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 |