Oxford Grade II listed parks and gardens in Oxfordshire Anglican cemeteries in the United Kingdom Christianity in Oxford

Notable internments

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