Wolvercote Cemetery: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
(Removed bad statement with bad spelling.)
(Added info on the Tolkiens's grave and added a better picture (Not sure if the rule on changing infobox images would apply here too in which case sorry! This photo is better in my opinion but feel free to change it back))
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{stub}}
'''Wolvercote Cemetery''' is a municipal cemetery in north [[Oxford]]. It is the final resting place of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He was buried with his wife, [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]]. [[John Tolkien| John Tolkien's]] grave is not far away from his parents' grave. [[Humphrey Carpenter]] is also buried in Wolvercote Cemetery.
[[Image:Tolkien_Grave_at_Wolvercote.jpg|thumb|Edith and J.R.R. Tolkien's grave.]]
[[File:Tolkiengrave.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Grave of J.R.R and Edith Tolkien]]
'''Wolvercote Cemetery''' is a municipal cemetery in North Oxford where [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is buried with his wife [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]]. [[John Tolkien|Fr John Tolkien]] and [[Humphrey Carpenter]] are also buried in Wolvercote Cemetery.


== The Tolkiens' grave ==
Edith Tolkien died on [[29 November|28 November]], [[1971]], at the age of eighty-two, and Tolkien had the name ''Lúthien'' engraved on her stone.<ref>{{L|340}}</ref> On sundays after church he would visit her grave.<ref>{{B|VII}}</ref> When Tolkien died 21 months later of pneumonia on [[2 September]], [[1973]], at the age of 81, he was buried in the same grave, with ''Beren'' added to his name,<ref>{{B|VIII}}</ref> so that the engraving now reads:
:''Edith Mary Tolkien,'' ''Lúthien,'' ''1889 – 1971''
:''John Ronald Reuel Tolkien,'' ''Beren'' , ''1892 – 1973''
==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Wolvercote Cemetery|Wolvercote Cemetery at Wikipedia]]
{{References}}
[[Category:Structures (real-world)]]
[[Category:Structures (real-world)]]
[[fi:Wolvercoten hautausmaa]]

Latest revision as of 19:21, 28 January 2024

Wolvercote Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in north Oxford. It is the final resting place of J.R.R. Tolkien. He was buried with his wife, Edith. John Tolkien's grave is not far away from his parents' grave. Humphrey Carpenter is also buried in Wolvercote Cemetery.

The Grave of J.R.R and Edith Tolkien

The Tolkiens' grave[edit | edit source]

Edith Tolkien died on 28 November, 1971, at the age of eighty-two, and Tolkien had the name Lúthien engraved on her stone.[1] On sundays after church he would visit her grave.[2] When Tolkien died 21 months later of pneumonia on 2 September, 1973, at the age of 81, he was buried in the same grave, with Beren added to his name,[3] so that the engraving now reads:

Edith Mary Tolkien, Lúthien, 1889 – 1971
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Beren , 1892 – 1973

External links[edit | edit source]

References