| Description | BOX 1
- Company minutes, though not itemised, from October 1832 until May 1836. These minutes cover the period from the first ‘gentleman’s meeting’, through the formation of the Company and the acquisition of Key Hill Cemetery. These minutes cover the administration, maintenance, financing and advertising of the cemetery.
- Company minutes from May 1836 until August 1852, though only itemised between August 1841 - November 1851. These minutes cover the administration, maintenance, financing and advertising of the cemetery, as well as having annual reports from the Directors. Those for 1835 - 1837 are in the back of the volume.
- Company minutes from August 1852 until December 1877, itemised 1 - 2774. These minutes cover the administration, maintenance, financing and advertising of the cemetery.
BOX 2
- Company minutes from January 1878 until July 1888, itemised 1 - 1356. These minutes cover the administration, maintenance, financing and advertising of the cemetery. In volume titled ‘Minute Book C’.
- Company minutes from July 1888 until December 1909, itemised 1 - 2952. These minutes cover the administration, maintenance, financing and advertising of the cemetery. In volume titled ‘Minute Book A’. This volume also lists shareholders and covers the meeting of the 23rd October 1888, the first statutory general meeting under the Companies’ Act, 1867.
BOX 3 [Note: Box 3 also contains records of the Church of England Cemetery Company. See BCC/1/BO/D/2/2 for a description of the records for this company]
- Company Annual Meeting minutes from 1838 until 1886, unitemised. These minutes contain a full statement of accounts and yearly report made by the committee.
- Photocopy of printed Deed of Settlement for Key Hill Cemetery, printed by B Hudson, Bull St, 1838.
- Printed Articles of Association, incorporated October 1856, registered June 1857, printed by Hudson & Son, Bull St, 1857.
BOX 6 [Note: Box 6 also contains records of the Church of England Cemetery Company. See BCC/1/BN/D/2/2 for a description of the records for this company]
- Bundle of business correspondence, in no particular order, 1835 - 1951, including:
* War damage correspondence
* Shareholder correspondence
* Building & repair estimates, contracts and receipts
* Income tax papers
* Insurance papers
* General burial correspondence
- Loose
* Fragile. Deed of settlement, 1838. 1 volume, contains subscribers name, abode, profession, number of shares and name of witness. There is a clause index. |
| AdminHistory | Formed in 1832, the company looked to increasing the burial capacity due to the rising population and limited capacity of those burial grounds available. In 1836 the company opened the Key Hill Cemetery (also called Kaye Hill); a 7-acre site in Hockley. The Company purchased the Key Hill site from the Guardians of the Poor (Birmingham) for £5750. The cemetery was taken over by Birmingham City Council, under compulsory purchase, in 1952 and is now closed for new burials and administered through the Handsworth Cemetery. |