BISHOP

Surname First name Year Date Place of death Age Description Cause of death Informant
BISHOP Elias 1888 18 Aug Found dead in the London & South Western railway tunnel, Buckhorn Weston, Dorset RSD 27 Blacksmith Found dead with a mortal fracture of the skull caused by a blow from a passing train but whether accidental or otherwise no evidence to show Certificate received from J. Cormyn Leach MD, coroner for Dorset, Shaftebury District. Inquest held 18th August 1888
BISHOP Eliza 1859 7 Nov Westbury, Sherborne 44 Wife of John Bishop, blacksmith Typhus. Pneumonia. Certified The mark of Elizabeth Hyde, in attendance, Green Hill, Sherborne
BISHOP Higden 1867 17 Aug Union workhouse, Sherborne [Sherborne Union] 77 General labourer Epilepsy, several years. Certified Elizabeth Fowler, present at the death, union workhouse, Sherborne
BISHOP Maria 1863 25 Feb Union workhouse, Shaftesbury [Shaftesbury Union] 41 Daughter of William Bishop, tailor Phthisis. Not certified Richard Galpin, in attendance, union workhouse, Shaftesbury