Rose Hill cemetery
Rose Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Rose Hill, Oxford, England. It was opened in 1889 and has more than 20,000 burials. It covers over 11 acres and has a Victorian chapel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Rose Hill Cemetery” and “Rose Hill Cemetery, Oxford”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Memorial and Cowley Library.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: RexxS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the Cowley area of Oxford in southern England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it commemorates men of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry killed in the conflict; it was unveiled on Armistice Day, 11 November 1923, and has been a grade II listed building since 1972. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Memorial is situated 1,100 feet west of Rose Hill cemetery.
Cowley Library
Library
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowley Library is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Rose Hill cemetery.
Kassam Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kassam Stadium is the home of Oxford United F.C., and is named after the ground's owner and former chairman of the football club, Firoz Kassam. The Kassam Stadium was built whilst Oxford United played in Division Two; however, Oxford were relegated to Division Three the season before the new stadium was built and were further relegated to the Conference National in 2005–06. Kassam Stadium is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Rose Hill cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Church Cowley Road and Cowley.
Church Cowley Road
Neighborhood
Church Cowley Road is a major road in Cowley, Oxford, England, leading from Rose Hill to Cowley Centre. It continues as Between Towns Road.
Cowley
Suburb
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cowley is a residential and industrial area in Oxford, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Cowley's neighbours are Rose Hill and Blackbird Leys to the south, Headington to the north and the villages of Horspath and Garsington across fields to the east.
Rose Hill
Suburb
Rose Hill is a residential area, with some housing that has been council-owned, on the southern outskirts of Oxford, England. According to the 2021 Census, the population of Rose Hill and the adjoining village of Iffley was 7,100, with 4,000 living within Rose Hill.
Rose Hill cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.73136° or 51° 43′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.22358° or 1° 13′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C3WPQJG+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 21819931OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q7367795
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