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Warstone Lane Cemetery, also called Brookfields Cemetery, a Church of England Cemetery or Mint Cemetery (as it is adjacent to the Birmingham Mint. The cemetery dates from 1847. It is one of two cemeteries in the city's Jewellery Quarter, Key Hill Cemetery and this Cemetery. It is no longer open to new burials. The two tiers of catacombs, was know for its unhealthy vapours from those within and at rest, led to the Birmingham Cemeteries Act which required that non-interred coffins should be sealed with lead or pitch. The chapel demolished 1954 was laid on 6 April 1847. The cemetery is itself Grade II on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. In the Second World War Blitz of Birmingham the two Chapels St Michaels and All Saints chapel in Warstone Cemetery was damaged beyond repair and later razed. Meanwhile, on the night of 11 December 1940, all but the tower and classical west portico of St Thomas' Church, Bath Row, was destroyed by German bombs. The church was not rebuilt. The grounds were laid out for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 when the gravestones were removed and the dead reinterred at Warstone Lane Cemetery. The gardens were re-designed as the St. Thomas's Peace Garden in 1995 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.Birmingham of World War II St Michaels and All Saints chapel in Warstone Cemetery was damaged beyond repair and later razed. Meanwhile, on the night of 11 December 1940, all but the tower and classical west portico of St Thomas' Church, Bath Row, was destroyed by German bombs. The church was not rebuilt. The grounds were laid out for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 when the gravestones were removed and the dead reinterred at Warstone Lane Cemetery. The gardens were re-designed as the St. Thomas's Peace Garden in 1995 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.