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Raising funds for Grave restoration preserving our history & caring for the community since 2004. Tours, Membership, Donations, Sales, Open Days, H/ Fairs.

 Hockley, Birmingham, England
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Joined June 2016
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Don't miss our final tour of the year! Join the Valour, Visionaries & Victoria Cross (Birmingham Extraordinary Lives Tour 2) on Remembrance Sunday, 8 Nov at 12:00 noon. eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
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The weekend starts here, the last of B'ham's Twilight Tales Cemetery Tours for this year. Friday, 9 Oct, 5.30 pm-7.30 pm. Meeting point: outside the Rose Villa Tavern, Vyse Street entrance in B'ham's Jewellery Quarter. Prebooking is essential eventbrite.co.uk/e/twilight-…
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Last batch of tickets for our B'ham Heritage Week Catacomb Tours will be on sale this Sat, 12 Sep at 10am and 10.30am. For the 3:00 pm slots for both the Underground Tunnel Tour and Catacomb Chambers Tour for Sat 19 Sept: 📷 eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
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🚨 LAST CHANCE TO GRAB TICKETS! 🚨 Our last ticket drop sold out in a record-breaking 3 and 5 mins! 😱 B'ham Heritage Week Sat 19 Sept , only 20 tickets available for each exclusive tour. Set your alarms for Sat, 5th Sept 10 am & 10.30 am don't miss out:
Sat 19 Sept, meeting point inside Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse St, Birmingham, for Catacomb Chambers Tour 1, & Underground Tunnel Tour 2. Website www.fkwc.org or find the Friends on the ticketing platform Eventbrite, or Birmingham Heritage Week by date 19 Sept. Tickets : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-of-key-hill-warstone-lane-cemeteries-34048000247

ALT Sat 19 Sept, meeting point inside Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse St, Birmingham, for Catacomb Chambers Tour 1, & Underground Tunnel Tour 2. Website www.fkwc.org or find the Friends on the ticketing platform Eventbrite, or Birmingham Heritage Week by date 19 Sept. Tickets : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-of-key-hill-warstone-lane-cemeteries-34048000247

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Sat 19 Sept a rare chance to explore the historic B'ham Catacombs. Both tours must be booked separately: Catacomb Tunnel Tour (Tour 2): 11:00am Catacomb Chamber Tour (Tour 1): 1:00 pm 🎟️ Tickets go on sale Sat 22 August at 10:00 am link eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
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Try something different this summer with the Extraordinary Lives Tour 1 Join us this Sun 9 Aug @12pm for a captivating journey through Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham -more in link eventbrite.co.uk/e/extraordi…
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Sat 11 July, additional time slots now available! Catacomb Chambers (Tour 1) @ 12.00, & Underground Tunnel (Tour 2) @ 2.15pm If you plan to attend both, please ensure you leave a 1-hour gap between your tours. Link eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
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Save the date, Sat 11 July, Birmingham Interior Catacomb Tours, Chamber Tours & Underground Tunnel Tours, which one will you choose, or will it be both? #JQFest eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
The meeting point for all tours on this one day only is inside Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse St, Birmingham B18.

ALT The meeting point for all tours on this one day only is inside Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse St, Birmingham B18.

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Tickets for the Catacomb Tours are officially set for Sat, 11 July! Tickets are released in stages. If you book both TOUR 1 and TOUR 2, please make sure to leave at least a one-hour gap between the end of your first tour and the start of your second. eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
The interior of Key Hill Catacombs in Birmingham. The meeting point for all of the Friends tours o Sat 11 July will be inside neighbouring Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse Str.

ALT The interior of Key Hill Catacombs in Birmingham. The meeting point for all of the Friends tours o Sat 11 July will be inside neighbouring Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse Str.

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Friends of Key Hill & Warstone Lane Cemeteries retweeted
St. Paul's Church - JQ@StPaulsChurchJQJun 9
St Paul's Summer Fete 2026 ☀️ 🗓️Saturday 15th August, 12–5pm 📍St Paul's Square, JQ. 🌟Free entry Huge thanks to our Principal Partner Kangs Solicitors and Gold Partner @otdtraining. 🙌 #StPaulsFete2026 #RaiseTheRoof #JewelleryQuarter #SummerFete #FreeFamilyEvent #Community
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Friends of Key Hill & Warstone Lane Cemeteries retweeted
Midland Ancestors@BMSGHMay 27
The BMI in Margaret Street, Birmingham, will be closed on Friday, 5 June; therefore, the Family History Centre and its facilities will be unavailable.
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Sun 14 June, James Hinks 1816–1905: A prominent Victorian industrialist, inventor, & former president of Aston Villa F/ball Club. He revolutionised domestic and industrial lighting by perfecting the petroleum oil lamp, building a manufacturing empire eventbrite.co.uk/e/birmingha…
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Sun 14 June, James Hinks 1816–1905: A prominent Victorian industrialist, inventor, & former president of Aston Villa F/ball Club. He revolutionised domestic and industrial lighting by perfecting the petroleum oil lamp, building a manufacturing empire . eventbrite.co.uk/e/birmingha…
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Looking for a unique Father's Day gift? Book a Birmingham Historical Tour! Options include Sun 14 June @ 12 pm or Fri 19 June @5.30p, walk in Tolkien's footsteps, the Murphy Riots, and the history of Birmingham's forefathers. eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
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Fri 15 May, Let your weekend start here, & do something different. An introduction to both Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery. Meet: outside Rose Villa Tavern @ 5.30pm. Discover the final resting places of the celebrities of the day. eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
Warstone Lane Cemetery in Vyse Street, Birmingham

ALT Warstone Lane Cemetery in Vyse Street, Birmingham

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Birmingham Underground Tunnel Tour, Interior Catacomb Chambers Tour. Extraordinary Lives Tour 2, early evening tour, which one will you choose? eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-o…
Bluebells in Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham's first cemetery that opened in 1836, neighbouring Warstone Lane Cemetery opened in 1848. Both are located in Hockley, Birmingham Jewellery Quarter

ALT Bluebells in Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham's first cemetery that opened in 1836, neighbouring Warstone Lane Cemetery opened in 1848. Both are located in Hockley, Birmingham Jewellery Quarter

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Underground Tunnel Tour, view inside the Birmingham Victorian Catacombs, Sat 9 May, 10.45 am for 11 am start. Just 7 tickets left—meeting Point inside Warstone Ln Cemetery, Vyse St. Prebooking essential eventbrite.co.uk/e/ve-day-ai…
Tunnel inside the Birmingham Catacombs at Warstone Lane Cemetery, -incorrectly listed as Brookfields Cemetery on some modern-day maps. Find out why this Victorian Tunnel exists. Neighbouring Key Hill Cemetery also has Catacombs. www.fkwc.org

ALT Tunnel inside the Birmingham Catacombs at Warstone Lane Cemetery, -incorrectly listed as Brookfields Cemetery on some modern-day maps. Find out why this Victorian Tunnel exists. Neighbouring Key Hill Cemetery also has Catacombs. www.fkwc.org

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Friends of Key Hill & Warstone Lane Cemeteries retweeted
Birmingham Archives & Collections@TheIronRoomApr 20
Dr Caroline Archer–Parre explores eighteenth-century typeface punches and how a three-year funded project by BCU and Cambridge scholars is reshaping our understanding: theironroom.wordpress.com/20… Ref: WK/B11/1140 @LibraryofBham @TypeTweets @Baskerville1707 @PrintHistory
An illustration of a Georgian manor house in the mid- background. An ominous black cloud directly above the house. A tree lined avenue on the far right of the illustration. A central pathway leading down from the property with figures along the route including a male figure in the middle of the pathway pushing a wheelbarrow. Two female figures -adult and child- to the left of this figure looking on at the workman. A large tree to their left. Legend at the bottom of the illustration indicates this is Baskerville House, Easy Hill, Broad Street.

ALT An illustration of a Georgian manor house in the mid- background. An ominous black cloud directly above the house. A tree lined avenue on the far right of the illustration. A central pathway leading down from the property with figures along the route including a male figure in the middle of the pathway pushing a wheelbarrow. Two female figures -adult and child- to the left of this figure looking on at the workman. A large tree to their left. Legend at the bottom of the illustration indicates this is Baskerville House, Easy Hill, Broad Street.

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The weekend starts here, Friday 17 April, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Birmingham Evening Walking Tour. An introduction to the JQ cemeteries, & after, why not visit the B'ham Jewellery Quarter Beer W/end? eventbrite.co.uk/e/birmingha… #BirminghamTours
Viewing the exterior of the Birmingham Catacombs, in Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse Street, Birmingham, Jewellery Quarter. Neighbouring Key Hill Cemetery also has Catacombs and Chambers

ALT Viewing the exterior of the Birmingham Catacombs, in Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse Street, Birmingham, Jewellery Quarter. Neighbouring Key Hill Cemetery also has Catacombs and Chambers

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Did you know that Joseph Chamberlain, the Tolkien Family, William Murphy( riots), Alfred Bird (custard), & William Butler of M & B Brewery, Rev G. Dawson, all share a final resting place in Birmingham’s first cemetery? Sun 12 Apr @12noon eventbrite.co.uk/e/extraordi…
Key Hill Cemetery, known as the hidden Gem in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, next to neighbouring Warstone Lane Cemetery

ALT Key Hill Cemetery, known as the hidden Gem in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, next to neighbouring Warstone Lane Cemetery

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