Warstone Lane Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1848 |
Closed | 1982 |
Location | |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 52°29′17″N 1°54′50″W / 52.488°N 1.914°W |
Type | Church of England |
Owned by | Birmingham City Council |
Size | 8.2 acres (3.3 ha) |
No. of graves | 93,000 (including interments) |
Website | jqrt |
Find a Grave | Warstone Lane Cemetery |
Warstone Lane Cemetery, (grid reference SP059877), also called Brookfields Cemetery, Church of England Cemetery, or Mint Cemetery (from the adjacent Birmingham Mint), is a cemetery dating from 1847 in Birmingham, England. It is one of two cemeteries in the city's Jewellery Quarter, in Hockley (the other being Key Hill Cemetery). It is no longer open to new burials.
A major 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.