Holywell Cemetery lies behind St Cross Church in St Cross Road, Oxford, England, south of Holywell Manor on Manor Road and north of Longwall Street, in the parish of Holywell.

In the mid-19th century, the graveyards of the six parishes in central Oxford became full, so Merton College made some of its land available to form the cemetery in 1847.

[1] In 1855, new burials were forbidden at all Oxford city churches, apart from existing vaults.

The cemetery is now a wildlife refuge with many birds (including pheasants that nest there), butterflies, and small and larger mammals, including muntjac deer and foxes.

[citation needed] A number of well-known people are buried in the cemetery, including: A wooden grave marker that was used to mark the grave of the England Rugby captain Ronald Poulton-Palmer at Ploegsteert wood is affixed to a wall in the cemetery.