View of Osney Cemetery.Lych gate entrance to the cemetery.
The cemetery was established in Oxford in 1848, along with Holywell Cemetery and St Sepulchre's Cemetery,[1] because central Oxford churchyards were becoming full. In 1855, new burials were forbidden at all Oxford city churches, apart from in existing vaults.
Each of these three new parish cemeteries provided an extension to the churchyards for a specific group of nearby churches, with each church having its own area. Osney Cemetery covered the four ancient parishes of St Aldate's, St Ebbe’s, St Peter-le-Bailey, and St Thomas, and the new parish of Holy Trinity, which had been taken out of St Ebbe’s parish in 1845. The burials in Osney Cemetery are recorded in the parish register for each of these churches just as if they had taken place in its actual churchyard. From 1872 the dead of the new church of St Frideswide, whose parish had been taken out of that of St Thomas, were also buried in Osney Cemetery.
Christ Church was still an extra-parochial non-royal peculiar (exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese) when Osney Cemetery opened, but by 1901 it had been given space in the St Thomas's section of Osney Cemetery called "Christ Church portion”.
The entrance to Osney Cemetery has a lych gate.[2]
The cemetery is now closed to new burials.[4] It is still a large green space in central Oxford. In 2006 it was proposed to plant more native trees in the area.[5]
osney, cemetery, also, known, osney, mary, cemetery, disused, church, england, cemetery, osney, west, oxford, england, entrance, osney, lane, which, runs, south, mill, street, south, botley, road, near, site, osney, abbey, borders, cherwell, valley, line, rail. Osney Cemetery also known as Osney St Mary Cemetery is a disused Church of England cemetery in Osney west Oxford England Its entrance is in Osney Lane which runs off the south end of Mill Street south of Botley Road and near the site of Osney Abbey It borders the Cherwell Valley Line railway a short distance south of Oxford railway station View of Osney Cemetery Lych gate entrance to the cemetery The cemetery was established in Oxford in 1848 along with Holywell Cemetery and St Sepulchre s Cemetery 1 because central Oxford churchyards were becoming full In 1855 new burials were forbidden at all Oxford city churches apart from in existing vaults Each of these three new parish cemeteries provided an extension to the churchyards for a specific group of nearby churches with each church having its own area Osney Cemetery covered the four ancient parishes of St Aldate s St Ebbe s St Peter le Bailey and St Thomas and the new parish of Holy Trinity which had been taken out of St Ebbe s parish in 1845 The burials in Osney Cemetery are recorded in the parish register for each of these churches just as if they had taken place in its actual churchyard From 1872 the dead of the new church of St Frideswide whose parish had been taken out of that of St Thomas were also buried in Osney Cemetery Christ Church was still an extra parochial non royal peculiar exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese when Osney Cemetery opened but by 1901 it had been given space in the St Thomas s section of Osney Cemetery called Christ Church portion The entrance to Osney Cemetery has a lych gate 2 The cemetery contains 26 Commonwealth war graves from the First World War and also one British soldier killed in the Second World War 3 The cemetery is now closed to new burials 4 It is still a large green space in central Oxford In 2006 it was proposed to plant more native trees in the area 5 Contents 1 Some notable interments 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksSome notable interments editCharles Bigg 1840 1908 Church of England clergyman theologian and church historian William Bright 1824 1901 English ecclesiastical historian and Anglican priest Charles Abel Heurtley 1806 1895 English theologian Kenneth Escott Kirk 1886 1954 Bishop of OxfordSee also editHolywell Cemetery St Sepulchre s Cemetery Wolvercote CemeteryReferences edit Burial grounds in the city of Oxford Burials in Oxford Lych gate at Osney Cemetery Flickr 1 CWGC Cemetery Report Breakdown obtained from casualty record Date accessed 9 September 2012 Cemetery Services Oxford City Council Osney Cemetery planting project West Oxford Wildlife Group 2006 External links editMonumental inscriptions available on CD Mursejlerne photographs Osney Cemetery Osney Cemetery at Find a Grave nbsp 51 44 59 N 1 16 12 W 51 749747 N 1 269941 W 51 749747 1 269941 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Osney Cemetery amp oldid 1176871931, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
