This is not the first thread for this important Birmingham Landmark but I believe the original has disappeared into obscurity due, possibly, to a spelling mistake, anyway whatever the reason as a Brummie borne only a stone's throw away in 1949 I felt it was my duty to resurrect such an important Hockley Location.
The Cemetery opened on 23 May 1836 and was originally known as
The Birmingham General Cemetery, it is the oldest cemetery in Birmingham not located in a churchyard - for good reason: it is a non-denominational (non-conformist) buriel ground, created by local Architect Charles Edge from an exhausted sand quarry (I believe). Many famous Brummies rest there including the Chamberlains, it contains 46 Commonwealth Service War Graves: 38: WW1 and 8: WW2. I don't remember seeing them but the cemetery has catacombs. The main entrance to the cemetery is on Icknield St with another on Key Hill.
My grandfather became a resident in 1952 and my grandmother joined him in 1959.
The cemetery was closed to new residents in 1982.
This link will take you to a plan of the site c1914.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.4913&lon=-1.9140&layers=168&b=6Peg.