Useful Links and Resources

Government Agencies & Amenity Societies

The Ancient Monuments Society
The Council for British Archaeology
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
English Heritage
Institute of Historic Building Conservation
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
The Victorian Society
The Local History Directory
West Midlands Historic Environment Forum

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Project Related Sites, Contacts and Publications

Architects: Brownhill Hayward Brown
Structural Engineers: Hancock Wheeldon & Ascough
Quantity Surveyors: Graham Hale & Company
Business Planning: Peter White and Roger Herrington
Project Organiser: David Trevis-Smith
Website Design: Shirley Ochi
Dudley MBC Burial Records
Lye & Wollescote Historical Society
Victorian Society: cemetery chapels campaign
Cemetery Research Group

"Paradise Preserved: An introduction to the assessment, evaluation, conservation and management of historic cemeteries" from English Heritage telephone: 0870 333 1181 or email: English Heritage quoting Product Code 51104

"The Lye & Wollescote Cemetery and Chapels: A Victorian Cemetery and its Notable Burials" by Jean Weston & Marlene Price (sale proceeds to support the project to establish a secure future for the Lye & Wollescote Cemetery Chapels building):

  • by mail order from the West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust @ £12.50
    (to include postage and packing, UK mainland).
    Enquire about Mail Order by email or
  • from booksellers @ £9.99 including the following stockists:
    Ashwood Nurseries; tel: 01384 401996
    Black Country Bugle; tel: 01384 657678
    Black Country Living Museum; tel: 0121 557 9643
    Books Unlimited, Stourbridge; tel: 01384 376330
    Waterstone's, Merry Hill; tel: 01384 75155
    W H Smith, Merry Hill; tel: 01384 79485
    Gardner's Books, Eastbourne; tel: 01323 525631
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Special Interest Sites including Conservation Materials, Guidance and Examples

The Black Country Living Museum
Building Conservation
Heritage Information
Heritage Alliance
Period Properties
Save Britain's Heritage
The Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society
The Institute of Conservation
The Churches Conservation Trust
Association of Gardens Trusts
The Garden History Society
National Federation of Cemetery Friends
The Church Monuments Society
The Mausolea and Monuments Trust
The Memorial Awareness Board
Public Monuments and Sculpture Association
War Memorials Trust
Black Country Cemeteries and Memorials

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Funding Agencies

The Architectural Heritage Fund
Funds for Historic Buildings
Heritage Lottery Fund

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Building Preservation Trusts

The West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust
The UK Association of Preservation Trusts

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