Having visited John Henry Newman sites at Littlemore and C.S. Lewis sites at The Kilns, Risinghurst and Headington Quarry, it was time to pay our respects to J.R.R. Tolkien at his grave in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford:
After first getting off at a wrong bus stop, we were soon back on track finding Wolvercote Cemetery:
And Tolkien's grave in the Catholic section of the resting ground:
A few years ago, in 2018 I think, I finally got round to reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy and loved the Catholic symbolism that runs throughout the three books (Gandalf = a God the Father and Christ figure; Aragorn = a Christ the King figure; the Elves = the realms of Angels; Galadriel and Eowyn = Our Lady figures etc.).
Have recently been reading about Tolkien's incredible life from his mother converting to Catholicism; him and his brother being brought up Catholic by Father Morgan of Birmingham Oratory; fighting in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme (First World War); studying and teaching at Oxford University; writing his great books etc.
Like with John Henry Newman and C.S. Lewis, it was only right to pay our respects to J.R.R. Tolkien, with all three having been great writers and Christian men.
While at Wolvercote Cemetery, we also saw the grave of the celebrated British athlete, Sir Roger Bannister:
Our time in Oxford was winding down but we still had a few more places to see.
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