Coroner's Court

[RozButterworth]

My Gx2 grandfather James White died on 21.3.1885 at Norbury Park, Surrey as a result of being kicked by a horse. There was an inquest held on 25.3.1885. I would very much appreciate some advice on where I might go for records of the inquest, please.

Thanks very much

Regards

Roz Butterworth

[benny1982]

Hi

In my opinion newspaper reports are just transcripts of the inquest. My ancestor committed suicide in 1894 and the inquest survived and this was after I had found the newspaper reports. Around 90% of what was in the inquest I had already found out in local newspapers.

Newspapers can be very valuable where original police, court and coroners records havent survived. In a way they are similar to Bishops Transcripts of PRs, just Newspaper Transcripts of these types of records.

Ben

[Kerrywood]

My Gx2 grandfather James White died on 21.3.1885 at Norbury Park, Surrey as a result of being kicked by a horse. There was an inquest held on 25.3.1885. I would very much appreciate some advice on where I might go for records of the inquest, please.

Roz, if any inquest records do survive they will be at the Surrey History Centre (http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/surreyhistoryservice) in Woking. They have a good online catalogue. I think the coroner's district would be Western Surrey, but I don't know if they have any dispositions for that district at that date.

Kerrywood

[RozButterworth]

It was West Surrey. I've emailed the Surrey History Centre to inquire whether they have the records.

Thank you very much for this assistance.

Regards

Roz