Warstone Lane Cemetery

Warstone Lane Cemetery, (gbmapping|SP059877), also called Brookfields Cemetery, Church of England Cemetery, or Mint Cemetery, is a cemetery dating from 1847 in Birmingham, England. Located in Hockley, the city's Jewellery Quarter, it is one of two cemeteries (the other being Key Hill Cemetery). It is no longer available for new burials.

A notable feature is the two tiers of catacombs, whose unhealthy vapours led to the Birmingham Cemeteries Act which required that non-interred coffins should be sealed with lead or pitch.

The foundation stone for the chapel (demolished 1954) was laid on 6 April 1847. The blue brick lodge gate (Hamilton & Medland 1848) building survives"Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham", Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5] and is grade II listed. The cemetery is itself grade II on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Famous people buried there include:
*John Baskerville

ources

*"The Jewellery Quarter - History and Guide", Marie Elizabeth Haddleton, ISBN 0-9513108-0-1
*IoEentry|409878|Images of England - photograph and details from listed building text

External links

* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=6475&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=483 Birmingham City Council page]