With regard to Walton Parochial Cemetery, Liverpool, now operating as Rice Lane City Farm. I work at the farm and would refer you to my FaceBook page 'Rice Lane City Farm - A Personal collection of Photos and Videos.' If you scan down the page you will come across a hand drawn map showing the present layout of the farm/cemetery. There is also a lot of info about the farm/cemetery on the web - Robert Noonan aka Robert Tressell auther of the Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, James Carling, illustrator for Edgar Allen Poe and Ernest Freeman of the Titanic are some of the well-known people buried at the cemetery.
With regard to locating graves, we provide whatever assistance we can, but we are severely limited by a lack of available information. To my knowledge, the original plans and demarcations for the cemetery were detroyed during the second world war bombings.
I believe the cemetery was deconsecreted in the 1970's, but because there are still family graves in use, burials have taken place after that time - The last burial was in 2009.
Incidently, the entrance to the cemetery is via the Rawcliffe Road Gate. The rear Dove Gate entrance on Hornby Road is kept locked for security reason - Don't park on Hornby Road, outside of Walton Prison as any vehicles parked there are regularly broken into.
Due to the difficulty in tracing graves it is strongly advised to phone with whatever info you have before visiting the farm. I am happy to report that we have helped people from across the world with locating graves at the farm. I am also happy to take photos of any grave located and e.mail them to interested persons. You can contact me via the farm on 0151 530 1066, ask for Kevin.
To whomever this may concern !
KEVI is no longer associated with the City Farm and any attempts to utilise his services as above will prove futile.
All is not lost however, there are moves afoot to rectify some of the neglect and maladministration of this site and its records. As of March 2014 an attempt has been made by some members of the Liverpool & S W Lancs FHS & others to interpret the remaining registers against the actual layout of the grounds and in due course,(hopefully this Summer),there will be a much better understanding and improved accessibility to those areas.
However it still has to be pointed out that most of the 'common' grave burials will be completely unmarked and will probably be no more than a patch of grass.
At the very least we are hoping that you might be able to see that exact grass patch for yourself when the project is finished ?