Tolkien died in 1973 while on holiday in Bournemouth. He was buried here,
with his wife, in the Wolvercote Cemetary in north Oxford.
On the grave stone it says:
EDITH MARY TOLKIEN
LUTHIEN
1889 - 1971
JOHN RONALD
REUEL TOLKIEN
BEREN
1892 - 1973
Last changed on the 20th October 2001 by andrew@vingilot.org