[
BBC] "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, when all Jews were forcibly expelled from England by King Edward I and not allowed to return for 350 years."