Inquests
Please note that all inquests are subject to alteration
On this page you'll find the details of upcoming inquests in Shropshire. There may be occasions when it's in the interested person's interest – and the bereaved in particular - to hold the inquest quickly. This site should therefore be checked regularly in case an inquest has been listed at short notice. If you have a specific interest in the listing of a case please let us know and we endeavour to keep you informed of any changes.
Pre-Inquest reviews
Pre-inquest reviews are public, but there's likely to be a restriction on what can be reported to prevent any prejudice to the subsequent inquest. In appropriate cases the pre-inquest review may proceed to the inquest itself.
Inquest attendance
For inquests held at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury there is currently a limit of 20 persons being able to attend the hearing (including court staff) due to fire safety reasons, attendance remotely or by telephone also remains an option.
If anyone does wish to attend in person or by telephone, including the media, they should please contact us on 01743 258470 or by email coroner@shropshire.gov.uk at least 24 hours before the hearing so that we can check availability.
31 January 2023
Name: Christopher Gordon DURRANT
From: Whitchurch
Date of death: 6 August 2022
Age at death: 49 years
Location of death: Lawrence General Hospital, Massachusetts USA
Date of inquest: 31 January 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: David Charles PHILLIPS
From: Rushbury
Date of death: 21 January 2023
Age at death: 72 years
Location of death: Rushbury, near Church Stretton
Date of inquest: 31 January 2023 at 9:30am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
OPENING
Name: Malcolm Stuart ADAMS
From: Newport
Date of death: 2 July 2022
Age at death: 82 years
Location of death: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Date of inquest: 31 January 2023 at 10am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
Name: David John GRIFFITHS
From: Church Stretton
Date of death: 21 July 2022
Age at death: 72 years
Location of death: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Date of inquest: 31 January 2023 at 11am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
2 February 2023
Name: Billy Roger PRICE
From: Shrewsbury
Date of death: 1 July 2022
Age at death: 38 years
Location of death: Shrewsbury
Date of inquest: 2 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Phyllis Mary STOKES
From: Oswestry
Date of death: 25 January 2023
Age at death: 86 years
Location of death: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Date of inquest: 2 February 2023 at 9:45am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
FAST TRACK INQUEST
3 February 2023
Name: Charles Patrick WILLIS
From: Church Stretton
Date of death: 5 April 2022
Age at death: 75 years
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Date of inquest: 3 February 2023 at 10am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
7 February 2023
Name: Robert FLOYD
From: Lichfield
Date of death: 24 September 2022
Age at death: 64 years
Location of death: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Date of inquest: 7 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Melvin Bryan WARWICK
From: Leegomery, Telford
Date of death: 11 September 2022
Age at death: 52 years
Location of death: Leegomery, Telford
Date of inquest: 7 February 2023 at 10am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
Name: Mark Reginald MUNRO
From: Shrewsbury
Date of death: 21 September 2022
Age at death: 59 years
Location of death: Shrewsbury
Date of inquest: 7 February 2023 at 10am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
Name: Sophie Leanne Eve ECCLESTONE
From: Telford
Date of death: 21 February 2022
Age at death: 13 years
Location of death: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Date of inquest: 7 February 2023 at 12pm
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
Pre-INQUEST review
Name: Ann Marie EDWARDS
From: Gobowen, Oswestry
Date of death: 27 August 2022
Age at death: 55 years
Location of death: Gobowen, Oswestry
Date of inquest: 7 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
9 February 2023
Name: Simon Lee MORRIS
From: Shifnal
Date of death: 31 October 2022
Age at death: 46 years
Location of death: Shifnal
Date of inquest: 9 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Steven John RALPHS
From: Bridgnorth
Date of death: 8 November 2022
Age at death: 43 years
Location of death: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Date of inquest: 9 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
16 February 2023
Name: David Richard THOMAS
From: Clun
Date of death: 13 November 2022
Age at death: 46 years
Location of death: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Date of inquest: 16 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Nicola FAWCETT
From: Pontesbury
Date of death: 8 November 2022
Age at death: 35 years
Location of death: Pontesbury
Date of inquest: 16 February 2023 at 10:30am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
Name: Stefan Carl CORVERS
From: Telford
Date of death: 10 November 2022
Age at death: 49 years
Location of death: Telford
Date of inquest: 16 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
21 February 2023
Name: Renata NATANSKA
From: Oswestry
Date of death: 27 October 2022
Age at death: 52 years
Location of death: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Date of inquest: 21 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Dilys Mary KINDER
From: Wellington
Date of death: 9 November 2022
Age at death: 92 years
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Date of inquest: 21 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: James William Llewelyn THOMAS
From: Hanwood
Date of death: 28 September 2022
Age at death: 15 years
Location of death: Hanwood
Date of inquest: 21 February 2023 at 10am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of hearing to be confirmed
28 February 2023
Name: Alan Richard CHARD
From: Sarn
Date of death: 20 October 2022
Age at death: 82 years
Location of death: Brockton, Worthen
Date of inquest: 28 February 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Megan Jane THICKENS
From: Baschurch
Date of death: 14 July 2022
Age at death: 88 years
Location of death: Princess Royal Hospital
Date of inquest: 28 February 2023 at 12pm
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
Name: Martha Elizabeth GITTINS
From: Welshpool
Date of death: 25 December 2021
Age at death: 82 years
Location of death: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Date of inquest: 28 February 2023 at 2pm
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
2 March 2023
Name: David Adrian HOPKINS
From: Newport
Date of death: 18 November 2022
Age at death: 66 years
Location of death: Newport
Date of inquest: 2 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Barry Howarth WARNER
From: Bury, Lancashire
Date of death: 25 November 2022
Age at death: 78 years
Location of death: Shrewsbury
Date of inquest: 2 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
7 March 2023
Name: Christine Mary HALL
From: Newport
Date of death: 19 November 2022
Age at death: 80 years
Location of death: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Date of inquest: 7 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Hugh Gerald CANNING
From: Penkridge
Date of death: 20 November 2022
Age at death: 78 years
Location of death: Albrighton
Date of inquest: 7 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Richard James ORGILL
From: Telford
Date of death: 4 October 2022
Age at death: 49 years
Location of death: Telford
Date of inquest: 7 March 2023 at 10am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
9 March 2023
Name: Douglas WILLIAMS
From: Telford
Date of death: 4 November 2022
Age at death: 47 years
Location of death: Telford
Date of inquest: 9 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of hearing to be confirmed
Name: Eliza WEBSTER
From: Oswestry
Date of death: 15 September 2022
Age at death: 55 years
Location of death: Oswestry
Date of inquest: 9 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Kyle John Geoff PUGH
From: Newport
Date of death: 23 March 2022
Age at death: 29 years
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Date of inquest: 9 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of hearing to be confirmed
14 March 2023
Name: Sean PYNE
From: Ryton-X1-Towns
Date of death: 12 December 2022
Age at death: 63 years
Location of death: Ryton-X1-Towns
Date of inquest: 14 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
20 March 2023
Name: Trevor Kenneth JONES
From: Ludlow
Date of death: 8 February 2022
Age at death: 54 years
Location of death: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Date of inquest: 20 March 2023 at 10am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
Inquest - this case is listed with a Jury for 1 to 2 days
28 March 2023
Name: Stewart BODEN
From: Market Drayton
Date of death: 24 January 2022
Age at death: 69 years
Location of death: Bicton, Shrewsbury
Date of inquest: 28 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Cameron Marc Michael Brian Alexander HEIGHWAY
From: Telford
Date of death: 1 December 2022
Age at death: 29 years
Location of death: Telford
Date of inquest: 28 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Mark Ian HAYWOOD
From: Albrighton
Date of death: 25 November 2022
Age at death: 57 years
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Date of inquest: 28 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Susan Leanora BEECH
From: Telford
Date of death: 16 December 2022
Age at death: 73 years
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Date of inquest: 28 March 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
4 April 2023
Name: Margaret Eileen METCALFE
From: Morda, Oswestry
Date of death: 14 December 2022
Age at death: 93 years
Location of death: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Date of inquest: 4 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Alan Gavin METCALFE
From: Morda, Oswestry
Date of death: 14 December 2022
Age at death: 54 years
Location of death: Morda, Oswestry
Date of inquest: 4 April 2023 at 12am
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Patricia Ann JONES
From: Telford
Date of death: 27 November 2022
Age at death: 78 years
Location of death: Telford
Date of inquest: 4 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
6 April 2023
Name: William George ROGERS
From: Bucknell
Date of death: 30 April 2022
Age at death: 26 years
Location of death: Diddlebury
Date of inquest: 6 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of hearing to be confirmed
Name: Paul Jeffrey WILKINS
From: Wellington
Date of death: 10 April 2022
Age at death: 58 years
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Date of inquest: 6 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Kyle James GOODWIN
From: Telford
Date of death: 15 December 2022
Age at death: 30 years
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Date of inquest: 6 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
13 April 2023
Name: Jack Roderick DORAN
From: Shrewsbury
Date of death: 4 September 2022
Age at death: 28 years
Location of death: Shrewsbury
Date of inquest: 13 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Martin Samuel WILLIS
From: Market Drayton
Date of death: 15 September 2022
Age at death: 55 years
Location of death: Market Drayton
Date of inquest: 13 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: James Martin Rodden REILLY
From: Market Drayton
Date of death: 26 September 2022
Age at death: 60 years
Location of death: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Date of inquest: 13 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
18 April 2023
Name: Michael James LLOYD
From: Oakengates
Date of death: 9 August 2022
Age at death: 63 years
Location of death: Telford
Date of inquest: 18 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Robert James MILLS
From: Minsterley
Date of death: 2 December 2022
Age at death: 49 years
Location of death: A5, Gledrid, Oswestry
Date of inquest: 18 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Alice Charlotte PYKE
From: Stourport-on-Severn
Date of death: 6 December 2022
Age at death: 23 years
Location of death: Ludlow
Date of inquest: 18 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Andrew Edward KEMP
From: Albrighton
Date of death: 30 December 2022
Age at death: 41 years
Location of death: Albrighton
Date of inquest: 18 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Daniel James PARTON
From: Shrewsbury
Date of death: 4 January 2023
Age at death: 38 years
Location of death: Shrewsbury
Date of inquest: 18 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Elsie May BROXTON
From: Shifnal
Date of death: 7 January 2023
Age at death: 85 years
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Date of inquest: 18 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Terence Joseph HASLEGRAVE
From: Longnor, Shrewsbury
Date of death: 2 January 2023
Age at death: 86 years
Location of death: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Date of inquest: 18 April 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
4 May 2023
Name: Vanessa COPESTICK
From: Market Drayton
Date of death: 20 January 2023
Age at death: 53 years
Location of death: Oswestry
Date of inquest: 4 May 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
16 May 2023
Name: Margaret Gladys ROCHE
From: Telford
Date of death: 3 January 2023
Age at death: 74 years
Location of death: Royal Cornwall Hospital
Date of inquest: 16 May 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
18 May 2023
Name: Margaret Rose WOODCOCK
From: Shifnal
Date of death: 25 October 2022
Age at death: 88 years
Location of death: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Date of inquest: 18 May 2023 time pending
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed