Author Topic: Cemetery "Look up's " Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery 29 July 2017  (Read 503 times)

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The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery will be attending the Jewellery  Quarter Festival    on Saturday 29 July 2017 & will be WARSTONE Lane Cemetery  ( Vyse Street entrance ) Time: 11am-3pm:   The Friends will be able to help with questions and assist those who are looking for plot numbers of a family grave . We can also assist with family history questions. The Friends are the only group to maintain & preserve these two historic cemeteries as well as researching the lives of those buried here.

There are a number of notable people buried in both cemeteries.

Tours of the Jewellery Quarter Cemeteries in Hockley .
Tours are the 2nd Sunday in the month, January to November. None in December.
 
Tours of Warstone Lane Cemetery
Start at 12 Noon ( meet at Pitsford Street entrance ) .

Tours of Key Hill Cemetery
 Start at 2pm (meet at Ickneild  Street entrance by pillar gates)
 
Price:
£3.00 per person per cemetery.
£5.00 per couple per cemetery.
Free for children under 16 years.
Free to paid members of –The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery Group.
All proceeds go towards the restoration of the cemeteries & graves.
The friends are the only group to maintain the cemeteries.

Private Tours for Family History Groups or Societies can be arranged.
 
The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery are on Social Media – Facebook and Twitter.