| Description | File of correspondence, mostly letters to TE Spencer, [solicitor] and Moses Berlyn [Secretary of the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation], with some deeds, concerning the Congregation's campaign to prevent the Midland Railway Company from extending the West Suburban Railway Line through its cemetery at Betholom Row, Granville St, including:
List of expenses incurred by Maples, Teesdale, and Co (Parliamentary Agents) during their work on the campaign, 1881
Letter from TE Spencer to Moses Berlyn enclosing copies of advice from Maples, Teasdale and Co about the campaign, 1881
List of expenses incurred by TE Spencer during the campaign, 1880-1881
'Notice to Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers' to the Trustees of the Hebrew Congregation, informing them about the extension of the Railway Line, listing the properties affected, and asking for a response, 1881
List of expenses incurred by Francis Willmot, Surveyor, 1881
Letter from Teasdale and Co to William Clarke, reporting on an inspection of the cemetery, 19 January 1881
Cash Account for the Cemetery Defence Fund, 1881-1882
Agreement between Thomas Thurber and the Hebrew Congregation concerning use and maintenance of the Congregation's hearse, 1900
Letters to Moses Berlyn donating money to the Cemetery Defence Fund, 1881
Extract of agreements between the Trustees of the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation and the Midland Rail Company for sale of land in Granville St, 1876
The Congregation's petition against the Bill, 1881 (two copies)
Report by Dr Hoffman, recommending that bodies buried in Betholom Row should not be removed, 1881
Deeds relating to the burial ground, 1807 and 1855
Copy of an opinion given on the case by Mr VS Dugdale, 1876
Report on the condition of the walls and premises in the cemetery, 1902
Agreement between the Congregation and Arthur Hyam re renting land at Warren Road and College Rd, Perry Barr, 1924
Letters to the Secretary from members of the Congregation who have relatives buried in Betholom Row cemetery, 1924
Correspondence and agreements relating to the appointment of new Trustees for the Betholom Row cemetery, 1945
Carbon copy of a report by Derek Goldberg explaining the history of the Congregation's cemeteries at Betholom Row and Granville St and concluding that Betholom Row still belongs to the Congregation, 2 May 1955
Report by Couchman, Willmot and Couchman advising the Congregation on the condition of the Betholom Row cemetery, the possibility of removing the bodies to Witton cemetery, and items which should be included in any calculation of compensation, 1 January 1881
Draft report of the Cemetery Committee, written at the end of the case, reporting that the railway line will be diverted and that there will be a meeting held to decide what to do with the surplus from the Cemetery Defence Fund, undated |