England Coroners Reports 1890

[babe62]

I there all, I have just purchased a death certificate for my great grand uncle Henry Wicks(1890). It states that he drowned on his property and that an inquest was conducted, can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of this inquest???

I forgot to mention that this is an England inquest

[Olde Crone Holden]

Much simpler to look for a local newspaper report of the inquest.

Coroner's reports are usually destroyed after 25 years (not always though).

OC

[Night Owl]

Welcome to the forum.

This wiki page may be useful

Coroner’s Records - Family Tree Forum

Jackie

[Uncle John]

Just for the record, the process in Scotland is slightly different. I have a similar case round about the same time. The death register says he was found drowned in a well. There is an entry in the Register of Corrected Entries (RCE) a few weeks later that says the Procurator Fiscal found that he committed suicide. So for Scottish deaths up to 1957you can get the full story from ScotlandsPeople.

[Little Nell]

Coroner's records might still be with the current coroner; or with the relevant county archives; or destroyed.

As OC says, newspaper reports of the inquest should give you the facts.