Keyhill Cemetary Inscriptions

[ginettegisborne]

I'd be grateful if anyone could help me with information relating to 2 graves of my GGG Grandfather and Grandmother both buried in Keyhill Cemetary. They are Robert Miles, died 1883 - Grave Ref G15 - apparently a vault?? and Anne Miles died 1861 - Grave Ref D19. If anyone has photo's of inscriptions or any transcriptions of the gravestone inscriptions, or even knows if a gravestone exists in these areas that would be great. Many Thanks for your help.

 

[jennyann]

You could try this site for monumental inscriptions of Key Hill Cemetery: https://www.jqrt.org/

 

[ginettegisborne]

You could try this site for monumental inscriptions of Key Hill Cemetery: https://www.jqrt.org/

Thanks jennyann I have looked at this site which is where I was able to find the refs but unforunately no actual detail of inscriptions or if those graves are still in situ.

 

[leslam]

The memorial inscription section of the site says the following:
Key Hill - G 15
Notes: - This tablet is missing. The bearers which originally supported it are still to be seen in situ but otherwise there is no trace

D19 - There are no records with this Grave Number. If you think this is incorrect please contact post@jqrt.org

The latter comment sometime occurs when the burial records have been mistranscribed, so it's worth emailing and pointing out that the burial record says D19 and asking them to double check.

 

[Key Hill Brian]

You would be better off looking at www.bmsgh.org - They are the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - They photographed all the Burial Register (held at Handsworth). You can obtain a copy of the Burial Register for a small fee. (free for members if accessing the records direct at Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret St) G15 Would have has a memorial tablet of names of those who paid extra for the privilege (not many could or did). It would contain no useful info other than a name. D19 is, I believe, like G15 a Common Grave - full of un related people, 'sharing'. Cheaper than owning a private grave - as such No Memorial would be allowed, and the area is mostly grass. Again bmsgh can give a copy of the Burial Index and also the number of people actually in the grave (often a surprisingly large amount!).

 

[Key Hill Brian]

Popped into bmsgh today after looking at New St Stan & Phylis Nicklin Exhibition.
No record showing on index of Annie Miles in Key Hill 1861 at all, and no listing doe a grave D 13
Robert Miles 1883 in Vault G 15 was the 188 burial of 240 people in the vault.