Lancashire Record Office - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

__________________________________________________________________________Lancashire Record Office: What’s in it for Blackburn with Darwen?Coroners CourtsThe coroner is a doctor or lawyer appointed by the Crown to be responsible forinvestigating deaths in particular situations. He may arrange for a post mortemexamination of the body and if necessary hold an inquest, a legal inquiry, into thecauses and circumstances of a death. Coroners also hold inquests into treasuretrove.Lancashire Record Office holds some registers of deaths and inquest files for theBlackburn with Darwen area. Although access to these is typically restricted for 75years, information may be made available sooner than this in certaincircumstances.Until 1974, Blackburn with Darwen was covered by the Blackburn Coroner'sdistrict.OurReferenceDescriptionCR 14/1 Registers of deaths 1950-1974CR 14/2 Inquest files 1919, 1956-1974From 1974, Blackburn with Darwen became part of the Blackburn, Hyndburn andRibble Valley Coroner’s district.OurReferenceDescriptionCR 19/1 Registers of deaths 1975-2002CR 19/2 Inquest files 1975-1993CR 19/3 Accounts ledgers 1993-1994CR 19/4 Summaries of expenses 1983Coroner's inquest report on John RalphGilligan aged 5, of Darwen,1919(CR14/2/12)34