Grave at St Johns, Old Heymarket, Liverpool

[gnorman]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to trace this grave to see if there is perhaps still a headstone or copy of an inscription but I cannot find the church mentioned. Also if anybody knows where Folly Lane was that would be fantastic too. Can anybody help at all please?

Burial: 1st November 1778, St John’s, Old Heymarket, Liverpool, Lancashire.
Catherine Halsall, wife of Thos. Halsall of Folly Lane.
Register: Burials 1767-1786, Entry 3858. Source LDS Film 1656195

Thanks, Luke

[Andy J2022]

St John's was demolished in the nineteenth century. It stood where St Johns Gardens are located today, in front of Lime Street station. Here's an article about what happened to the occupants of the old graveyard: http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/stjohnschurchyard.html

[Andy J2022]

However this extract from the FamilySearch Wiki gives different dates for the closure of the graveyard and the exhumations: 
"LIVERPOOL (St John) on Old Haymarket was built as a chapel of ease within the civil parish boundaries of St Nicholas Liverpool. It was erected in 1784. St John's Gardens is a memorial park in Liverpool, England, located behind St George's Hall. It takes its name from St John's Church which stood on the site from 1783 until 1887. The churchyard is a most significant place in the city's history. In the year it was completed, St John’s served one of the most crowded and poorest areas of the city. St John's churchyard was closed for burials on 11th June 1865, 82,491 bodies having been interred in the grounds. St John's Church was closed under the terms of the Liverpool City Churches Act 1897. The records of this church indicate Liverpool's Black History as many entries refer either to mariners or slaves with references to Africa West indies and Guyana." (source: FamilySearch)

[gnorman]

Thank you Andy J2022.

No records mentioned in the article but some may perhaps still exist.

[Andy J2022]

Another thread on the same subject: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=435517.0

[Andy J2022]

I'm not sure if these microfilmed burial records on FamilySearch refer to the same St John's churchyard: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/421332?availability=Family History Library

Added: Yes, they are for St John's Haymarket but the actual entries for St John's don't start until frame 958 of the microfilm.

[gnorman]

It looks like Liverpool registry office hold some records too, I have emailed them to enquire. I will check your links Andy and much appreciate your help and time.

[Andy J2022]

Not a problem. I've have at least two ancestors probably buried there.