He was born in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent in 1933 and studied at Merton College, Oxford.

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There are 103 plots at Barnett Wood Lane, a site owned by the council and Merton College, Oxford.

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Finally, take the scenic route along the back of Merton College, where Tolkien was a professor of English language and literature between 1945 and 1959 after leaving Pembroke.

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