Coroner and inquests

Coronavirus (COVID-19) service update:

Please note that while Coroners are sitting in open court for inquest hearings, we have limited capacity for interested parties and members of the public to attend in person. Skype is being used for all hearings so that interested parties and members of the press can participate in hearings remotely if necessary.

If you plan on attending, or if you would like access the Skype meetings, please contact the Coroner Service on 0345 045 1364 ahead of time. Please do not turn up for a live hearing without checking with the Coroner Service first.

Please note that hearings may change at short notice. Please check this webpage the evening before a hearing is scheduled, for the most up to date information.

Coroners are required by law to investigate any sudden or unexplained death. They are independent of both local and central government and are required to act in accordance with laid down rules and procedures.

In most cases, no further action is required and the death can be registered as normal. However, the Coroner may decide to hold an inquest to establish the facts.

The Guide to Coroner Services is primarily for bereaved people but others involved in or affected by a Coroner investigation or attending a Coroner's inquest may also find it helpful.

The Coroner's Office can be contacted by email at coroners@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or by telephone on 0345 045 1364. Office opening hours are Monday to Thursday, 8am to 4pm, and Friday, 8am to 3.30pm.

Upcoming inquests

The following table lists the inquest hearings due to be held this month.

PIRH = Pre Inquest Review Hearing

Upcoming inquests
Name Age Place of death Date of death Coroner Inquest venue Type of hearing
 Date, time and duration
Lucinda Rigg  44 Addenbrookes Hospital 19/10/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

04/05/2021
10:00
1 day
George Allen  89 Addenbrookes Hospital 29/07/2020 Mr David Heming Huntingdon Town Hall PIRH

05/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Betty Broughton  93 Peterborough City Hospital 06/03/2021 Mr David Heming Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

05/05/2021
13:00
1 hour
John Cook  54 Huntingdon 07/11/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

05/05/2021
10:00
45 minutes
Rose Young  88 Cambridge 06/12/2019 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

05/05/2021
13:00
2 hours
Margaret Fisher  90 Addenbrookes Hospital 23/08/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

06/05/2021
10:00
2 hours
Ian Shaw 50 Cambridge 17/02/2021 Ms Elizabeth Gray Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

06/05/2021
13:00
2 hours
Sienna Jenkins  7 Eynesbury 10/12/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Huntingdon Town Hall PIRH

07/05/2021
10:00
1 hour
Isaac Jenkins  3 Eynesbury 10/12/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Huntingdon Town Hall PIRH

07/05/2021
11:00
1 hour
Betty Dimond  90 Peterborough City Hospital 28/01/2021 Mr David Heming Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

07/05/2021
10:00
45 minutes
John Davies  80 Hinchingbrooke Hospital 19/03/2021 Mr David Heming Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

07/05/2021
14:00
1 hour
Lola Sheldrake  13 days Hinchingbrooke Hospital 23/12/2019 Ms Lorna Skinner Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

10/05/2021
10:00
3 days
Melissa Hadley  47 Peterborough City Hospital 06/08/2019 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

10/05/2021
10:00
2 days
Toby Wallace  1 day Ramsey 17/01/2021 Mr David Heming Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

10/05/2021
11:00
1 hour
Valerie Gough  81 Peterborough City Hospital 06/12/2019 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

11/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Margaret Hart  83 Peterborough 12/05/2020 Ms Lorna Skinner Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

12/05/2021
10:00
1 hour
Alan Rodgers  49 Peterborough 29/07/2021 Ms Samantha Goward Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

12/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Daniel Bycroft  13 Addenbrookes Hospital 20/07/2019 Ms Lorna Skinner Huntingdon Town Hall PIRH

12/05/2021
11:30
1 hour
Eunice Wordingham  96 March 22/08/2019 Ms Samantha Goward Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

12/05/2021
12:30
1 hour
Janet Gibbs  70 St Neots 29/09/2020 Ms Samantha Goward Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

12/05/2021
14:00
1.5 hours
Keith Sharpe  83 Peterborough City Hospital 13/03/2021 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall Inquest

13/05/2021
10:00
1 hour
Craig Sawyer  36 Suffolk 22/11/2020 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

13/05/2021
13:00
2 hours
Trevor Pryor  65 Peterborough 11/01/2021 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

13/05/2021
15:30
1 hour
Peter King  64 Kneesworth 01/12/2020 Mr Philip Barlow Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

13/05/2021
10:00
2 hours
Terence Oram  72 Kneesworth 01/12/2020 Mr Philip Barlow Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

13/05/2021
14:00
2 hours
Patrick Farrell  80 Addenbrookes Hospital 25/08/2021 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

13/05/2021
10:00
45 minutes
Tim Edwards  41 Cambridge 22/02/2021 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

13/05/2021
11:00
1 hour
Joy Atraghji  73 Hinchingbrooke Hospital 28/01/2021 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

13/05/2021
13:00
2 hours
Lewis Salmon  21 Peterborough 04/01/2021 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

14/05/2021
10:00
1 hour
Chantelle Reed  33 Peterborough City Hospital 29/10/2020 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

14/05/2021
11:30
2 hours
David Poole  74 Peterborough 24/03/2019 Mr Philip Barlow Huntingdon Town Hall PIRH

14/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Margaret Canham  97 Peterborough City Hospital 23/02/2019 Mr Philip Barlow Huntingdon Town Hall PIRH

14/05/2021
13:00
1.5 hours
George Lowlett  90 Peterborough City Hospital 18/02/2019 Mr Philip Barlow Huntingdon Town Hall PIRH

14/05/2021
15:00
1.5 hours
Christine Gould  17 Cambridge 26/01/2019 Mr Nicholas Moss Huntingdon Town Hall Inquest

17/05/2021
10:00
10 days
Walter Field  84 Hinchingbrooke Hospital 04/12/2020 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

17/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
James Rogers  21 Ely 04/11/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

17/05/2021
12:00
45 minutes
Joyce Norden  82 Ely 22/01/2021 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

17/05/2021
13:00
1.5 hours
Charles Gipson  70 Peterborough 17/09/2020 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

17/05/2021
15:00
1.5 hours
Keith Henson  88 Peterborough City Hospital 25/12/2020 Mr Simon Milburn Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

18/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Francis Clarke  93 Hinchingbrooke Hospital 05/10/2019 Mr Simon Milburn Peterborough Town Hall Inquest

18/05/2021
12:00
1 hour
Betty Strykski  91 St Neots 26/01/2021 Mr Simon Milburn Peterborough Town Hall Inquest

18/05/2021
14:00
1 hour
William Baker  40 Peterborough 26/05/2020 Mr Simon Milburn Peterborough Town Hall Inquest

18/05/2021
15:00
1 hour
Edward Boyce  88 St Ives 28/01/2021 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

18/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Florence Hawkes  91 Addenbrookes Hospital 12/11/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

18/05/2021
13:00
45 minutes
Brian Nixon  72 Ely 07/12/2019 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

18/05/2021
14:30
1 hour
Laura Woolgar  60 Hinchingbrooke Hospital 02/02/2019 Ms Samantha Goward Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

18/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Antonio D'Alessio  68 Peterborough City Hospital 27/10/2019 Ms Samantha Goward Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

18/05/2021
14:00
1 hour
Martyn Scrunton  46 Huntingdon 02/11/2020 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

19/05/2021
10:00
1 hour
Sylvia Widger  95 Addenbrookes Hospital 25/06/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

19/05/2021
11:00
2 hours
Phillip Barnes  41 Peterborough 23/12/2020 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

19/05/2021
13:00
45 minutes
John Wetherall  91 St Ives 14/03/2021 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

19/05/2021
14:30
1 hour
James Rourke  22 Huntingdon 18/11/2019 Mr Simon Milburn Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

20/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Charles Barrell  81 Peterborough 16/01/2021 Mr Simon Milburn Peterborough Town Hall Inquest

20/05/2021
13:00
1.5 hours
Judith Hughes  86 Peterborough 07/10/2020 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

20/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Doreen Patman  88 Peterborough City Hospital 28/12/2020 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall Inquest

20/05/2021
14:00
1.5 hours
Brian Burton  71 Addenbrookes Hospital 22/11/2020 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

21/05/2021
10:00
2 hours
Karen Ferguson  59 Peterborough City Hospital 30/07/2020 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

21/05/2021
13:00
1.5 hours
Brenda Williams  79 Royal Papworth Hospital 11/03/2020 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

21/05/2021
15:00
1.5 hours
Phillipa Page  22 Addenbrookes Hospital 02/12/2020 Mr Tim Deeming Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

21/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Daniel France 17 Cambridge 03/04/2020 Mr Philip Barlow Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

24/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Kevin McSwiggan  40 Peterborough 30/12/2020 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

24/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Norman Godfrey  93 Peterborough City Hospital 23/02/2021 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

24/05/2021
13:00
1 hour
Anthony Griffiths  36 Whittlesey 13/02/2021 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

24/05/2021
14:30
1.5 hours
Alice King  53 Hinchingbrooke Hospital 21/12/2018 Ms Samantha Goward Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

25/05/2021
10:00
3 days
Roland Potter  93 Peterborough City Hospital 15/10/2020 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall Inquest

25/05/2021
14:00
1.5 hours
Nigel Gawthrope  61 Umkomazi 11/01/2019 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

25/05/2021
14:00
1 hour
Francis Murphy  76 Addenbrookes Hospital 04/03/2020 Ms Elizabeth Gray Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

25/05/2021
15:15
45 minutes
Valerie Brooker  84 Addenbrookes Hospital 16/01/2021 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon PIRH

26/05/2021
10:00
1 hour
Harrison Harris  24 Ely 07/01/2021 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

26/05/2021
11:30
2 hours
Valerie Bell  83 Hinchingbrooke Hospital 13/09/2020 Mr Simon Milburn Lawrence Court, Huntingdon Inquest

26/05/2021
14:00
2 hours
Micah Gillings  19 Cambourne 23/07/2021 Mr Andrew Perfect Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

27/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Valerie Heather  79 Addenbrookes Hospital 19/03/2020 Mr Andrew Perfect Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

27/05/2021
14:00
2 hours
Gordon Clayton  65 Newmarket 20/04/2021 Ms Anita Davies Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

27/05/2021
14:00
2 hours
Ida Giglio  83 Peterborough City Hospital 14/12/2011 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

27/05/2021
10:00
1.5 hours
Claire Morton  31 Addenbrookes Hospital 12/04/2019 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall PIRH

28/05/2021
10:00
2 hours
Peggy Dye  93 Peterborough City Hospital 30/03/2021 Mr David Heming Peterborough Town Hall Inquest

28/05/2021
14:00
1 hour

Inquests due to open

The following inquests are due to open on Thursday 6 May 2021 at 12:00pm by Mr David Heming (Senior Coroner) at Lawrence Court, Huntingdon.

Name Age Date of death Place of death
Daniel Masterson 49 11/02/2021 Ely
Patricia Curtis 80 02/04/2021 Bedford Hospital
Iver Newman 51 13/04/2021 Cambridge
Kathleen Saberton 91 11/02/2021 Peterborough City Hospital
Gavin Marshall 44 05/11/2020 Peterborough
Derek Oldfield 81 02/11/2020 Peterborough City Hospital
Joseph Brown 86 16/03/2021 Huntingdon
Norman Gregory 82 15/03/2021 Addenbrookes Hospital
Catherine Mills 54 24/01/2021 Addenbrookes Hospital
Eva Spalle 31 25/12/2020 Peterborough
Wendy Fairman 77 21/04/2021 Huntingdon
Gemma Chandler 32 20/02/2021 Cambridge
David Baron 74 03/11/2020 Peterborough
Colin Levett 73 13/09/2020 Royal Papworth Hospital
Sarah Jackson 54 01/03/2021 Peterborough