DERBYSHIRE INQUESTS

George GADSBY age 14 of Newhall/employed by draper/found hanging/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Feb 1890

Thomas GADSBY age 36/travellers porter/threw himself from St Marys Bridge Derby into R.Derwent/had been drinking/brother Samuel/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Jun 1892

John GALLIMORE age 7m/Sturston/verdict - natural causes Mar 1849

William GAMBLE age 73 butcher/wife Sarah Gamble/Almshouses London Rd.Derby/verdict - apoplexy May 1896

E. GARLIC hawker of Longstone/found dead New Cut nr Pilsley/verdict - Visitation of God Jul 1839

Eleanor GARRASS age 68 of 18 North St.Derby/dau Mary Ryatt of 8 Trowels Lane/verdict - syncope Aug 1894

John GARTON age 3m/illeg. child of Ann Garton of Duffield/verdict - natural causes 1851

James GASKIN boy in coal pit Pinxton/roof fall/verdict - Accidental death May 1833

Charles Alfred GAUNT age 5m/of 5 Arboretum Place Derby/dead in bed/verdict - suffocation Jan 1894

Charles GIBBONS age 3 yrs 6m/father Charles Gibbons corporal Royal Engineers/stepmother Eliza/verdict - chronic hydrocephalus accelerated by fall Bakewell Apr 1876

Arthur GIBBS age 4m/mother Louisa Gibbs/City Rd.Derby/verdict - convulsions Feb 1892

Samuel GILBERT age 11/son Albert Gilbert general smith Loco Side/resident 1 Burton Rd.Derby/fell off Derwent Bridge/found dead in R.Derwent/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1893

William GILBERT at Froggatt/returning from Sheffield/death from fit or exhaustion from cold/no further evidence Nov 1833

Emma GILL age 29/wife Frederick Gill/36 Traffic St.Derby/fell downstairs/had miscarriage/inflammation of bowels & stomach caused by some unknown operation/verdict exhaustion & gastro enteritis Jul 1892

Thomas William GILL age 44 clerk Midland Railway Co./of 185 Nottingham Rd.Derby/wife Elizabeth Gill of 27 Cambridge St.Derby/found in canal nr Long Bridge/had been drinking/open verdict-canal company's attention brought to dangerous state of the towpath Feb 1893

Martha GILLIVAY age 10/Renishaw/burns/verdict - Accidental death Oct 1889

John GLENDENNING age 18 travelling hawker/bathing at Wilne in R. Derwent/verdict - Accidental drowning Whitsuntide 1852

Herbert GLOVER age 8/son James Glover collier/crushed by train buffers Blackwell Colliery Co./verdict - Accidental death Jun 1889

Francis GLOSSOP sicklesmith advanced in years/run over by cart/had been drinking/on his way home to Handley from Dronfield/verdict - Accidental death May 1852

William GODBER age 58 collier Codnor Park/verdict - inflammation of bowels Mar 1871

Joseph GODDARD age 5m/illeg. child/Ilkeston/convulsions & water on head/verdict - natural causes Jan 1853

Mary GODDARD age 2 Chinley/fell into well/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1834

infant GOLBY age 3 weeks/son Thomas Golby lab/Abel Cottages Brook Walk Derby/dead in bed/verdict - exhaustion Jul 1893

William GOLBY age 38/bricklayer Napier St.Derby/fall from plank at Derby Corporation sewage farm/broken neck/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1887

Herbert GOODALL lived alone at Crich/cut throat with razor/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Aug 1870

Mary Ann GOODALL/wife of Archibald Lee Goodall/innkeeper & footballer/took poisonous liniment & gave birth to stillborn child/death by ammonia poisoning/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jan 1890

William GOODALL age 43/run over by coal wagon Longford Lane/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1849

John GOODARD aka WARD/house 4 court 3 Willow Row Derby/employed at erection of new Council Offices in St Mary's Gate Derby/died on way to work/verdict - syncope accelerated by hemorrhage Jan 1895

Henry GOODMAN butcher Walton on Trent/found in R.Trent/verdict - suicide-mental derangement Apr 1824

Sarah Hannah GOODWIN age 3/mother Sarah Goodwin widow Speedwell Terrace Staveley/burns/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1880

Thomas GOODWIN butcher Unstone/cut throat/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Nov 1872

John GOODYER age 56/joiner Sheepbridge/verdict - heart disease & excessive drinking Oct 1889

Beecham GORDON little boy/father Joseph Gordon coachman Robinson Yard Low Pavement Chesterfield/scalded by cup of tea Feb 1871

Thomas GORRING age 90/of 72 Upper Bainbridge St.Derby/verdict - syncope Feb 1895

Samuel GORSE age 15/father Henry Gorse Ashbourne Rd Derby/drowned Markeaton Pond when ice gave way/verdict - Accidental death Nov 1851

Henry GOULD/groom to Capt. Somerset/verdict - rupture of blood vessel Oct 1864

William GOULD age 20 of Parwich/brother Thomas Gould of Hawkslow nr Parwich/fell from horse & dragged through fields/verdict - found dead Sep 1833

James GRAHAM age 19 of Chaddesden/found in canal nr Chaddesden Mill/verdict - found drowned Whitsuntide 1852

Ann GRAINGER age 66/shopkeeper Pye Bridge widow/stroke/fell into fire/death from burns Apr 1889

William GRAINGER age 17/killed in ironstone pit/Codnor Parkstruck by piece of ironstone/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1829

infant GRANT/son George Grant of Corn Exchange Vaults Derby/dead in bed/verdict - convulsions Nov 1883

George GRANT age 35 trunk maker St Alkmund parish/severe cough & cold for 3 months/verdict - rupture of blood vessel in lungs Apr 1873

William GRATIAN age 65 of Bridge St. Belper/employed by Local Board/clearing rubbish from brook course/fell down/verdict - natural causes Oct 1889

Ann GRAY age 42/ wife Samuel Gray/104 Gerard St.Derby/fell unconscious & died Burton Rd.Derby/verdict - heart failure Jan 1893

Eleanor GREATOREX age 4/dau Thomas Greatorex pork butcher/36 St Peter's St.Derby/burns/verdict - exhaustion from burns Dec 1890

Young woman GREATOREX dau of lab at Carsington/was learning milliner's trade at Ilkeston/had as suitor a gardener at Strelley Hall/went to Cromford by train/taken ill & died at father's house/subject to fits/was in the habit of taking small amounts of laudenum/verdict accordingly Feb 1856

Mary GREAVES age 63/marr/148 Siddalls Rd.Derby/fall/verdict/bronchitis & heart failure Dec 1890

Daniel GREEN age 60 moulder but presently lab at Midland Railway/21 Mansfield St.Derby/knocked down by train St Mary's goods wharf/head injured/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1891

Green ? Frederick GREEN age 13m/of 2 Bloomsgrove Rd. Ilkeston/scalded by hot cup of tea/verdict - Accidental death Oct 1897

Harold GREEN age 3 son John Green pattern maker/46 Dean St.Derby/verdict - shock from burns Nov 1895

John William GREEN age 48 bricklayer/43 Munday St.Derby/wife Annie Elizabeth Green/verdict - heart disease Oct 1896

Joseph GREEN age 3 run over by wood dray nr Tansley/severely crushed arm/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1834

Samuel GREEN age 30/inmate Derby Asylum/admitted May 1893/had fight with another inmate (Kinsey) developed erysipilas/verdict - manslaughter/Kinsey removed to criminal asylum May 1895

Sophia GREEN age 1 yr 7m/dau Daniel Green iron worker/Alexandria St.Derby/verdict - convulsions May 1889

John GREENHOUGH hanging in cowshed Ripley/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Jul 1833

Thomas GREENHOUGH coke burner Pentrich wharf/wife Alice/low state for 6m/cut throat with knife/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Mar 1889

Harriet GREENWOOD age 2/dau of Abraham & Harriet Greenwood assistant fitter Midland Railway/169 Siddalls Rd.Derby/run over by dray wheels which passed over head/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1891

Ann GREGORY age 20/Calver/had illeg. child 16 months prior which died of natural causes/putative father Richard Wild/cut throat/buried Baslow/verdict - suicide - temporary insanity Nov 1843

Maria GREGORY/married woman/High Lane West Hallam/verdict - natural causes Jan 1864

Alfred GREGSON age 51/painter & newspaper seller/died in lodging house in Nun St.Derby/verdict - exhaustion due to excessive diarrhea Sep 1895

Ann GREGSON age 19/blind/burnt at Ashbourne Union Workhouse/verdict - Accidental death May 1850

Elizabeth Ann GREGSON age 16 weeks/illegitimate dau of Emma Gregson of Blackwater nr Longford/dead in bed/verdict - natural causes Dec 1849

Harry GREGSON age 10 weeks/24 Old Chester Rd.Derby/verdict - convulsions Nov 1892

Thomas GREGSON tailor Brailsford/thrown by donkey/striking head/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1840

William GRIERSLEY age 63/of 25 Cavendish Building Brook St.Derby/employed Derby Sanitation Authority/lifted a box & fractured ribs/verdict - exhaustion consequent on injury Nov 1889

John GRIFFITH earthenware dealer/fell from tree at Booths Pasture nr R.Dove/injuries to head & stomach/verdict - Accidental death Oct 1850

Jane Elizabeth GRUBB age 40/marr/47 London Rd.Derby/husband jeweller/verdict - gastritis & exhaustion Mar 1893

Thomas HACKNEY age 19/apprentice grocer/St Peter's St.Derby/suffering from cough/verdict - congestion of lungs Dec 1890

Margaret Phoebe HADDOCK age 51/marr/68 Park St.Derby/took laudenum/verdict opium poisoning-temporary insanity Jun 1892

Elizabeth HADFIELD age 62/widow/25 Barlow St.Derby/son Stephen Hadfield engine driver same address/verdict - suicide Mar 1881

Francis HADFIELD age 22 Great Rowsley/verdict - excessive drink & cold Jun 1831

George HADFIELD stonegetter/died hamlet of Gratton whilst working/siezed with fit/verdict - Visitation of God Jan 1828

Frederick HADLEY age 8m/Vale St.Rosehill Derby/verdict - convulsions Sep 1882

Ann HAIGH spinster/died in Glossop floods/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1834

child HALES dau Charles Hales of Ashbourne/burns/verdict - Accidental death May 1872

Charles HALL age 54 idiot/lived with sister at Breaston/burns/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1859

George HALL of Chaddesden/silk weaver in Derby/body in R. Derwent/verdict - found drowned Aug 1835

John Potter HALL age 55 dyer/found hanging in Derby Gaol/committed to Assizes for forgery/father of Edwin Hall of Clover St.Derby/verdict - suicide-insanity

Alice HALL age 71/of 60 Colville St.Derby/verdict - heart disease Jan 1893

Mary HALL widow/1 Hillbrow Forester St.Derby/fall in Green Lane Derby/worked 20 yrs in Skeining room at dye works Stuart St.Derby/verdict - apoplexy Jan 1889

George HALLAM age 4/son William Hallam lab/17 Columbo St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Jan 1894

Beatrice HALLIDAY age 8m/dau of blacksmith/84 Peel St.Derby/verdict - exhaustion brought on by teething & diarrhea Aug 1896

Fred HAMER age 39 brewery carter/28 Rivett St.Derby/thrown from cart after horse bolted/collar bone fractured, 2 broken ribs penetrating lungs/verdict - Accidental death Nov 1894

David HANBURY farmer Ashover/cut throat with razor/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jan 1828

Harriet HANBURY age 16/found drowned in old quarry Grasshill/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity after argument with employer Jun 1839

Anthony HANCOCK age 65 confined in Derby Gaol 2 Mar 1837 for debt/verdict - natural causes Jun 1837

Joseph HANCOCK age 45 colliery lab Grassmoor/found in well Avenue pit Chesterfield/previous attempt at suicide & sent to Chesterfield Workhouse/verdict - suicide May 1889

William HANCOCK age 6/son Joseph Hancock stone mason/drowned Peak Forest canal/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1842

Thomas HARDING age 74/Boden's almshouses London Rd.Derby/verdict - syncope Nov 1893

Ann HARDWICK stomach spasms/took opium/verdict - death from excess of opium Jun 1836

Alfred Henry HARDY age 27/landlord Newmarket Inn East St.Derby/verdict - heart disease Nov 1893

child HARDY age 9/sent down Shipley coal pit by parents to initiate him into working there/suffocated in foul air after becoming lost/verdict - suffocation Mar 1836

Edward HARDY age 20 joiner/son of Inspector Hardy of Derby police/fall from ladder at engine shed at Derby Midland railway station/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1878

George HARDY age 40 Heage/fall of bind at Hartsett Pit Heage/fractures to spine & both legs broken/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1895

Millicent HARDY age 22/dau Edward Hardy/47 Colville St.Derby/verdict disorder of brain-convulsions Jan 1895

Thomas HARDY age 78/Findern/burns/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - exhaustion from burns Aug 1864

John HARLAND age 54/of 84 Lower Carrington St.Derby/dead in bed/verdict - syncope Apr 1896

Louisa HARRINGTON age 9/dau Richard Harrington pensioner/verdict - inflammation of brain Apr 1895

Nellie Mabel HARRIS age 9/Elm Avenue Long Eaton/drowned Derby canal/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1889

Sarah HARRIS age 30/husband weaver of Park St. Derby/overdose of laudenum/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Jun 1858

infant HARRISON age 2 days/dau Herbert Harrison iron turner/Canal St.Derby/verdict - convulsions May 1889

Catherine HARRISON age 64/wife Isaac Harrison iron moulder/61 Milton St.Derby/verdict - suffocation by piece of meat stuck in throat accelerated by heart disease Dec 1890

child HARRISON age 11/son of John Harrison hairdresser & tobacconist Bridge St.Belper/fell into R.Derwent/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1892

George HARRISON age 3/son Thomas & Annie Harrison lab/71 Dean St.Derby/dirty house/burns/verdict - open verdict Jan 1895

James HARRISON age 53/milkman Derby/cut throat in Barn at Osmaston/verdict - suicide-insanity Mar 1824

John HARRISON age 7m/Spondon/found dead in bed/verdict - inflammation of lungs Apr 1833

John HARRISON joiner Belper/took laudenum & cut throat with razor/local Baptist preacher/pregnant wife & 9 children/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Feb 1831

John William HARRISON age 4/son Thomas Harrison farm lab Hope/burns/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1889

Lucy HARRISON age 66/lodged with sister Mary Thurstan at 72 Wellington St.Derby/verdict - heart failure Oct 1896

Samuel HARRISON age 46 slater/late court 1 Siddalls Rd.Derby/then Derby Workhouse/fall from ladder & landed astride a wall 1880/became very ill Dec 1880/removed to workhouse/died 7 Jan 1881/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1881

Samuel HARRISON age 76/Smith's Almhouses Belper/verdict - attempted to cut throat & took sufficient opium to cause death May 1851

Thomas HARRISON age 8 Spondon/injured by sail of windmill/verdict - Accidental death May 1824

Robert HARROP of Eyam/found dead Key Pasture Wood/released from Derby Gaol for poaching previous day/verdict - exhaustion & collapse by exposure to wet & cold Jan 1858

Ann HASLAM old woman Chesterfield/burns/verdict - Accidental death May 1822

Henry HASLAM lab died laying pipes Soresby St.Chesterfield/verdict - Visitation of God Aug 1834

Florence HARWOOD young woman/dau James Harwood printer & stationer/Tenant St. & 90 Green Hill Derby/verdict - syncope Jan 1895

Ralph HATCHETT age 68/debtor in Derby County Gaol/verdict - heart disease Jun 1861

Joseph HATTON farm servant Hazlewood/injured right foot with harrow tine/verdict - lockjaw May 1860

Joseph HATTON of Spondon/marr/epileptic/cut throat with razor/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Oct 1896

Edward HAWKINS age 18/died Derby Infirmary/employed at Dawes Works Denby/scalded by exploding boiler/verdict - killed by accidental bursting of boiler Apr 1864

Kenneth Percy Tom HAWKRIDGE age 3/son George Hawkridge/23 Curzon St.Derby/burns/shock & collapse/open verdict Jul 1893

Hannah HAYES age 10 of Cresswell/burns/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1835

James HAYES age 2 of Pinxton/verdict - Accidental arsenic poisoning May 1836

Michael HAYES age 48/pointsman Midland Railway/wife Mary Hayes/54 Rivett St.Derby/verdict - rupture of blood vessel in heart Feb 1880

Charles HAYNES age 60 joiner of Ripley/addicted to drink/verdict - heart disease Jul 1860

John HAYWOOD collier Kilburne/killed in pit by fall of roof/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1831

William HAYWOOD age 67/lived with son Wm Henry Haywood/27 Parliament St.Derby/found in R.Derwent nr St Mary's Bridge/verdict - found drowned Apr 1894

Harrison HEANE age 80/farmer Woodhouse farm Barlborough/found hanging/verdict - suicide - temporary insanity Oct 1877

Job HEAPY employed by Mr Mosedale of Nuns St.Derby/killed by steam engine shaft/verdict - Accidental death May 1825

Hannah HEATH age 84/widow/Newbold Almshouse/burns/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1851

Margaret HEATH found in R.Rother nr Chesterfield/husband John Heath/verdict - found drowned Feb 1839

Joseph HEATHCOTE/marr/carter Clay Cross Co./slipped & fell whilst loading/verdict - Accidental death 1872

John HEATON age 37/unemployed/former grocer's assistant Ashbourne/found in R. Dove/note in pocket/£ 175 found at his lodgings/verdict suicide-temporary insanity Apr 1875

Enoch HEGG age 2 yrs 6m/son Benjamin Hegg lab/51 Mundy St.Derby/burns/verdict - open verdict Mar 1896

William HELLABY age 56/lodging at Upper Thurvaston/verdict - diseased heart Oct 1865

Mary Ann HELLIWELL age 43/marr/21 Boroughs Walk Derby/verdict convulsions Nov 1892

Arthur HEMSTOCK boy/drowned Nutbrook canal Stanton/verdict - found drowned Apr 1875

Ann HENLEY age 40 housekeeper to Mr Horsley of Queen St.Derby/found hanged in storeroom in master's house/verdict - suicide-lunacy Nov 1840

John HENSHAW age 4 of Ilkeston/fell into canal/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1833

Mary Ann HENSHAW age 79/Derby St.Derby/slipped in yard/broken thigh/verdict - exhaustion from injury Dec 1885

Thomas Edward HENSLEY age 7/drowned river Derwent Sawley & Wilne/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1889

Elizabeth HENSTOCK age 80/dead in field nr Dale Bridge Ashover/verdict - found dead Mar 1835

Edith Mary HERROD age 6m/dau Joseph James Herrod clerk/41 Redshaw St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Jan 1895

William HERROD age 65 Blackwell nr Alfreton/felling an ash tree in field occupied by son Robert Herrod of South Normanton/tree fell on him/member of Harmonic Society held at Miner's Arms South Normanton/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1823

William HEWITT age 15/knocked down by wagon whilst working on Doe Lea & Teveshall railway line/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1889

George HIBBERD sen./Barlborough/verdict - natural causes Nov 1853

child HIBBERT age 1 yr/son Thomas Hibbert lab/Codnor Park/scalded by cup of hot coffee/verdict - Accidental death 1828

infant HICKLING age 2 days/dau Oliver George Hickling/60 Campion St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Mar 1895

William HICKLING age 28 fireman Midland Railway Co./residence Park St.Derbykilled by derailment of mineral train at Tapton nr Chesterfield/marr/2 children/buried Nottingham Rd.Cemerery Derby/brother of the Court Loxley of ancient order of Foresters/verdict - manslaughter-Ambrose Blackham signalman sent for trial Jun 1858

Florence HICKMAN age 5 weeks/dau Frederick Hickman lab/court 1 house 2 Gisborne St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Mar 1895

Henry HIGGINBOTTOM age 16/son of John & Ann Higginbottom weaver/4 Jacksons Yard Nun St.Derby/hanged himself after hitting younger brother John Robert Higginbottom/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jan 1889

Joseph HIGTON boy/fall from rocks between Middleton by Wirksworth & Wirksworth whilst birdnesting/mother widow/fractured skull/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1871

Edwin HILL age 64 former overlooker cotton mill Borrowash/dau Fanny Vickers Ward/verdict - syncope Jan 1890

Ellen HILL age 4 dau Henry Hill/26 Rutland St.Derby/verdict - convulsionsJun 1894

Hannah HILL over 80 Longford Almshouses/burns/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1833

Marion HILL age 5m/dau John James & Elizabeth Hill pork butcher/28 Camden St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Mar 1893

William HILL boy of Regent St. Derby & Derby Grammar school/visiting Ilam Dale/fell from rock nr Reynard's Cave whilst birdnesting/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1864

David HILLIARD age 65 fitter/Eagle St.Derby/wife Emily Hilliard/broken hip/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - syncope & delirium tremens Jan 1894

Harriet Ann HILLMAN/Nottingham Rd.Derby/had 8 children/3 died/unhinged mind from deaths/found dead in bath with head under water/verdict - fall in bath & syncope Apr 1890

Mary Ann HILLMAN age 3m/of 26 Nottingham Rd.Derby/verdict - convulsions Feb 1880

Thomas Henry HILLMAN age 11/son of Henry Hammond Hillman commission agent/95 Nottingham Rd.Derby/struck by cart shaft whilst playing in Bennetts Yard Nottingham Rd./abcess on brain from blow/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1889

Beatrice Feodore Alberta HILTON age 4/dau of William & Elizabeth Hilton builder/51 High St. Litchurch Derby/fell over tram lines & run over by tram/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1881

Henry HIND servant to Wm Wilders of Ashbourne/crushed by cart at Mappleton/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1824

James HIND young man/twist hand at Johnson's factory Albion St.Derby/neck handkerchief caught in steam engine shaft/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1832

Mary HINDE age 56 widow/56 Parker St.Derby/fractured thigh/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - shock Jan 1889

Dawson HITCHCOCK age 36 drayman/wife Hannah Hitchcock/23 Noel St.Derby/7 children/eldest 14 yrs/family given jury fees & donation from coroner & doctor/verdict - heart disease Oct 1896

James HITCHCOCK of Belper/had been drinking/missing since May 18th/found in river 2nd Jun/verdict - found drowned Jun 1838

Charles Francis HOARE age 56/chemist/Breedon Hill Rd. taken ill at Midland Station/has son Wm Harold Hoare/verdict - heart disease Jun 1896

William HOBBINS age 30/Park St.Derby/bricklayer's lab/verdict - bursting of blood vessel in right lung May 1895

Jane HODGSON age 15/caught in machinery at Mosbro' colliery whilst taking brother his dinner/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1837

Thomas HODKIN little boy of Elmton nr Bolsover/burnt at school/verdict accordingly Mar 1830

George Ernest HODSON age 26/of 34 Hartington St.Derby/died on train from Ashby to Derby/taken ill at Worthington station verdict - syncope Sep 1894

Elizabeth HOGG of Bag Lane Derby/verdict - apoplexy Jun 1824

John HOLE age 73 lab Tansley/wife Ann Hole/verdict - natural causes Nov 1871

Clement HOLBROOK/son of Henry Holbrook of Spondon/fallen into tun vat & drowned/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1835

John HOLBROOK farmer & maltster Spondon/found hanged at brother's residence/recently released from Nottingham Asylum/verdict - insanity Oct 1823

James HOLDEN 56 foreman brewer/Cavendish Bridge/scalded by fall into vat of boiling beer at Cavendish Bridge Brewery at Shardlow/wife Mart Ann Holden/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1892

Thomas Martin HOLDEN age 3m/Burrough's Walk Derby/verdict - convulsions Nov 1881

Edward HOLLAND age 15m/Druids Arms Traffic St.Derby/verdict - teething convulsions Jun 1885

Harriet HOLLINGSWORTH age 3m/Willow Row Derby/verdict - congestion of lungs & atrophy May 1883

Charles HOLMES age 6m/son Charles Holmes railway porter Codnor Park/mother knocked down by cow on Selston road/cow horn penetrated child's skull/owner of cow censured/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1876

Fanny HOLMES age 2m/dau Thomas Holmes/7 Whiteman's Yard Carrington St.Derby/dead in bed/verdict - suffocation Nov 1893

George HOLMES age 8 South Wingfield/fell under cart whilst riding an ass/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1836

George HOLMES youth Whittington/found in ironstone pit/insufficient air/verdict - death through suffocation 1852

Thomas HOLMES age 27 marr/employed as drayman Midland Railway Co. Belper/verdict - syncope Jan 1889

William HOLMES age 6/son of Ellen Holmes/house 2 court 10 Victoria St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Feb 1889

Eliza HOLT age 15 Temple Normanton/crushed by load on father's cart/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1833

Frederick HOLT age 47/wife Harriet/8 Court 9 Sadler Gate Derby/run over by train at Nottingham Rd station/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1881

James HOOD age 66/wife Sarah Hood/84 Friary Terrace Drewry Lane Derby/verdict - syncope Dec 1894

William HOOWORTH age 44/found hanging stables at Horse & Jockey Inn Ashbourne/verdict - suicide Jul 1850

Edward HOPKINSON age 12 weeks/father Wm Hopkinson Clay Cross/verdict - convulsions Jun 1875

Henry HOPKINSON gluemaker found hanged Chesterfield House of Correction/committed previous night for riotous conduct/verdict - suicide-insanity Apr 1834

Alithea HOROBIN age 14m/dau Percy Horobin/17 Hill St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Feb 1895

Thomas HOROBIN age 12 days/father Thomas Horobin lab of St Alkmunds parish Derby/inquest adjourned Mar 1853

Austin John HORSFORD miner at Springwell ironstone pit Staveley/fall of stone/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1875

William HORSLEY age 11/Denby/crushed by roof fall in coalpit/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1836

Olive Jane HORTON age 67/wife of Benjamin Horton pattern maker of 30 Talbot St.Derby/verdict - syncope May 1889

Arthur Jesse HOSKINSON age 16/stepfather Wm Hudson basketmaker/32 Stepping Lane Derby/verdict - syncope Jan 1892

George Granville HOWARD age 10/son of Robert Howard engine driver/4 Severn Terrace New Chester Derby/fall from tree/concussion & inflammation of brain/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1896

William HOWARD age 72/found dead sitting on stairs Walton on Trent/verdict - natural causes May 1877

George HOWARTH infant of Field Head Belper/found dead in bed/verdict - convulsions Jan 1870

James HOWE age 66/mole catcher/dead in field nr Fall Cliff quarry Hathersage/verdict - found dead with no marks of violence May 1876

James HOWELL age 77 iron moulder/20 Exeter St.Derby/fell downstairs/had been drinking/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1896

child HUDSON age 2/dau of Francis Hudson lab Mackworth/fell into boiling water/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1830

Edward HUDSON age 6/Foston/sheltering from thunderstorm under cart laden with sand/verdict - died from injuries received by accidental fall of cart body Jun 1864

Evelyn May HUDSON age 1 yr 7m/dau James Hudson lab/96 Princess St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Jul 1893

George HUDSON age 63/watchman/6 Rosengrave St.Derby/brother in law Wm Duesbury/ulceration of stomach/verdict - acute peritonitis Jan 1896

George HUDSON age 65 millwright/injured by crane at Midland Railway Works/leg broken/verdict syncope & exhaustion from injury Dec 1890

Henry HUDSON age 81/of 148 Uttoxeter New Rd.Derby/died in the Cheshire Cheese public house St Peter's St.Derby/verdict - syncope Jan 1894

Louisa HUDSON age 1 yr/of 10 Chandos Pole St.Derby/verdict - inflammation of lungs May 1881

Samuel HUDSON age 79/turnkey at Derby Gaol/former member of Old Derby Militia/verdict - heart disease Jul 1853

William HULLAND age 58 miner at Marehay/verdict - heart disease Feb 1889

Elizabeth HULMES spinster age between 60 & 70 yrs/23 Sitwell St.Derby/verdict heart disease Aug 1893

William HUMPSTONE age 48/crippled/marr/17 Rivett St.Derby/orange seller nr Royal Hotel Derby/verdict - asthenia Dec 1887

Betsy Ann HUNT age 32/wife of Samuel Hunt/16 Trafalgar St.Derby/dead in bed/ill for 2 yrs/recently confined/child died/verdict - syncope Jun 1893

Fanny HUNT age 9 weeks/illegitimate child Biggin/verdict - natural causes 1852

Mary HUNT age 64/previous inmate Ashbourne Workhouse/died Market Place Ashbourne/verdict/rupture of blood vessels of heart Mar 1849

Thomas HUNT age 5/fell into well at Denby/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1850

Thomas HUNT age 21/fall down shaft of stone pit Codnor Park/verdict - Accidental death Nov 1843

Emma HUNTER age 53/wife of Thomas Hunter/John St.Derby/verdict - syncope Dec 1893

Hannah HURD spinster/found in canal Litchurch Derby/verdict - found drowned Nov 1832

Henry Hunt HUTCHINSON age 72 former clerk to Derby magistrates/50 Otter St.Strutts Park Derby/wife Fanny Hutchinson/shot himself/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Aug 1894

new born child INNOCENT/of Elizabeth Innocent age 24/dau of Francis & Sarah Innocent of Green Lane Derby/verdict - suffocated at birth through lack of care Mar 1850

John INSLEY of Newhall/marr/gas explosion at Stanton colliery/verdict - death from burns Jan 1867

William INWOOD age 2/run over by cart Bag Lane Derby/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1890

infant JACKSON age 4m/dau Samuel John Jackson/49 Crewe St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Mar 1896

Ann JACKSON age 62/Wilder Brook nr Belper/heavy spirit drinker/verdict - excessive drinking Aug 1889

Emmanuel JACKSON age 59/of 102 Burton Rd.Derby/shot himself after killing his wife Anna Jackson/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jul 1883

James Taylor JACKSON age 4/son of miner/Harelock? St.Ripley/lived with grandmother/burns/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1890

John JACKSON butcher Grange Mill/fell from horse nr Middleton toll bar/had been drinking/fractured skull/verdict - Accidental death Nov 1828

John Albert JACKSON age 5m/son of Frank Jackson/99 Ashbourne Rd.Derby/verdict - syncope Oct 1882

John George JACKSON age 56/retired toy shopkeeper/Bold Lane Derby/verdict - syncope Oct 1893

William JACKSON age 40 horse nailmaker Belper/marr/found lying insensible by railway line/taken home & died/had been drinking/verdict - exposure to cold Sep 1876

William JACKSON nailmaker Belper/7 children/18s collected from inquest jury for widow/verdict - died from effects of fall from a hay cart Aug 1882

Mrs JACQUES native of Ashbourne/1st husband Rupert Woolley/run over by milk cart nr Green Man Hotel Ashbourne/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1890

Elizabeth JARVIS 35 hawker/lodger Bridge St.Derby/dead in bed/verdict - natural causes Mar 1883

Frank JEFFREY age 8m/son John Jeffrey/111 Whitecross St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Jan 1890

Julia JEFFRIES age 11/dau Joseph & Mary Jeffries baker/288 Abbey St.Derby/verdict - syncope & fainting Jan 1895

Thomas JENNEY age 10/Belper/drowned in river Derwent nr field called Cross's Meadow/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1854

Isaac JEPSON age 8/of Whitle/found in resevoir/verdict - found drowned Nov 1832

Rebecca JESSON age 3 weeks/dau William Jesson bricklayer/124 Cobden St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Oct 1893

Ann JOHNSON age 64 widow/8 Park Place Derby/verdict - syncope Nov 1885

Frederick JOHNSON age 2/son of Herbert & Jane Johnson/18 Cambridge St.Derby/had bad cold/given lobelia syrup/verdict - congestion of lungs accelerated by administration of lobelia Nov 1885

George JOHNSON of Stretton/found hanging in barn after drinking at Clay Cross/verdict - suicide-temporary insanityMar 1862

Hannah Elizabeth JOHNSON age 18/dau of Wm Johnson iron worker/26 Graham St.Derby/hanging in bedroom/delicate health/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Dec 1894

Letitia JOHNSON age 70 housekeeper/154 Nottingham Rd.Derby/verdict - syncope Feb 1894

Martha JOHNSON age 71/Ripley/drowned in canal/verdict - Accidental death 1851

Robert Walter JOHNSON age 7 weeks/son of John Johnson of Russell St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Nov 1887

Samuel JOHNSON farmer of Shuckton nr Mugginton/fell from horse at Sturston toll bar/concussion of brain/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1829

Samuel JOHNSON age 38 farm lab/Hulland Lane nr Ashbourne/fell from hayloft/fractured spine/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1896

Sylvia JOHNSON age 46/wife James Johnson lab/20 Albion St.Derby/verdict - exhaustion due to large tumour Oct 1893

Thomas JOHNSON surgeon Belper/found in canal nr Long Bridge Derby/verdict - found drowned Nov 1823

Thomas JOHNSON age 14/employed cotton factory Hanging Bridge Ashbourne/got into crane/crushed between crane & floor/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1832

Thomas JOHNSON age 30 lab Midland Railway Co./wife Rosetta Johnson/Westbury St.Derby/found drowned in "Danger Deeps" in brickyard in Stockbrook Lane/suffered from eczema & low spirits/open verdict Nov 1894

William JOHNSON age 4m/son of Henry & Emma Johnson/50 Norman St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Dec 1893

William JOHNSON age 63 lab Midland Railway Co. Ilkeston station/struck by train/3 fractured ribs/both legs broken/broken arm in 2 places/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1876

Joseph JOLLY age 42 husband of Esther/11 Erasmus St.Deby/carter for Hide & Skin Co. Cattle Market/run over by train Nottingham Rd station/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1881

Mrs JOLLEY age 50/wife William Jolley publican Rotten Row Derby/verdict - heart disease Jun 1853

James JONES/Derby Union Workhouse/verdict - disease of lungs 1851

John JONES age 4 of Eckington/burns/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1839

Rose Elizabeth JONES age 6/mother Martha Jones/Darby St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Sep 1892

Thomas JONES age 27/fitter Midland Railway/67 Vale St. New Normanton/verdict - syncope Nov 1885

Alice Hannah JORDAN age 8/dau of Edward Jacob Jordan machineman Midland Railway Co./62 Roe St.Derby/burns/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1896

William JORDAN watercress gatherer of Allestree/run over by cart on way back from Wirksworth/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1828

Mary Ann KAY age 18/unmarr/lodgings Bridge Gate Derby/verdict - convulsions Sep 1884

Timothy KEAN age 10/son of landlord of Hen & Chickens, Walker Lane Derby/fell into canal near Phoenix foundry whilst having a fit/verdict - uncertain as to death by drowning or fit Aug 1895

Daniel KEELING lab Roston/died on road returning home from poaching/verdict - Visitation of God Feb 1830

Emma KEELING age 56/wife of Wm Keeling striker Midland Railway/6 Gilman St.Derby/verdict - apoplexy Mar 1896

Widow KEELING age 60 of Parwich/found hanged/verdict - suicide-insanity Feb 1850

John KENDALL of Unstone/dog bite on upper lip/verdict - hydrophobia Nov 1819

Henry KENT age 45 barman Carrington Arms Derby/verdict - inflammation Oct 1882

Robert KERSHAW age 23/bricklayer/fall from scaffolding Walker Lane Derby/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1854

Ellen KERSLAKE age 3/dau of Henry Kerslake/125 Whitecross St.Derby/run over by horse & trap/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1894

James KEWOOD age 59/Parker St.Derby/elastic bandage maker/pains in head for 20 yrs/found hanged in kitchen/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Sep 1890

German KEY age 15/head crushed in canal tunnel/inquest at Pentrich/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1852

John KEY age 16 collier Heage/taken ill at work/verdict - natural causes May 1871

infant KEY son Maria KEY nee KIDDY age 21/husband gone to America/verdict - stillborn Sep 1852

George KEYTON age 52/of 127 Siddalls Rd.Derby/blacksmith/verdict - rupture of heart Jun 1885

Ellis KINDER fell in R.Ashop on way home from Snake Inn in Woodlands to Edale/body found nr Rowsley/verdict - found drowned Jul 1828

Sarah KING age 79/Buxton Hotel Boyer St.Derby/lived with son in law/found dead in bed/verdict - syncope Nov 1893

Henry KIRBY horse driver Chaddesden sidings/crushed between wagons/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1869

George Henry KIRK age 7/orphan/lived with grand parents/125 Canal St.Derby/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1889

Thomas KIRKHAM age 18/of 29 William St.Derby/drowned bathing in Markeaton Brook/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1892

William KIRKHAM age 40 lab no fixed abode/possible fall from hay loft Wirksworth/fractured skull/had been drinking/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1889

Edward KIRKLAND age 63 lab/Norman St.Derby/verdict - apoplexy Jun 1896

William KIRKLAND age 56/of 7 Mundy St.Derby/verdict - apoplexy Jun 1894

Elizabeth KIRKMAN age 55/wife Samuel Kirkman lab/40 Talbot St.Derby/verdict - apoplexy May 1894

Stephen KITCHENER age 31 lab/Church Gresley/took laudenum by mistake/verdict - death from large accidental dose of laudenum Feb 1859

Catherine KNIGHT age 28/wife Frederick Knight painter/verdict acute inflammation of lungs Jan 1890

John KNIGHT age 64/agent Butterley Co. Codnor Park/fell down 14 cellar steps at home/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1853

Ruth KNIGHT age 12 weeks/Draycott/found dead in arms of mother/verdict - natural death Feb 1837

Joseph KNIGHTON age 80/lived with dau Jane at Cotmanhay/verdict - natural causes Jan 1872

Robert KNIGHTON age 51 lab at railway station/marr/Ashbourne Rd.Derby/had asthma/verdict - distress of heart Jan 1859

George KNOWLES boy/son George Knowles/crushed by stone at Noton's quarry Bakewell/verdict - shock to nervous system Jul 1875

Samuel KNOWLES age 60 widr stone cutter Tansley/ailing 3 or 4 yrs/shot himself in head with pistol/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Apr 1864

John Thomas KNOWLSON age 55/bricklayer/1 Lower St Mary's Gate Derby/verdict - heart disease Oct 1893

Hannah LAKE marr/Graham St.Derby/died in childbirth/child born dead/verdict - natural causes Apr 1890

Peter LALLEY age 55/taken to Belper Workhouse/very ill/verdict - natural death Jan 1875

Eliza LAMB convicted of drunkeness/died in Derby gaol infirmary/verdict - apoplexy Sep 1870

William LANCASHIRE child/St Peter's St. Derby/burns/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1850

Ann LANDER age 72 Dean St.Derby/dead in bed from fit/verdict - natural causes Dec 1884

Mary Elizabeth LANGTON age 48/Codnor/drowned in canal after dark/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1889

William LASSELLES of Derby/taking prussic acid/verdict - lunacy Aug 1833

John William LAWRENCE age 3/son John LAWRENCE iron driller/3 Bridge St.Derby/run over by trap Lodge Lane/died Children's Hospital North St.Derby/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1890

Kate LAWRENCE age 12m/of 71 Park St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Jan 1884

Frederick LEAKE/son of William Leake draper's assistant of the Acres Pilsley/sliding on inclined footpath/fell with injuries to head & back/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1891

George LEAH age 12/son James Leah coal miner Stonebroom/run over by train/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1889

John LEALAND age 85 boatwright/found in Derby canal/verdict - found drowned-no evidence offered Jun 1824

Gertrude LEE age 16m/dau Joseph Lee lab Colour Works Markeaton Lane Derby/residence 12 Noel St.Derby/burns & suffocation/left in cradle by fire/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1895

John LEEDHAM age 69 wheelwright/Hatton/wife Chrisandra Leedham/often short of breath/collapsed pushing handcart on Hatton Rd./verdict - natural causes Oct 1891

Mrs LEEDS age 80 Gorsey Bank Wirksworth/verdict - death from burns Jun 1836

James LEEVERS found in canal at Codnor Park/was to have been married in about a week/subject to fits/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1837

Henry LEMON age 27 farmer Kilburn/fall from cart whilst intoxicated/verdict - Accidental death May 1850

Elizabeth LENTHALL/of Hardstaff/found hanging/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jan 1835

James LEONARD age 4m/of 8 Liversage Cottages Liversage St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Feb 1886

Amy Edna LEVER age 5/burnt at grandmother's house (Mrs Boam) King St. Ashbourne/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1889

Ada LEVEY age 2 dau John Levey/Walker Lane Derby/fell downstairs/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1882

Thomas LEWIN/employed N. Midland Railway Co./stabbed Alfreton Park/inquest South Wingfield/verdict - manslaughter Jun 1838

Albert John Horace LEWIS age 35 bricklayer/wife Elizabeth Lewis/15 Newland St.Derby/subject to fits/found lying on floor with chin on bottom of washstand/mouth bleeding/verdict - suffocation after epileptic fit Sep 1893

Charles LEWIS age 47 goods guard/37 Cathcart St.Vauxhall Birmingham/injured at Chaddesden sidings by brake van/broken arm & crushed chest/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - pneumonia from injuries-Accidental death

John LEWIS age 65 greengrocer/Agard St.Derby/fell from dray/striking head on front wheel/verdict - rupture of blood vessel in brain Jan 1889

Letitia Ann LEWIS age 35/suffering from mania/had been put under chloroform to straighten contraction of knees/had fit emerging from chloroform//verdict - fatty degeneration of heart accelerated by chloroform Apr 1890

William LEWIS age 13m/Derby/verdict - effects of scalding tea Jan 1825

Nathaniel Thomas LIMBERT age 50 fish hawker/marr/10 East St.Derby/verdict - syncope Oct 1894

Esther Elizabeth LIMBRICK age 7 weeks/of 64 Dairyhouse Rd.Derby/verdict - convulsions Nov 1893

William LINAM age 2/drinking laudenum/verdict - Accidental death May 1826

Jane LION infant dau Mary Lion in Derby gaol for felony/verdict - Visitation of God Nov 1829

Samuel LOCKER boy/Ripley/burns/died after 3 weeks in Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1879

Thomas LOCKWOOD age 38/grinder Masboro'/hanging in cell by neckerchief awaiting trial for stealing boots at Assizes/verdict - suicide Jul 1877

Anne LOMAS age 70 of Ripley/burns/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1859

George LOMAS run over by wagon & 6 horses at New Inn Chapel en le Frithwhilst crossing road to son's house/moonlight night/verdict - Accidental death Nov 1836

James LOMAS age 65 farmer/Fernilee/fall from cart at White Hart Inn Whaley Bridge/back broken/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1889

Sarah LOMAS age 47 widow/5 Lower Carrington St.Derby/lived with niece Mary Lee/verdict - heart disease Apr 1886

new born female child of Ann LONGDEN age 34 single woman Coal Aston/verdict - wilful murder May 1872

George LONGDEN age 9 weeks/County Gaol/both parents in gaol for felony/weak from birth/verdict - natural causes Jul 1853

Hannah LONGDEN age 62 Duffield/weighed 17 stone/verdict - apoplexy Aug 1852

Mary LONGDON age 2 yrs 6m/dau Samuel & Mary Longdon lab/Grove St.Derby/verdict - congestion of lungs Dec 1890

Eliza LOWE age 67/lived with Mary Ann Lowe/marr/34 Louden St.Derby/choked on jam chart/verdict - apoplectic fit Dec 1894

Jesse LOWE age 9/son Benjamin Lowe lab/28 Leaper St.Derby/burns/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1895

John LOWE age 2 yrs 5m/run over by Royal Bruce coach in Sadler Gate Derby/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1827

William LOWE age 76/dead in bed/lodgings 32 Park St.Derby/verdict - syncope Feb 1892

Charles LUDLAM age 18/collier Thorpe Hill Crich/verdict - death in disused well through foul air May 1878

James LYCETT colliery accident Alfreton/broken leg, fractured jaw/verdict - manslaughter - John Lee operator of shaft cage for trial at Assizes Jun 1858

Mary LYNAM age 33/Hazlewood/set herself on fire/verdict - suicide - insanity Jul 1840