The Ascension Parish Burial Ground, formerly known as the burial ground for the parish of St Giles and St Peter's, is a cemetery off Huntingdon Road in Cambridge, England. Many notable University of Cambridge academics are buried there, including three Nobel Prize winners. Although a Church of England site, the cemetery includes the graves of many non-conformists, reflecting the demographics of the parish in the 19th and 20th centuries, which covered much of West Cambridge. It was established in 1857 while the city of Cambridge was undergoing rapid expansion, although the first burial was not until 1869. It covers one and a half acres and contains 1,500 graves with 2,500 burials. Originally surrounded by open fields, it is now bounded by trees and the gardens of detached houses, and is a designated city wildlife site. In 2020 it was formally closed to new burials by an Order in Council, and responsibility for its upkeep was transferred to Cambridge City Council. The former chapel of rest is now used as the workshop of letter-carver Eric Marland. Graves and memorials of notable individuals A John Couch Adams, astronomer, discoverer of Neptune, Lowndean Professor. He is unique in also having a commemorative memorial in Westminster Abbey Hugh Kerr Anderson, physiologist, Master Gonville and Caius College. Elizabeth Anscombe, Fellow of Newnham College, Philosopher, Professor of Philosophy. her husband Peter Geach is buried with her. Richard Appleton, Master Selwyn College, Vicar of St. George's, Camberwell, Vicar of Ware. Arthur John Arberry orientalist, Professor of Arabic, Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. B Sir Robert Stawell Ball, astronomer, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, founded the screw theory. Arthur Beer, astronomer, member of Caius College. Cecil Bendall Professor of Sanskrit, University of Cambridge; Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. Edwin Keppel Bennett, noms de plume: Francis Bennett, Francis Keppel, Fellow and President of Gonville and Caius College. Jack A. W. Bennett, New Zealand born literary scholar, a member of the informal Oxford literary group, the Inklings, Fellow of Magdalen College. Arthur Christopher Benson, 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge noted for writing the words of the song "Land of Hope and Glory". William Henry Besant FRS, Fellow of St John's, mathematician James Bethune-Baker, theologian, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity and Dean of Pembroke College. Frederick Blackman FRS, plant physiologist, Fellow of St John's. Joan Boulind CBE, fellow and tutor at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. John Buckley Bradbury,