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Osney Cemetery is a disused Church of England cemetery in Osney, west Oxford, England. It is in 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. The cemetery was established in 1848, along with Holywell Cemetery and St Sepulchre's Cemetery.〔(Burial grounds in the city of Oxford ), (Burials in Oxford ).〕 In 1855, new burials were forbidden at all Oxford city churches, apart from in existing vaults. The entrance has a lych gate.〔(Lych-gate at Osney Cemetery ), Flickr.〕 The cemetery contains 25 Commonwealth war graves from the First World War and also one British soldier killed in the Second World War.〔() CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record.〕 The cemetery is now closed to new burials.〔(Cemetery Services ), Oxford City Council.〕 It is still a large green space in central Oxford. It has been proposed to plant more native trees in the area.〔(Osney Cemetery planting project ), (West Oxford Wildlife Group ), 2006.〕 ==See also== *Holywell Cemetery *St Sepulchre's Cemetery *Wolvercote Cemetery 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Osney Cemetery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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