A small team of volunteers are piecing together the story of Wednesfield Burial Ground, the land, stories of the people interred there, and documenting how it all links into Wednesfield’s wider history.

Formed in September 2024, the team’s efforts include revisiting a 2002 volunteer-led survey of the original two acres, accessing historical documents and articles to tell the story of the land itself, and painstakingly recording the position of the remaining headstones in this tranquil green space. In linking epitaphs to lives lived, they are shining a light on notable figures from Wednesfield’s past by compiling individual Stories from the Stones.

Funding through HM Government’s and West Midlands Combined Authority’s Commonwealth Games Legacy Enhancement Fund enabled the group to design and create a table-top exhibition, a new map of the ground, leaflet, a dedicated website.

Thank you to St Thomas’ Church and Hands On Wednesfield for their invaluable support.

Looking to the future…

In time, the Friends of WBG aim to create a record of both existing and lost features of the burial ground, from the demolished mortuary chapel—once graced by owls and a modest tower & spire—to the fallen cemetery gates, boundaries, pathways, and natural features, including the magnificent ‘coppard’ beech tree watching over it all.

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Anyone who wants to contribute memories of the burial ground can email wednesfieldbg@gmail.com