Botanic Gardens - End

This stop is marked by a memorial stone laid at the location of a rediscovered 800-year-old Jewish cemetery in Oxford. The medieval site is located under the Rose Garden, close to the Oxford Botanic Garden. Historian Pam Manix found the cemetery's location after searching the archives of Magdalen College.

Dr Evie Kemp, from ‘Oxford Jewish Heritage’, said: "Their story is little known and pinpointing the location is an important historic breakthrough." She added: "The cemetery belonged to the Jews of medieval Oxford, who came from France with William the Conqueror and played a key part in the life of the city and the early development of the university throughout the 12th and 13th centuries.”

In 1231, after their original burial ground was confiscated, the Jews were given a small section of wasteland where the modern-day Rose Garden now stands. This was their burial ground until 1290, until all Jews were forcibly expelled from England by King Edward I and were not allowed to return for 350 years. Forbidden from carrying the dead through the city, the cemetery was linked to the medieval Jewish quarter, which is now St Aldates, by a footpath along Christchurch Meadow. The path, which is still in use, is known as Deadman's Walk. Opposite the gardens is Magdalen College, which is where Oscar Wilde attended the University.