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Title: Coroners Report 1901 SW London
Post by: popsie58 on Tuesday 06 July 10 07:49 BST (UK)

My Grandfather William Frederick Smith b 1854 committed suicide  on 8 Nov 1909 in York Road Battersea.   Is it possible to get a copy of the Coroners report or should I try the Local Papers for info. ?.  Thanks

Title: Re: CORONERS REPORT 1909 SW LONDON
Post by: nanny jan on Tuesday 06 July 10 09:03 BST (UK)

Hi,

I managed to find a Coroner's report, at the LMA, for an Inquest held in 1902 in north London but no luck in finding one held in 1914 in Notting Hill. 

Newspaper reports were found in a couple of local papers for the 1914 Inquest; you should be able to find some newspaper coverage.


Good luck!


Nanny Jan

Title: Re: CORONERS REPORT 1909 SW LONDON
Post by: charlotteCH on Tuesday 06 July 10 09:51 BST (UK)

Hi popsie and welcome to rootschat :)

As Nanny Jan says, newspapers would carry items about this.  I'd suggest that the loca lpapers would ge a good source and could well include some local chatabout the people involved.

charlotte

Title: Re: Coroners Report 1901 SW London
Post by: dawnsh on Tuesday 06 July 10 13:38 BST (UK)

Hi popsie

very few records survive.

The LMA has this leaflet

http://217.154.230.218/NR/rdonlyres/B4AD8012-54EA-4A38-BD3D-273ABB331498/0/41CORONERSRECORDSFORLONDONANDMIDDLESEX.pdf

Hope it helps.

Dawn

Title: Re: Coroners Report 1901 SW London
Post by: popsie58 on Wednesday 07 July 10 09:06 BST (UK)

Thanks everyone I will have to look up Fulham Chronicles the next time I go to London.     Gerry

Title: Re: Coroners Report 1901 SW London
Post by: charlotteCH on Wednesday 07 July 10 10:17 BST (UK)

Gerry, Let us know how you get on digging the info out ;D

charlotte

Title: Re: Coroners Report 1901 SW London
Post by: Plummiegirl on Wednesday 07 July 10 13:34 BST (UK)

If you are lucky the coroners inquest would have been covered by a reporter from the South London Press.

Their offices are in Streatham as I believe are their archives.  Sadly they do not do searches and their archive is on accessible for about the last 5 years.  So if you want to look up their records you have to go there and do it yourself.

There is also Battersea Library, where the local history and family history groups are based.  They are very helpful and may be able to advise you further.

Coroners are only required to keep their reports for a certain amount of time.  Many throw nothing away.  But in the 1930's a  coroner in the Bristol area, threw all the old records away as they were taking up so much room!!!