Lye and Wollescote Cemetery Chapels Building Conservation Project

The following documents relating to the Project can be viewed in PDF format.

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Restored Historic Chapels shortlisted for Angel Awards, August 2016 Media Release

Friends help to uncover Titanic link at Lye and Wollescote Cemetery , Media Release, 9th March 2016

Historic Chapels Open Day to View Renovation Work , Media Release, 18th November 2015

Volunteers help to care for historic cemetery , Media Release, 25th September 2015

Trustees Take to the Heights to See Progress on Local Landmark Repairs , Media Release, 3rd September 2015

War Graves Walk, Sunday 16th August, 2pm to 3.30pm. , Media Release, 14th July 2015

Weather Vane Flies Again Thanks to Chapels Project , Media Release, 14th July 2015

Friends Uncover Titanic Link, Media Release, 9th July 2015

Angels, Chains and Broken Columns - a guided walk around Lye and Wollescote Cemetery Media Release, 15th June 2015

Help the Friends of Lye and Wollescote Cemetery to care for Victorian graves Media Release, 15th June 2015

Become a friend of historic cemetery Media Release, 12th May 2015

Outdoor art gallery of pupils' artwork brightens up building site, Media Release, 2nd April 2015

Work begins on historic chapels, Media Release, 2nd April 2015

Press Release (pdf) issued by the WMHBT after the launch, on 20th September 2014, of the book The Lost Twenty Nine, Soldiers of the Great War.

Press Release (pdf) issued by Dudley Council on 15th April 2014.

Press Release (pdf) confirming Heritage Lottery funding of £1,025,000, October 2013.

Initial funding of £42,300 awarded by the HLF. Press Release: January 2013 (ms word).

Newspaper Articles

Black Country Bugle 28th April 2011
Page 20, Page 21

Miscellaneous