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Durham North Coroner

Reference: COR/Du.N/2 Catalogue Title: Durham North Coroner Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Inquest files

Covering Dates: 1974-1980

Access: These records are closed for 75 years, except with prior permission of the coroner. Apply to County Archivist for access.

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  • Durham North Coroner
    • 1974 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/1-13)
    • 1975 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/14-34)
    • 1976 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/35-58)
    • 1977 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/59-80)
    • 1978 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/81-97)
    • 1979 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/98-198)
    • 1980 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/199-256)

Catalogue Contents

1974 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/1-13)Ref: COR/Du.N 2/1

William Blenkinsopp Metcalfe, 1974 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/2

Jacolyn Woodhead, 1974 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/3

Stanley Wymer, 1974 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/4

Danielle Taylor, 1974 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/5

Albert Hanson, 1974 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/6

Robert Purvis, 1974 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/7

Neil Ramsay, 1974 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/8

Dryden Phillipson Stokoe, 1974 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/9

Thomas Robinson, 1974 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/10

Anna Frances Saint, 1974 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/11

Thomas Bowes, 1974 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/12

William Gair Stephenson, 1974 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/13

George Wilkinson, 1974 (open verdict)

1975 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/14-34)Ref: COR/Du.N 2/14

Andrew Sheldon, 1975 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/15

Irma Irene Pennington, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/16

John George Jefferson, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/17

Clive Brooks, 1975 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/18

Sarah Gleaves, 1975 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/19

Ethel Duggan, 1975 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/20

Dennis William Bowes, 1975 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/21

John William Davison, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/22

Michael Adrian Wren, 1975 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/23

Jacqueline Ann Russell, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/24

Henry Alexander Bland, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/25

Hugh Harris Davis, 1975 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/26

Margaret Ellen Lynn, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/27

Nora Saunders, 1975 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/28

Margaret Bilton, 1975 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/29

David Andrew Reilly, 1975 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/30

Harold Stephenson, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/31

David Lewins, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/32

Henry Forester, 1975 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/33

Charles Leonard Metcalf, 1975 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/34

George Thomas Fishburn, 1975 (R)

1976 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/35-58)Ref: COR/Du.N 2/35

Sarah Cunningham, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/36

John Martin Farrelly, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/37

Leslie Greenwell, 1976 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/38

Ludy Dodds, 1976 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/39

John Turner, 1976 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/40

John George Shaw, 1976 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/41

John Willey, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/42

John Shield, 1976 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/43

Audrey Margaret Haslem, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/44

Kevin William Osborne, 1976 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/45

Pauline Anne Davison, 1976 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/46

William Blakemore, 1976 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/47

James Kelly, 1976 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/48

Margaret Edwards, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/49

Angela Mawson, 1976 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/50

William Laverick, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/51

Herbert Lister, 1976 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/52

John Emmerson, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/53

Mary Fenwick, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/54

Mary Jane Pinkney, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/55

John Albert Armstrong, 1976 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/56

Andrew George Francis, 1976 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/57

Mary Margaret Ellwood, 1976 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/58

Hilda Livesey, 1976 (R)

1977 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/59-80)Ref: COR/Du.N 2/59

William James Graham, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/60

Reuben Dowen, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/61

Ralph Edgar Churchward, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/62

Margaret Jane Golightly, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/63

Elizabeth Hills, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/64

Annie Laws, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/65

James Clark, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/66

Doreen Mothersill, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/67

Tracey Johnson, 1977 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/68

Thomas Butler, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/69

Caroline Isabella Stocker, 1977 (criminal proceedings)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/70

Moira Rostron, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/71

William Douglas Davie, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/72

John James Metcalfe, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/73

Elizabeth Mary Burgess, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/74

Norman Richardson, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/75

Martha Ann Walton, 1977 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/76

Harry Westgarth, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/77

David Kirkland Sinclair Anderson, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/78

Brian Alfred Day, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/79

Arthur Raymond Duckers, 1977 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/80

Lawrence Blight, 1977 (open verdict)

1978 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/81-97)Ref: COR/Du.N 2/81

Edward Hunt, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/82

Sarah Ann Monkhouse, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/83

Olive May Wood, 1978 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/84

Andrew Leadbitter, 1978 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/85

Albertus Ambrose Stacey, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/86

John Leslie Ellison, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/87

Alphonsus Patrick Corrigan, 1978 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/88

Norman Woods, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/89

William Holdsworth, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/90

George Craig, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/91

Thomas Wilfred Allison, 1978 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/92

James Savage, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/93

Robert Mitchell, 1978 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/94

Julia Jackson, 1978 (open verdict)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/95

Mary Elizabeth Bell, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/96

Ernest Margerham, 1978 (R)

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/97

John Wharton, 1978 (R)

1979 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/98-198)Ref: COR/Du.N 2/98

James Dalton (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/99

Dennis Cook (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/100

Robert George Brown (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/101

Audrey King (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/102

Aileen Bell (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/103

Stephen Parsons (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/104

Stephen Poulson (R), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/105

Margaret Freeth (misadventure), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/106

Maureen Wilkinson (natural causes), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/107

Susannah Margaret Devey (R), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/108

Mary Alice Haswell (misadventure), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/109

Edith Mary Gwenda Thompson (misadventure), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/110

Gwendoline Joan Hardy (open verdict), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/111

William Gatenby (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/112

Elsie Irwin (open verdict), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/113

Thomas William Neal (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/114

William James Johnson (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/115

James Edward Burrel (misadventure), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/116

Thomas Wren (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/117

Eleanor Cook (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/118

Thomas Wilson Bell (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/119

John Thomas Marley (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/120

Jean Hodgson (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/121

Thomas Mullen (R), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/122

William Henry Munday (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/123

Grace Ann Morgan (misadventure), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/124

Doreen Bateman (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/125

John Derrick Stephenson (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/126

George Potter (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/127

Richard Turnbull Moore (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/128

George Dowey (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/129

Pauline Baggaley (open verdict), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/130

Edward Lawson (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/131

Peter Shield (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/132

Mary Patricia Warin (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/133

Robert Henry Seaward (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/134

Robert Nichol (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/135

Thomas William Lowery (misadventure), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/136

Harry Russel (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/137

Thomas William Wray (R), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/138

William Wadge (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/139

John Hall Jackson (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/140

David Sims (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/141

George William Ridley (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/142

Joseph Briggs (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/143

Ada Diver (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/144

Christopher Millward (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/145

Hannah Cockburn (open verdict), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/146

Jacob Gowland (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/147

Charles William Nesbit Furness (natural causes), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/148

John William Blackburn (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/149

Malcolm Wootton (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/150

Mary Jane Barlow (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/151

Mary Cook (criminal proceedings), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/152

John Joseph Toppin (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/153

Doreen Wren Thomas (misadventure), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/154

Henry Kirkup (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/155

Cyril Firth (open verdict), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/156

John Henry Lewis (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/157

Irene Chatterton (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/158

Joseph William Greenwell (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/159

Stanley Scott (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/160

Alan Grey Bradley (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/161

William Thomas Brown (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/162

Henry Holden Newton (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/163

Stuart Paul Chapman (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/164

Peter Connolly (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/165

William Ord (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/166

William Henry Hardy (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/167

Gordon Geoffrey Reay (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/168

Margaret Curtis (R), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/169

Ann Williams (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/170

Derek Bridgett (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/171

Percival Wall (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/172

Bernard Alan Crosby (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/173

Kevin Peters (open verdict), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/174

Harry Mallows (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/175

Barbara Ann Lane (criminal proceedings), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/176

William Walter Smith (disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/177

Wilfred Maurice Allison (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/178

Christine Garthwaite (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/179

Lilian Passmoor (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/180

John Settry (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/181

Michael Charles Tucker (natural causes), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/182

Angela Louise Abbott (misadventure), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/183

John Thomas Wilkinson (R), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/184

Michael Joseph Conway (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/185

Robert Douglas Kirkup (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/186

Alfred Sargeant (open verdict), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/187

Frederick William Fairley (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/188

Ralph Woodhouse (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/189

Thomas Kenny (industrial disease), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/190

George Thomas Harrison (murder), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/191

Violet Kilkenny (accidental death), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/192

Raymond Thomas (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/193

John William Fisher (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/194

Edward Barkham (suicide), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/195

Robert Henry Dobinson (open verdict), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/196

Malcolm Scott (criminal proceedings), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/197

Brian Hockaday (criminal proceedings), 1979

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/198

George Leslie Race (industrial disease), 1979

1980 (Ref: COR/Du.N 2/199-256)Ref: COR/Du.N 2/199

Vincent Rosyle Salkeld (suicide), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/200

George Henry Phillips (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/201

Leslie Oxley (misadventure), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/202

William Davison (misadventure), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/203

Noreen Morson (R), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/204

George Henry Holman (natural causes), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/205

Stanley Arthur Hill (natural causes), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/206

George Hosler (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/207

Raymond Adamson (accidental death), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/208

William Percival Tilney (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/209

Jane Dixon (open verdict), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/210

Isaac Sample (R), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/211

Winifred Barker (R), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/212

George Robert Friar Baines (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/213

Thomas Holmes Spalding (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/214

John Emmerson (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/215

Frederick Robert Dunn (criminal proceedings taken), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/216

William Paley (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/217

James Dinning (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/218

Harold Roberts (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/219

Thomas Henry Short (open verdict), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/220

John William McCabe (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/221

Mary Elizabeth Shannon (R), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/222

Maureen Stephens (natural causes), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/223

David John Lott (R), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/224

Matthew Colledge (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/225

John William Dawson (R), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/226

Malcolm Robson (accidental death), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/227

Thomas Graham Wilkinson (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/228

James Thorpe Coulson (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/229

George Little Anderson Kennedy (accidental death), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/230

David Heathcote (open verdict), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/231

Edward Dawes (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/232

William Edward Henderson (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/233

Ian Victor Gettings (suicide), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/234

Robert Clark (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/235

William Hogg (accidental death), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/236

Ralph Wheatley (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/237

James Harrison Cutmore (R), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/238

John Thomas Storey (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/239

Roger Hind (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/240

Philip McPhillips (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/241

Alfred Forster (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/242

William Hetherington (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/243

Joseph Battie Harle (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/244

Henry Johnson (accidental death), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/245

Geoffrey Oliver (open verdict), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/246

Frederick Minto Waller (open verdict), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/247

Wesley Hurrell (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/248

Robert Frecker (accidental death), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/249

John Henderson King (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/250

Malcolm Scott and Briab Hockaday (criminal proceedings), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/251

Mary Bugby (industrial disease), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/252

William George Nixon (accidental death), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/253

Treasure Trove 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/254

Paul Andrew Davison (accidental death), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/255

Alfred Stephenson (R), 1980

Ref: COR/Du.N 2/256

Septimus Jennings Stephenson (accidental death), 1980



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