Inquest diary - Cumbria Coroners Court

A list of upcoming inquests to be held in HM Coroners Area of Cumbria.

Please note that unless stated otherwise all inquests will be held at:

HM Coroners Office & Inquest Court
Fairfield
Station Road
Cockermouth
CA13 9PT

Inquest timetable (Last updated 13/11/2025)

Thursday 13 November 2025

Coroner: Ms. Margaret Taylor

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

Ella Isobel Bush Age: 21 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 20 March 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

Estimate: 2 Hours

 

12.00pm 

Matthew Hawthorn Age: 90 from Cleator Moor

Date of Death: 27 June 2025  Place of Death: Cleator Moor

Estimate: 1 Hour 

 

2.00pm 

David McLaughlin Age: 85 from Whitehaven

Date of Death: 24 May 2025  Place of Death: Whitehaven

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

3.30pm 

Joyce Meckin Age: 75 from Workington

Date of Death: 15 June 2025  Place of Death: Whitehaven

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Friday 14 November 2025

Coroner: Ms Margaret Taylor

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

Marc Sheridan-Gaskell Age: 48 from Wigan

Date of Death: 2 March 2025  Place of Death: Kendal

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

11.30am 

Darrell Brady Mitchell Age: 52 from Kilmarnock

Date of Death: 18 March 2025  Place of Death: Sowerby Row

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

2.00pm 

Allyson Elizabeth Taylor Age: 76 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 18 March 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

Estimate: 2 Hours

 

 

Monday 17 November 2025

Coroner: Miss Kirsty Gomersal

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am - Pre-Inquest Review Hearing

Charlotte Louise Jones Age: 40 from Whitehaven

Date of Death: 10 February 2025  Place of Death: Whitehaven

Estimate: 2 Hours

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Coroner: Dr Nicholas Shaw

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

Linda Richardson Age: 77  from Wigton

Date of Death: 14 April 2025  Place of Death: Wigton

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

11.30am 

Sylvester Martin Age: 90  from Cockermouth

Date of Death: 20 May 2025  Place of Death: Whitehaven

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

2:00pm 

James Neil Proud Age: 83 from Whitehaven

Date of Death: 20 May 2025  Place of Death: Whitehaven

Estimate: 3 Hours

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Coroner: Miss Kirsty Gomersal

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

George Peter Harris Age: 96 from Penrith

Date of Death: 17 December 2024  Place of Death: Penrith

Estimate: 3 Hours

 

Coroner: Mr Andrew Cousins

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

2.00pm 

William Andrew Robinson Age: 65 from Carnforth

Date of Death: 20 April 2025  Place of Death: Carnforth

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

 

Thursday 20 November 2025

Coroner: Mr Andrew Cousins

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

Mark Benjamin Wardle Age: 44 from Wigan

Date of Death: 12 July 2025  Place of Death: Kendal

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

11.30am 

George Moore Age: 92 from Workington

Date of Death: 20 June 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

2:00pm 

Joseph Peter Alan Tandy Age: 27 from Nottingham

Date of Death: 5 July 2025  Place of Death: Keswick

 

3:30pm 

William George Carey Age: 51 from Wigton

Date of Death: 11 July 2025  Place of Death: Kirkbampton

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Coroner: Dr Nicholas Shaw

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

Martyn George Pyne Age: 60 from Workington

Date of Death: 1 May 2025  Place of Death: Workington

Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

 

2.00pm 

Kestrel Ambrose Selby-Boddy Age: 22 from Carnforth

Date of Death: 22 June 2025  Place of Death: Preston

Estimate: 3 Hours 

 

Wednesday 26 November - Thursday 27 November 2025

Coroner: Mr Craig Smith

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

Diana Elizabeth Howard Age: 60 from Penrith

Date of Death: 13 December 2023  Place of Death: Carlisle

Estimate: 2 Days

 

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Coroner: Dr Nicholas Shaw

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

June Hill Age: 73 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 12 December 2024  Place of Death: Carlisle

Estimate: 3 Hours

 

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Coroner: Dr Nicholas Shaw

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

10.00am 

Joan Enid Whitfield Age: 87 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 31 July 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

Estimate: 3 Hours

 

2.00pm 

Thelma Mary Martha Reynolds Age: 95 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 14 April 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

Estimate: 1 Hour

 

Inquest Openings

All Inquest Openings are at 09.00 am (or shortly thereafter) unless otherwise specified.

 

Thursday 13 November 2025 - Inquests to be opened by Ms. Margaret Taylor

 

Louise Dixon Age 42 from Maryport

Date of Death: 11 August 2025  Place of Death: Maryport

 

Jacqueline Woodall Age 76 from Penrith

Date of Death: 27 October 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

 

Joan Adams Age 80 from Maryport

Date of Death: 27 October 2025  Place of Death: Whitehaven

 

John Bailey Age 86 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 28 October 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

 

Samuel Sweet Age 92 from Sutton Coldfield

Date of Death: 7 October 2025  Place of Death: Birmingham

 

Terence Frank Loraine Age 88 from Penrith

Date of Death: 24 October 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

 

Tuesday 18 November 2025 - Inquests to be opened by Dr. Nicholas Shaw

 

Roy Buck Age 90 from Dalton-in-Furness

Date of Death: 2 November 2025  Place of Death: Barrow-in-Furness

 

Kimberley Andrew Age 42 from Kendal

Date of Death: 31 July 2025  Place of Death: Kendal

 

Winifred Little Age 102 from Penrith

Date of Death: 30 October 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

 

Thursday 20 November 2025 - Inquests to be opened by Mr Andrew Cousins

 

Richard Sewell Age 49 from Workington

Date of Death: 3 November 2025  Place of Death: Whitehaven

 

Lewis John McKendrey Age 34 from Maryport

Date of Death: 24 July 2025  Place of Death: Maryport

 

Joshua Andrew Thwaites Age 34 from Morpeth

Date of Death: 17 July 2025  Place of Death: Workington

 

Tuesday 25 November 2025 - Inquests to be opened by Dr Nicholas Shaw

 

Stuart Cunningham Age 51 from Workington

Date of Death: 11 August 2025  Place of Death: Whitehaven

 

Mark O'Doherty Age 56 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 6 September 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

 

David Paul Lewthwaite Age 51 from Windermere

Date of Death: 4 November 2025  Place of Death: Windermere

 

Elizabeth Ellen Murphy Age 79 from Walsall

Date of Death: 9 September 2025  Place of Death: Penrith

Inquests in Writing

 

Lynn Ferguson Age 47 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 6 June 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

 

Brian Kaighan Age 90 from Barrow-in-Furness

Date of Death: 28 July 2025  Place of Death: Barrow-in-Furness

 

Ernest Farrell Age 71 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 21 July 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

 

William John Pedley Age 15 from Carnforth

Date of Death: 28 August 2025  Place of Death: Carnforth

 

Donald Thomas Millican Age 88 from Workington

Date of Death: 21 June 2025  Place of Death: Workington 

 

Muriel Mattinson Age 86 from Cockermouth

Date of Death: 6 August 2025  Place of Death: Cockermouth 

 

Malcolm Burgess Age 79 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 12 June 2025  Place of Death:  Carlisle

 

James Daniel Wilson Age 26 from Whitehaven

Date of Death: 17 July 2025  Place of Death:  Keswick

 

Doreen Valerie Loerns Age 79 from Askam-in-Furness

Date of Death: 1 August 2025  Place of Death:  Barrow-in-Furness

 

Kevin James Hughes Age 75 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 3 August 2025  Place of Death:  Carlisle

 

Andrew John Williamson Age 56 from Whitehaven

Date of Death: 4 July 2025  Place of Death:  Whitehaven

 

Sharon Teresa Walker Age 66 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 22 September 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

 

Craig Leslie Watson Age 40 from Carlisle

Date of Death: 2 September 2025  Place of Death: Carlisle

For Mention

All Mention Hearings are at 9.00am (or shortly thereafter) unless otherwise specified.

Coroner: Miss Kirsty Gomersal

Location: Coroner's Court, Cockermouth

 

Thursday 20 November 2025 

Ronald John Simpkins Age 89 from North Yorkshire

Date of Death: 24 August 2024  Place of Death:  Lancaster

 

Orders

Sergii Kuzmenko 

Date of Order: 6 June 2025

Order for Anonymity & Special Measures - Section II Contempt of Court Act 1981

Anonymity Order - KUZMENKO