Memorials and graveyards in Oxford
The Discover Alone map has 129 memorials and graveyards in Oxford, England. Below are the 52 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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St Sepulchre's CemeteryRegistered park or gardenThe National Heritage List for England records St Sepulchre's Cemetery as a registered park or garden at Grade II. The…
Thomas WillisMemorialThomas Willis 1621-1675 Neurologist and Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy lived and worked here 1657-1667 Beam…
Levellers MemorialMemorialTo the memory of Private Biggs and Private Piggen[,] executed like their Leveller colleagues at Burford by forces loyal…
Clarendon LaboratoryMemorialClarendon Laboratory where H. G. J. Moseley (1887-1915) completed his pioneering studies on the frequencies of X-rays…
Prison A WingMemorialPrison A Wing (1852-56) Modelled on Pentonville prison, a central space was surrounded by 150 identical cells each…
Roger BaconMemorialROGERUS BACON Philosophus insignis, Doctor Mirabilis Qui methodo experimentali Scientiae finas mirifice protulit Post…
Rewley Road Swing BridgeMemorialREWLEY ROAD SWING BRIDGE The London & North Western Railway opened Rewley Road station in 1851, access over the…
Inspector MorseMemorialSt. Aldate’s is the headquarters of Oxford City Police and where Chief Inspector E. Morse ‘settles cuckoo-like to…
James SadlerMemorialJames Sadler 1753~1828 First English Aeronaut who in a fire balloon made a successful ascent from near this place ~ 4th…
PenicillinMemorialPenicillin. The first antibiotic was first used to treat infection here at the Outpatients building of the former…
Inorganic Chemistry LaboratoryMemorialInorganic Chemistry Laboratory is shown as a memorial on the public map of Oxford. The saved point is the map point or…
Oxford Park & RideMemorialOxford Park & Ride. The first enduring P & R bus scheme in the UK and model for other cities was launched here at…
Cecil Jackson-ColeMemorialCecil Jackson-Cole is shown as a memorial on the public map of Oxford. The saved point is the map point or the centre…
Martyrs' MemorialMonumentMartyrs' Memorial is shown as a monument on the public map of Oxford. The saved point is the map point or the centre of…
Shelley MemorialMemorialShelley Memorial is shown as a memorial on the public map of Oxford. The saved point is the map point or the centre of…
Jane BurdenMemorialJane Burden, Mrs William Morris, 1839-1914, Pre-Raphaelite muse and embroiderer was born in a dwelling in this passage…
Roger BannisterMemorialRoger Bannister is shown as a memorial on the public map of Oxford. The saved point is the map point or the centre of…
Tirah MemorialMemorialTirah Memorial is shown as a memorial on the public map of Oxford. The saved point is the map point or the centre of…
Jubilee BridgeMemorialJubilee Bridge is shown as a memorial on the public map of Oxford. The saved point is the map point or the centre of…
Roger Bannister World Record MileMemorialHere, on 6 May 1954, Roger Bannister set a new World Mile record of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds / The first Mile ever run…
William MorrisMemorialWilliam Morris, later Lord Nuffield, 1877‒1963, carmaker and philanthropist, lived and built bicycles here, 1896‒1903
James LeggeMemorialProfessor JAMES LEGGE 1815-1897 Missionary and Sinologist Translator of the Chinese classics lived here 1876-1897
Norman HeatleyMemorialNorman Heatley DM 1911‒2004, biochemist, key member of the Oxford penicillin team 1939‒43, lived here 1946‒2004
Radcliffe InfirmaryMemorialTO HONOUR THE DOCTORS, NURSES AND ALL WHO CARED FOR THE SICK IN THE RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY 1770-1007
Felicia SkeneMemorialFelicia Skene 1821‒1899, prison reformer and friend of the poor, lived here 1869‒1899
Sarah Angelina AclandMemorialSARAH ANGELINA ACLAND 1849–1930 Pioneer of colour photography lived here 1901–1930
Sir James MurrayMemorialSIR JAMES MURRAY Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary Lived here 1885-1915
Iris MurdochMemorialDame Iris Murdoch 1919-1999 novelist moral philosopher lived here 1989-1999
Starting RingMemorialRelief sculpture of ox head, to commemorate the reopening of the lock
C. S. LewisMemorialC. S. Lewis 1898‒1963, scholar and author, lived here 1930‒1963
Jewish CemeteryMemorialTHIS STONE MARKS THE PLACE OF THE JEWISH CEMETERY UNTIL 1290
Site of the Burning of the Oxford MartyrsMemorialSmall stone cross road marking in Broad Street
William TurnerMemorialWilliam Turner, artist, lived here 1833‒1862
Edgar George WilsonMemorialIn memory of Edgar George Wilson- Pergamon Press StrikeMemorialAt this site, between May 1989 and September 1992, 23 members of the National Union of Journalists mounted a continuous…
- 8, 9 & 10 Turn Again LaneMemorial8, 9 & 10 TURN AGAIN LANE In 1971 Oxford Preservation Trust purchased these three listed seventeenth-century houses to…
- Prison Debtors' TowerMemorialThis tower was built to imprison debtors who owed money. A rare triangular stone staircase leads to four floors divided…
- Olive GibbsMemorialOLIVE GIBBS (née Cox) 1918–1995 Lord Mayor of Oxford Chairman of Oxfordshire / County Council Defender of Oxford's…
- Glucose SensorMemorialGlucose Sensor. In this laboratory on 20th July 1982, Allen Hill, Tony Cass and Graham Davis made the crucial discovery…
- Boyle and HookeMemorialIn a house on this site between 1655 and 1668 lived ROBERT BOYLE Here he discovered BOYLE'S LAW and made experiments…
- John Towle CloseMemorialJohn Towle (1796-1885) was miller at the nearby Hinksey and Weirs Mills. As a Councillor, Alderman and Mayor he…
- First World War MemorialMemorialShrine containing a painted cast-iron calvary crucifix on a limestone base, modelled on shrines in Flanders. Two bronze…
- International Brigade MemorialMemorialIn memory of the 31 men and women of Oxfordshire who defended democracy and fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War of…
- The Perimeter Wall at Oxford PrisonMemorialThe wall is built close to a stream using large stones with a rubble inner core and smaller loose stones above, and…
- Edward Brooks VCMemorialEdward Brooks VC 1883-1944 Company Sergeant Major 2/4th Bn Oxford & Bucks LI Awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at…
- In memory of Ewan AgnewMemorialTHIS LAND WAS ACQUIRED BY THE OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST IN 1934 THROUGH A GIFT OF PHILIP LESLIE AGNEW IN MEMORY OF HIS…
- Christian ColeMemorialChristian Cole (d. 1885) / The first black African to be awarded an Oxford degree and to practise law in an English…
- William KimberMemorialWilliam Kimber, 1872‒1961, Headington Quarry morris dancer and musician, key figure in the English Morris Dance & Folk…
- Professor Gathorne Robert Girdlestone "GRG"MemorialProfessor Gathorne Robert Girdlestone "GRG" 1881-1950 Pioneering surgeon and founder of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre…
- Richard Meux BensonMemorialRichard Meux Benson, 1824‒1915, Vicar of Cowley and benefactor, founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist in…
- St Clement's WW1 Memorial CrossMemorialTo the Glory of God and in honoured and grateful memory of the 108 men from St Clements who gave their lives for their…
- RFC/RAF Airfield MemorialMemorialPer ardua ad astra [...] // In grateful memory of those who served in or with the Royal Flying Corps and later the…