St Michael’s section of St Sepulchre’s Cemetery, Oxford: some biographies
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Henry ADAMS (1825–1861), a saddler; his wife Mrs Ann MOSS née Clifford, formerly Mrs Adams (c.1824–1880); and his wife's second husband John MOSS (c.1803–1877), a school teacher
William Dukinfield ASTLEY (1826/7–1848), undergraduate at Jesus College
Mrs Sarah BARRETT, née Hammick (c.1834–1876) and her son Frederick BARRETT (1868–1878), who drowned in the River Cherwell at the age of ten
Henry Casson Barnes BAZELY (1842–1883), friend of the poor, who paid for and preached at the Scotch Church in Nelson Street; and his wife Mrs Louisa BAZELY, née Boothby (1856–1918)
James BELCHER (1834–1895), cellarman; his wife Mrs Emma BELCHER, née Fleetwood (1838–1914); and their daughter Miss Rosa Eleanor BELCHER (1859–1941)
Miss Jessie BELL (c.1831–1869) and Mrs Susanna WILCHER, née Hales (c.1811–1891)
Montague Edward James Butwell BELLAMY (1850–1908), bookbinder; his wife Mrs Mary BELLAMY, née Castell (1845–1894); and his sister-in-law Miss Sarah Maria CASTELL (1850–1877)
John Charles BLAKE (1824–1919), wine merchant, and his son Charles BLAKE (1854–1931)
Mrs Laura BLAKE, née Lamb (1819–1919), wife of John Charles BLAKE above; her son John Arthur BLAKE (born and died 1853); and her daughter Miss Norah Mary BLAKE (1857–1874)
Charles William BOASE (1828–1895), historian and antiquary
Henry BOSWELL (1835–1897), bryologist and owner of Boswell’s store, and his sister Miss Mary Ann BOSWELL (1846–1879)
Thomas Henry BRIDGES (1836–1849), son of the President of Corpus Christi College
John BRISCOE (1820–1908), Surgeon of the Radcliffe Infirmary
Richard BROAD (1836–1878), of the Bell Inn, Cornmarket
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Edward CAIRD (1835–1908), philosopher and Master of Balliol College, and his wife Frances Caroline CAIRD, née Wylie (1831–1916)*
Frederick William CASTLE (1837–1877), basket-maker, and his daughters Alice Mary CASTLE (1869–1879) and Kate Wiltshire CASTLE (1875–1876)
John CHARLTON (1817–1861), a tailor; his wife Mrs Eliza CHARLTON, née Bourton (1819–1889); their sons Christopher Samuel CHARLTON (1847–1862) and Jack CHARLTON (1853–1865); and three children who died in infancy: Thomas Charlton (d. 1850), Ann Charlton (d.1852), and Ann Eliza Norgrove Charlton (d.1855)
Richard CHAUNDY (1802–1856), tobacconist; his nephew Charles CHAUNDY (1852–1915), printer; Charles's wife Mrs Emily Jane CHAUNDY, née Prior (1862–1947); and Charles & Emily's daughter Miss Winifred Emily Prior CHAUNDY (1897–1918)
John CHILD (1826–1892), Sergeant Major of the Oxfordshire Militia and landlord of the Grapes Inn, and his wife Mrs Charlotte CHILD, née Armond (1834–1903)
John Francis CRIPPS junior (1830–1863), confectioner of Broad Street; his brother Charles CRIPPS (1839–1910); and his brother's wife Mrs Rebecca CRIPPS, née Wilsdon (1843–1926)
Mrs Mary CRIPPS, née Rowell (1799–1862), confectioner of Broad Street; her sister Miss Sarah Ann ROWELL (1796–1876); and her second son Frederick CRIPPS (1832–1857)
Richard CROSS (1812–1893), grocer; his wife Mrs Ruth CROSS, née Parrott (1817–1891); and their children Thomas CROSS (1842–1922), Miss Ruth Ann CROSS (1844–1915), Miss Sarah Ann CROSS (1854–1890), Miss Priscilla CROSS (1848–1935), Jane CROSS (1860–1863), and Lydia CROSS (1862–1863)
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John DAY (1809/10–1868), rope maker; his wife Mrs Mary Anne DAY, née King (1808–1883); and their daughter Miss Mary Anne DAY (1842–1877)
Albert Venn DICEY (1835–1922), jurist and his wife Elinor Mary DICEY, née Bonham-Carter (1837–1923)*
John William DICKESON (1818–1903); his second wife Mrs Harriett Mary DICKESON, née Slade (1842/3–1892); and their daughter Miss Lily DICKESON (1872–1897)
George DRINKWATER (1808–1873), landlord of The George in Cornmarket; his wife Mrs Eliza DRINKWATER, née Sanderson (1814/15–1893); and their daughter Miss Mary Ann DRINKWATER (1845/6–1910)
Harry George Walter DRINKWATER (1841–1895), architect; his wife Mrs Rose DRINKWATER, née Carr (1854–1926)’ their daughter Grace DRINKWATER (1879–1960); and their son George Carr DRINKWATER (1880–1941)
Crews DUDLEY (1846–1893), solicitor, and his sister Miss Elizabeth Jane Crews DUDLEY (1842–1905)
John Crews DUDLEY (1809–1874), solicitor and sometime Mayor of Oxford; his first wife Mrs Elizabeth DUDLEY, née Stevens (1808–1850); and his second wife Mrs Selina Ives DUDLEY, née Powell (1827–1864)
William DUKE (1833–1903), Common Room man at Exeter College, and his wife Mrs Mary Ann DUKE, née Brown (1830–1876)
David Vavasor DURELL (1798–1865), Chairman of the Oxford Canal Company, and his wife Mrs Maria DURELL, née Le Breton (1807–1886)
Miss Elizabeth Charlotte DURELL (1831–1918) and Miss Emily Vavasor DURELL (1835–1863), daughters of David Vavasor Durell above
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Mrs Rhoda EDWARDS, née Munt (1790–1853), wife of a victim of the 1832 Oxford cholera outbreak
Edwin Litchfield ELLIOTT (1825–1896), a prosperous Cornmarket boot-maker; his wife Mrs Matilda ELLIOTT, née Bailey (1822–1903); their son Joseph ELLIOTT (1854/5–1901); and their daughter Miss Sarah Matilda ELLIOTT (1864/5–1939)
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Frederick FAULKNER (1807–1880), a George Street broker; his second wife Mrs Ann FAULKNER, née Leeson (1820/1–1860); and their children Lauretta, Emily, Julia, and Charles FAULKNER
James Josiah FAULKNER (1798–1857), grocer; his wife Mrs Eleanor FAULKNER, née Green (1823–1903); and their daughters Miss Eleanor Maria FAULKNER (1851–1919) and Miss Mary Tabitha FAULKNER (1852–1904)
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Mrs Harriet GAMMON, née Tanner (1793–1871); her son Henry Moses GAMMON (1826–1871); and her sister Miss Elizabeth TANNER (1798–1859). Also their housekeeper Miss Martha KING (1825–1882) and her sister Miss Susan KING (1838–1882)
John GARBUTT (c.1824–1895), porter at Christ Church
Edwin GARDINER (1828–1869) and his wife Mrs Sarah GARDINER, née Panter (c.1830–1872)
James GARDINER (1798–1882); his second wife Mrs Jane GARDINER, née Goodall (c.1806–1860); and his third wife Mrs Elizabeth GARDINER née Phipp (1817–1864)
John GARLICK senior (c.1815–1851), porter of Jesus College; his second wife Mrs Charlotte GARLICK, née Cooke (c.1819–1899); and their sons John GARLICK junior (1840–1878) and George GARLICK (1850–1856)
William Hender GILLBEE (1831–1851), undergraduate of Exeter College who drowned on the Thames near the Isis Tavern
William Sheldon GOUNDREY (1827–1871), landlord of the Crown & Thistle in Market Street; his wife Mrs Caroline GOUNDREY, née Golding (1825–1893); and their daughter Elizabeth Sarah (Bessie) GOUNDREY (1854–1901)
Mrs Sarah GRAY (1831/2–1859), who died after giving birth
Thomas Hill GREEN (1836–1882), philosopher, and his wife Mrs Charlotte Byron GREEN, née Symonds (1842–1929)*
* These are all people who did not live in St Michael's parish, but special arrangements appear to have made for them to be buried in its section of St Sepulchre's Cemetery. Those with prominent plots at the front of the cemetery include T.H. Green/Frederick Symonds in their double plot (who would normally have been buried in the St Giles's section), and Albert Caird, Benjamin Jowett, and Albert Venn Dicey (important Balliol College members who would normally have been buried in the St Mary Magdalen section).
Most of these graves are of prominent people, but an exception is that of Mrs Ivy Hale, a clerk's widow, who lies incongruously between two Balliol heavyweights
The Revd William Morrison who would normally have been buried in the St Giles's section is at the bottom end of the St Michael strip.
All such burials are recorded in St Michael's parish register, rather than the register of the parish where the death took place.
St Michael’s Church in 1834
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John HAINES senior (1796–1865), Keeper of the Radcliffe Library and Assistant Clerk of the Magistrates; his wife Mrs Susannah HAINES, née Harris (1797–1872); and their three sons George HAINES (1826–1849), Henry HAINES (1823–1872), and Frederick Cooper HAINES (1832–1903)
Mrs Ivy Una Brenda Daisy HALE, née Mortimer (1892–1926)*
William Waters HARRISON (1827–1891), the last of the Yeoman Bedels
William HERMAN (1837/8–1908), cabinet maker of Broad Street, and his wife Mrs Elizabeth HERMAN, née Burchell (1838–1909)
Thomas HEWLETT (c.1814–1862), Common Room man of Exeter College; his wife Mrs Mary Ann HEWLETT, née Puzey (1811/12–1866); their daughter Miss Mary Elizabeth HEWLETT (1846–1896); Mrs Hewlett’s mother Mrs Elizabeth (Beth) PUZEY (1780–1864); and John HEWLETT (unknown)
Arthur Hibble HIGGS (1850–1915), one of the best-known private tutors in Oxford
Robert HILLS (1821–1882), co-founder of photography firm Hills & Saunders, and his first wife Mrs Ann HILLS, née Lindsey (1815–1852), and their children Mary HILLS (1845–1848) and Robert HILLS junior (1849/50–1851); and also his second wife Mrs Ann HILLS, née Bell (1832–1908) and their sons Henry James HILLS (1857–1899) and Sydney Robert Alfred HILLS (1884–1891); and Sydney’s wife Mrs Charlotte Augusta HILLS, née Donagan (1857–1932)
Joseph HOPKINS (1805–1868), china & glass merchant, and his wife Mrs Catherine HOPKINS, née Harris (1798–1875)
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Benjamin JOWETT (1817–1893), Master of Balliol College, Oxford and Regius Professor of Greek*
Mrs Jane LLOYD, née Solway (c.1821–1871)
William LUFF senior (1810/11–1893), a chemist in Cornmarket; his wife Prudence LUFF née Harris (1808–1879); and his daughter Miss Mary LUFF (1844–1892)
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Miss Isabella MAGAREY (c.1780–1857), an Irish lady who formerly ran a small school in London
George MARGETTS (1812–1866), hatter and woollen draper of Cornmarket Street, and his wife Mrs Frances MARGETTS, née Miles (1820–1904)
Frederick METCALFE (1815–1885), Vicar of St Michael’s Church and Scandinavian scholar, and his wife Mrs Rosamund METCALFE, née Robinson (c.1835–1860)
John George Manfield MILLER, jeweller (c.1843–1871)
William MORRISON (1831/2–1895), retired clergyman, and his wife Mrs Magdalen MORRISON, née Wallace (1834–1916)*
Mrs Ann NICKOLS (c.1792–1853), wife of the landlord of the Star & Garter and later the Blue Anchor, both in Cornmarket
Miss Mary Ann NUNNEY (1819–1904), basket maker
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John Henry PARKER, C.B. (1806–1884), bookshop owner, publisher, and archaeologist, and his wife Mrs Frances Mary PARKER, née Hoskyns (1805–1854)
Daniel PARSONS (1822/3–1874), college servant, and his wife Mrs Charlotte Elizabeth PARSONS, née Crane (1819/20–1896)
Walter PEPPERCORN (1844–1911), solicitor, son of the Lord of the Manor of Headington
James PRIOR (1800–1850), landlord of the Bell Inn at 18 Cornmarket
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Ernest RAWLINS-INNS (1869–1938), builder, his wife Martha Emily RAWLINS-INNS, née Walton (1867–1954), and their son Jack Douglas RAWLINS-INNS (1915–1928)
Thomas READE (1832–1871), stableman, and his niece Amy MUNDY (1870–1872)
Mrs Catherine RILEY, née Peers (c.1765–1849)
John SAUNDERS (1791–1867), bootmaker; his wife Ann SAUNDERS, née Webb (1813–1877); and their daughter Annie SAUNDERS (1839–1866)
Edward SCHÖNBERG (1863–1886), an undergraduate at Exeter College, Oxford who died in a boating accident
George SHRIMPTON (1816–1908), bookseller; and his wife Mrs Amy Emma SHRIMPTON, née Goodwyn (1818–1900), shoe seller
Wilfred SHRIMPTON (1848–1850), an infant, and his cousins Reginald Arthur SHRIMPTON (1855–1919) and Fanny Beatrice SHRIMPTON (1859–1936)
Henry Joseph SHUFFREY (1848–1928), assistant librarian at the Bodleian*
Mark Dugald STARK (1853–1906), a Canadian doctor with a practice in Broad Street, and his wife Mrs Mary Helena Henrietta STARK, née Wienholt (1853–1908)
Thomas Alexander SYMMONS (1856–1928), compositor at Oxford University Press, and his wife Mrs (Harriet) Ellen SYMMONS, née Stokes (1864/5–1935)
Frederick SYMONDS (1813–1881), Surgeon at the Radcliffe Infirmary; his wife Mrs Anne SYMONDS, née Dewar (1823/4–1910); and their daughters Mrs Mary Georgina PERCIVAL, née Symonds (1851/2–1926) and Miss Anne Harrison SYMONDS (1852/3–1938)*
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Frank Alfred THOMAS (1857–1921), butler turned boarding-house keeper, and his wife Mrs Christiana Harriett THOMAS, née Cole (1858–1930)
Mrs Emma THOMPSON, née Prior (1830/1–1855), who ran the Bell Inn at 18 Cornmarket after her father’s death
John Henry THORNTON (1845–1924), bookseller; his wife Mrs Clara THORNTON, née Stanbury (1848–1935); and his sister-in-law Miss Clara STANBURY (1846–1889)
Joseph THORNTON (1808–1891), founder of Thornton’s bookshop; his second wife Mrs Clara Sophia THORNTON, née Lambert (c.1825–1890); and his daughter Miss Lydia THORNTON (1853–1934)
Mrs Ada Dawson TURNER, née Rivers (1862–1893) and her daughter Miss Beatrice Louise TURNER (1886/7–1902)
Henry Joseph TURRELL (1825–1895), founder of Turrell’s Hall, and his wife Mrs Honor Wearne TURRELL, née Hocking (1832–1897)
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The Revd Henry WALL (1810–1873), Rector of Huntspill, Wykeham Professor of Logic and Fellow of Balliol College
William WAY (1811–1880), porter of Jesus College; and his son George WAY (1852–1867)
Richard WEST (1817–1868), landlord of the Abingdon Arms in Market Street; his second wife Mrs Sarah WEST, née Axtell (1823–1881); and their son Richard Henry WEST (1862–1900)
George WHEELHOUSE (1820–1901), Oxford City Missionary, and his wife Mrs Sarah WHEELHOUSE (1819/20–1895)
Mrs Helène Henriette WIENHOLT, née Mutzenbecher (1823–1906), daughter of a Hamburg merchant
Mrs Sarah WITHERS, née Mason (c.1777–1850), an ostler’s wife, and her daughters Miss Sophia WITHERS (1824–1895) and Miss Eliza WITHERS (1828–1850)