- Key Hill Cemetery
Key Hill Cemetery, (gbmapping|SP059882), first called Birmingham General Cemetery, a
Nonconformist (non-denominational) cemetery, is the oldestcemetery (1836 ) inBirmingham ,England . Located inHockley , the city'sJewellery Quarter , it is one of two cemeteries there (the other beingWarstone Lane Cemetery ). It is no longer available for new burials.Famous people buried there include:
*Alfred Bird (plot 164.H)
*Joseph Chamberlain (senior), father of the politician Joseph Chamberlain (plot 622.K)
*Joseph Chamberlain and his two wives (plot 610.K)
*John Henry Chamberlain (plot 701.K)
*George Dawson (plot 507.O)
*Joseph Gillott (plot 374-375.E)
*Joseph Hinks
*A. Follett Osler (plot 611.K)
*John Skirrow Wright
*Edwin Yates Many of the fittings and
memorial s are of architectural andart istic merit - the entrance gates (piers byCharles Edge ) and railings are Grade II listed - and a campaign group, " [http://www.friendsofkeyhill.org.uk/index.html The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery] ", are lobbying to have the cemetery restored. The chapel has been demolished. The cemetery is itself grade II on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.ources
*"Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham", Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
*"Official Guide to the Birmingham General Cemetery", E H Manning, Hudson & Son, Livery Street, Birmingham, 1915. Birmingham Public Libraries (Reference, Local Studies, B.Coll 45.5)
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