Deaths reported to a coroner

View deaths referred to the Coroner, inquest hearings and conclusions

The role of the Coroner is to investigate and record the causes and circumstances of all sudden deaths where the cause is:

  • Not known or
  • Violent or
  • Unnatural or
  • Occurred when the deceased was in custody

The Coroner is an independent judicial officer.

Herefordshire Coroner's Service

The Herefordshire Coroner is HG Mark Bricknell.

The Assistant Coroner is Roland JT Wooderson.

They are supported by:

Coroner's Clerk

  • Administrative support is available on email coroners@herefordshire.gov.uk or telephone 01432 261813. 
    Administrative support is available to the public during the following hours:
    Monday to Friday 8.30am - 12.30pm

Maggie Oliver - Coroner's Officer

Nigel Phillips - Coroner's Officer

The postal address is Coroner's Office, Town Hall, St Owen Street, Hereford HR1 2PJ

Outside the hours set out above, any sudden violent or unexpected deaths may be reported through any police officer.

About the Coroner

The Herefordshire Coroner sits at the Town Hall, Hereford.

He considers deaths in Herefordshire that are reported to him. Of the 2,000 or so deaths in the county each year approximately half are referred to the Coroner for consideration, some will necessitate a post mortem.

Of the cases referred, the Coroner will typically open an inquest in 100+ cases each year.

Some inquests proceed on the basis of evidence read by the Coroner. Interested parties may seek disclosure of the evidence prior to the inquest and/or request the Coroner give consideration to the person providing the evidence attending in person.

The Coroner endeavours to establish how the deceased died. Often this will be useful in understanding whether safe procedures or practices have been followed or can be improved.

The Coroner meets regularly with representatives from business, the police and hospitals to discuss ways in which deaths can be prevented or their number reduced, frequently using the knowledge gained from the inquest process. This leads to the adoption of new practices both within organisations and in our daily lives.

The Coroner, therefore, while endeavouring to provide a compassionate service for the bereaved, very much exists for the benefit of the living.

For more information on the role of a coroner and what to expect during a coroner's investigation, see the Ministry of Justice Guide to Coroner Services (pdf).

Deaths referred to the Coroner, inquest hearings and conclusions

Details of deaths referred to the Coroner, inquest hearings and conclusions are listed below.

Inquests may be listed at short notice and may not always appear on this page. If you are expecting an inquest to be listed and it does not appear please telephone or email the Coroner's office using the contact details above.

Opening of inquests and investigations in the current and previous month

Date Venue Name of deceased Age at death Hearing type
1 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Jennie Louise Welch 40 years Investigation
1 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Grenville David Thomas 84 years Inquest
2 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Shane John McGinlay 45 years Inquest
3 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford John William Burrows 86 years Inquest
15 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Linda Judith Bridges 75 years Inquest
17 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Carolyn Virginia Hill 71 years Inquest
17 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Rosslyn Edward Ludgrove 82 years Inquest
17 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Christian Lewis Llewellyn 42 years Investigation
17 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford James Leigh Shephard 41 years Inquest
22 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Thomas Edward Voss 99 years Inquest
27 February 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Andrew Philip Longden 59 years Inquest
1 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Margaret Kathleen Conway Robinson 86 years Inquest
3 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Hazel Joyce Palmer Prowse 81 years Inquest
9 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Richard Grenfell Aylmer 91 years Inquest
9 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Norman Henry Lyon 84 years Inquest
9 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Catherine Nest Cobb 79 years Inquest
15 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Beryl Gladys Chance 94 years Inquest
15 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Robert Anthony Moore 70 years Inquest
17 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Hadley Graham Tudor 73 years Investigation
22 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Sidney Harold Wilson 89 years Inquest
24 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Anita Anastasia Rollinson 48 years Inquest
24 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Carol Ann Helen Teague 65 years Investigation
29 March 2023 Town Hall, Hereford Janina Pekasiewicz 92 years Inquest

Inquest and pre-inquest review hearings

All inquests will be held before a coroner sitting alone unless identified as before a jury.

Date Time Venue Name of deceased Age at death Place of death Coroner
29 March 2023 10am Town Hall, Hereford Margaret Anne Thomas 80 years Shropshire HG Mark Bricknell
5 April 2023 10am Town Hall, Hereford Keith Hodson 68 years Herefordshire HG Mark Bricknell
12 April 2023 10am Town Hall, Hereford Cian Jordan Leonard O'Sullivan 18 years Herefordshire Roland J Wooderson
12 April 2023 11am Town Hall, Hereford Stephen David Davies 46 years Herefordshire Roland J Wooderson
12 April 2023 12 noon Town Hall, Hereford William John Brumbill 79 years Herefordshire Roland J Wooderson
12 April 2023 2pm Town Hall, Hereford Takako Bufton 75 years Herefordshire Roland J Wooderson
12 April 2023 2.45pm Town Hall, Hereford Jean Melville Elspeth Butler 97 years Herefordshire Roland J Wooderson
19 April 2023 10am Town Hall, Hereford Alan Leslie Smith 54 years Herefordshire HG Mark Bricknell
19 April 2023 11.15am Town Hall, Hereford Stephen Leslie Simpson 68 years Herefordshire HG Mark Bricknell
19 April 2023 12 noon Town Hall, Hereford Samantha Jane Moore 52 years Herefordshire HG Mark Bricknell
24 April 2023 10am Town Hall, Hereford Richard Angus Tipping 49 years Herefordshire HG Mark Bricknell
26 April 2023 10am Town Hall, Hereford Arkles Butler 77 years Herefordshire HG Mark Bricknell

Recent deaths referred to the Coroner

Date referred Name Date of death
1 February 2023 Sheila Thomas 23 January 2023
1 February 2023 Mary Agnes Billington 27 January 2023
1 February 2023 Jean Walke 1 February 2023
2 February 2023 Kathleen Hodges 30 January 2023
2 February 2023 Carole Smith 2 February 2023
3 February 2023 Elsie Rogers 28 January 2023
3 February 2023 Teddy Picken 31 January 2023
3 February 2023 Eileen Davies 1 February 2023
6 February 2023 Francis Parry 5 February 2023
7 February 2023 Patricia Victoria Jones 6 February 2023
7 February 2023 Michael Edward Jones 7 February 2023
8 February 2023 Iris Densumbe 4 February 2023
9 February 2023 Brian Handcock 30 January 2023
1 February 2023 Josephine Kelly 1 February 2023
9 February 2023 Diane Elizabeth Hadley 7 February 2023
9 February 2023 Patricia Amy Ann White 8 February 2023
9 February 2023 Edmund Albert Harris 8 February 2023
10 February 2023 Teresa Maureen Andrews 9 February 2023
12 February 2023 Bryan Jones 12 February 2023
13 February 2023 Jennifer Mary McKenzie 11 February 2023
13 February 2023 Jane Alison Hedley 13 February 2023
14 February 2023 Michael Morris 8 February 2023
14 February 2023 Gerald Mervyn Meek 11 February 2023
14 February 2023 Melanie Jane Sharp 11 February 2023
15 February 2023 Jean Lewis 11 February 2023
15 February 2023 Mary Clements 11 February 2023
15 February 2023 Gladys Patricia Langston 12 February 2023
17 February 2023 Terrence George William Gurney 15 February 2023
20 February 2023 Doris Mary Hall 19 February 2023
21 February 2023 Leslie Kemp 16 February 2023
21 February 2023 Margaret Kidd 19 February 2023
22 February 2023 Roger Graham Williams 19 February 2023
22 February 2023 Annie Cashmore 21 February 2023
22 February 202 Guy Marie Norman Pierre Garner 21 February 2023
23 February 2023 Stephen Weaver 16 February 2023
24 February 2023 Peter Morgan 21 February 2023
24 February 2023 David Garbett 21 February 2023
27 February 2023 Robert Horton 25 February 2023
27 February 2023 Alfred John Davies 26 February 2023
27 February 2023 Robert Cornock 26 February 2023
28 February 2023 Angela Wilford 10 February 2023
28 February 2023 Patricia Winifred Lowden 22 February 2023
28 February 2023 Rosemary Patricia Hooke 23 February 2023
28 February 2023 Barbara Allen 25 February 2023
28 February 2023 John Lewis Gordon 28 February 2023
1 March 2023 Kevin Gabb 23 February 2023
1 March 2023 Barbara Evans 26 February 2023
2 March 2023 David Brown 24 February 2023
2 March 2023 Frances Warden 28 February 2023
2 March 2023 Sheila Holland 28 February 2023
3 March 2023 Cyril Davies 25 February 2023
3 March 2023 Ida Powell 25 February 2023
3 March 2023 Bryan Betts 26 February 2023
3 March 2023 Josephine Partridge 27 February 2023
4 March 2023 Robert Jacek Dymnicki 4 March 2023
6 March 2023 Shirley Ward 27 February 2023
6 March 2023 Colin Granger 2 March 2023
6 March 2023 Anthony John Evans 2 March 2023
7 March 2023 Frank Terrett 5 March 2023
9 March 2023 Kenneth Charles Williams 28 February 2023
10 March 2023 Michael Kerton 7 March 2023
13 March 2023 Martin Mulliner 4 March 2023
13 March 2023 Grace Matthews 8 March 2023
13 March 2023 Matthew Graham Ede 11 March 2023
13 March 2023 Jacqueline Went 12 March 2023
14 March 2023 Michael Preece 8 March 2023
14 March 2023 Christopher Lyons 14 March 2023
15 March 2023 Henry Chandler 26 February 2023
15 March 2023 Julie Phelps 13 March 2023
16 March 2023 Renee Bond 5 March 2023
16 March 2023 Kenneth Halford 11 March 2023
17 March 2023 John Cook 9 March 2023
17 March 2023 Arthur Edward James 10 March 2023
17 March 2023 Elizabeth Morgan 13 March 2023
17 March 2023 Teresa Napthine 14 March 2023
17 March 2023 Margaret Lisseman 15 March 2023
17 March 2023 Harry Joseph Stewart 17 March 2023
20 March 2023 Beryl Rose Noakes 19 March 2023
21 March 2023 Irene Brice 11 March 2023
21 March 2023 Keith Turner 15 March 2023
21 March 2023 Jennifer Lacey 19 March 2023
22 March 2023 Jillian Szlavik 7 March 2023
23 March 2023 Zena Davies 15 March 2023
23 March 2023 Anthony Jones 18 March 2023
24 March 2023 Ann-Marie Jones 21 March 2023

Inquest conclusions in the current and previous month

Name of deceased Date of conclusion Conclusion
Alison Ann Hulett 1 February 2023 Alcohol and drug related
Graham George Mansfield 6 February 2023 Narrative
Emma Lavinia May 8 February 2023 Narrative
Linda Judith Bridges 15 February 2023 Accidental death
Luke Buchanan Berry 15 February 2023 Drug and alcohol related
Lee Walter Frayling 15 February 2023 Suicide
Wendy Patricia Marcus 15 February 2023 Accidental death
Craig Thomas Price 20 February 2023 Drug related
Dean Grant Broad 22 February 2023 Suicide
Thomas Reece Jones 6 and 7 March 2023 Narrative
Norman Henry Lyon 9 March 2023 Natural causes
Richard Grenfell Aylmer 9 March 2023 Natural causes
Fred William Lawrence 13 March 2023 Road traffic accident
Beryl Gladys Chance 15 March 2023 Accidental death
Robert Anthony Moore 15 March 2023 Natural causes
Michael Ellis Clement 17 March 2023 Accidental death
Benjamin Joe Hicks 17 March 2023 Road traffic collision
Connor Robert Baker 22 March 2023 Suicide

Treasure inquests

The Coroner is also responsible for inquests in connection with Treasure. Set out below are those Treasure inquests currently being considered.

Description of find Hearing date Time